Notice is hereby given that the Arlin Falck Foundation will accept applications for grants for community development, community promotions, community education and similar matters. The grants shall be for the benefit of persons residing in Fillmore County and Houston County, Minnesota and Allamakee County and Winneshiek County, Iowa. Entities that have a 501 (c) 3 … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2017
Fillmore County Police Reports
Chatfield Police Department Rodney Taylor Nolan, 39, Chatfield, Minn.; 7/30/2017, Possession of Paraphernalia, Fine $210, Total Fees $300. Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Trevor Bruce Callard, 36, Davenport, Iowa; 8/25/2017, Speeding (65/55), Fine $40, Total Fees $130. Daniel Lee Delaney, 51, Mabel, Minn.; 8/21/2017, Speeding (64/55), Fine $40, Total Fees $130. Amy … [Read more...]
Letter about Rebuttal on Jeff Erding’s essay on technocrats…
To the Editor, Mr. Erding is quite disturbed that we in America now have unruly people protesting. I assume he is including the Tea Party of a few years past in his criticism. He then states there is a worldwide effort by mega rich wealthy elitists to achieve world domination. Again I assume he is including the Koch brothers, mega corporations too large to fail and the one … [Read more...]
Fountain able to dissolve plan with Pollution Control
The City of Fountain received some welcome news at the Wednesday, October 4 council meeting. After achieving six consecutive months of compliance at the wastewater treatment plant, the city has the option to dissolve it’s corrective action plan with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). A meeting was recently held between representatives from the city and the state … [Read more...]
Cougars Get to 20 Wins
It is about that time in the year when Mabel-Canton volleyball gets to 20 wins. Yep. They did. M-C swept (25-16, 25-13, 25-18) Houston (MC: Dakota Delaney 13 kills; Sarina Stortz 8 kills; Maddy Michels 7 kills; Payton Danielson 11 digs, 29-29 serving, 5 aces; Kenidi McCabe 30 assists, 3 aces; Lexi Thorson/Hannah Snell 8 digs. H: Becca Lee 4 kills, 9 digs; Ariel Scanlan 13 … [Read more...]
Volleyball
La Crescent 0, Houston 3 > 25-11, 25-19, 25-22 (H: A. Scanlan 29 assists, 10 digs, 8 aces; Marissa Kennedy 8 kills, 10 digs; Amber Chapel 7 kills, 7 digs; Becca Lee 7 kills; Alyssa Rostad 9 digs) #7 in Class A Caledonia 3, Kingsland 2 > 25-23, 19-25, 16-25, 25-18, 9-15 (K: L. Buchholtz 21 kills, 10 digs; E. Buchholtz 33 assists; K. Kruegel 12 kills; Taylor Zimmerman … [Read more...]
Government this week
Monday, October 9 • Whalan City Council, City Hall, 5 p.m. • Houston City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. • Spring Valley City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. • City of Rushford City Hall, City Hall, 6:30 p.m. • Chatfield City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m. • Wykoff City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 10 • Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 a.m. • … [Read more...]
Fillmore County District Court
On September 27, Matthew Dean Storlie, 39, of Preston, appeared before District Court Judge Matthew J. Opat. Storlie is charged with Terroristic Threats – Reckless Disregard Risk, a felony with a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both. On or about September 23, within Fillmore County, it was reported that the defendant allegedly became abusive and … [Read more...]
Lanesboro business owners disagree with proposed parking ordinance
“We’ve been here for 29 years, and we’ve done everything that the city has asked us to do, but this is an issue. We need that area to park,” Historic Scanlan House and the Little River General Store owner Kirsten Mensing said in response to the Lanesboro City Council’s proposed parking ordinance. A concern had previously been brought to the council regarding business owners … [Read more...]
Ranked Battles Set
It is probably unprecedented. Four neighboring school districts, four former SEC teams from 20 years ago, Spring Grove (#1 in 9-man), Rushford-Peterson (#1 in A), Caledonia (#1 in AA), and Houston (#3 in 9-man) all are ranked top three in state. Adding Winona High (#1 in AAAA), four #1 ranked football teams in state are in the same tri-county area. Three are set for huge … [Read more...]