Pine Island Invite (Girls: 1st Z-M/K-W (32), 2nd Lourdes (59), 3rd Pine Island (65), 4th LFC 70, LARP/Kingsland Inc. Burro Kaylee Arndt took second overall. Bailey Ruen (9th) and Ashley Miner (12th) finished top 15 for LFC. Emily Didier (13th) and Hannah Linder (17th) paced LARP (of 57 runners). Boys: 1st PI (43), 2nd Lourdes (51), 3rd LARP (52), 7th Kingsland, 8th LFC. … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2017
Preston Historical Society announces raffle winners
The Preston Historical Society conducted the drawing for the winners of the recent raffle fundraiser at their August Society meeting. Proceeds from the raffle will be used for Historical Society projects. The Society would again like to thank F & M Community Bank for providing matching funds of $1,000 (a dollar for each ticket sold). Preston businesses and individuals … [Read more...]
Mabel native earns unique internship at International Wolf Center in Ely
As a native of Mabel, Morgan Roppe and her family would often take the 70-mile drive to Wabasha to visit the National Eagle Center. While on one of those trips, Roppe met a man named Cameron Feaster. She and Feaster struck up a conversation and he told her about the work he does at the International Wolf Center in Ely. Feaster also told her about various internships that are … [Read more...]
Donald J. Johnson
Donald J. Johnson, 95, of La Crosse, died peacefully on Monday, September 25, 2017, at the Hillview Health Care Center. He was born on June 10, 1922, in Mabel, Minn., to Oscar and Jeva (Ladsten) Johnson. At age 10, his family moved to Lanesboro, where he attended Durkin County School. Don married his true love, Rita (Sexton-Henriksen) on May 4, 1968, in La Crosse, where they … [Read more...]
Recycling 101
Andrew (Drew) Hatzenbihler has recently joined the Solid Waste and Recycling Team at the Resource Recovery Center in Preston. He will be working with Randy and Nick to assist you in the disposal of your landfill garbage and recycling. The telephone number at the Recovery Center Office is (507) 765-4704. In the 10 years I spent with the recycling program here in Fillmore … [Read more...]
Ask a Trooper
Question: If you are 15 years old and have a farm permit to drive a farm truck, how late at night can you drive? Answer: A Minnesota Farm Work license allows a 15-year-old to drive alone only to perform farm work for his or her parent during daylight hours, within 20 miles of the farmhouse and in cities with populations of less than 100,000. The parent must complete a Farm … [Read more...]
Lanesboro School looking for more bus drivers
“I need drivers. Everybody needs drivers,” Lanesboro School’s transportation director Chad Wangen said at the school board’s September 21 meeting. He ran an ad for six weeks and still received no applications for school bus drivers. Despite the shortage of drivers, he’s been able to extend one of the bus routes to go out to Wykoff to pick up five children for school. “It’s … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Police Reports
Chatfield Police Department Steven Laverne House, 38, Chatfield, Minn.; 8/29/2017, Duty to Drive with Due Care, Fine $40, Total Fees $130. Matthew Charles Meier, 22, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; 7/21/2017, Speeding (64/55), Fine $40, Total Fees $130. Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Logan Aaron Adler, 28, Spring Valley, Minn.; 11/6/2016, Obstructing Officers Duties, Fine $200, … [Read more...]
Lanesboro joins with Fillmore Central for dance team
At the September 26 Fillmore Central School Board meeting, the board learned that he Lanesboro School Board had approved the cooperative agreement with Fillmore Central for the dance team which is coached by Kari Berg. Practices will begin in October and preliminary numbers for each district show 12-13 students interested in participating. A resignation from seventh grade … [Read more...]