At the December 12 meeting of the county board elected official salary requests and another request for support of a land acquisition to be donated to the DNR were discussed. Michael Tenney, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, asked the board to support the purchase of 92.8 acres, located in sections 1 and 12, in the city of Rushford Village. The Minnesota Deer Hunters … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2017
Ostrander revs up for infrastructure project
A regular meeting of the Ostrander City Council was held on December 13, with all members in attendance (Erin Volkart, Pam Kunert, Mayor Pat Nesler, City Clerk Christine Hyrkas, Heidi Jones and DJ Start). Brian Malm, representing the engineering firm of Bolton & Menk, updated the council on plans regarding the upcoming street and utility infrastructure project, and asked … [Read more...]
Rushford deliberates on 2018 budget, levy
Monday, December 11, the City of Rushford held their annual public hearing on proposed tax levy. The figure was set in September at a maximum of $938,000, or an 8.19% increase over 2017. Adjustments were applied in November to debt service needs and the amount was reduced to $913,000, or a 5.3% increase over the 2017 levy of $867,000. Broken down, this net increase represents a … [Read more...]
Whalan fills open seats on zoning board
After a lengthy search by Whalan city council members the two vacant seats on the Whalan Zoning Board have now been filled. Ernie Johnson and Larry Johnson have each agreed to serve on the board. All council members were present at the December 11, 2017 regularly scheduled monthly council meeting including Mayor Marlys Tuftin, Owen Lewis, Everett Johnson, Wyatt Berekvam and … [Read more...]
Mabel works to attract new businesses
Mayor Jim Westby told the city council at its December meeting that he met with representatives from Kwik Trip and Dollar General in an effort to get them to locate in Mabel. Both companies said the same thing — there’s just not enough traffic to make it feasible to come here. Westby said he met with the top-level representative from Kwik Trip and it was a good meeting, but the … [Read more...]
County evaluates its performance, discusses 2018 budget
County Coordinator Bobbie Vickerman reviewed 2017 progress and discussed goals for 2018 at its Truth in Taxation meeting held in the evening on December 12. Some highlights in 2017 include participation in the effort to achieve County Program Aid (CPA) reform. This legislation resulted in a formula change which reduces the volatility of CPA from year to year. Fillmore County … [Read more...]
Double-H Girls Run Streak to Four
Sports are cyclical. Most teams have high years and down years. Houston girls basketball has had its players in the past five years, including two 1,000-point scorers (Abbey Loken and Kelly Jerviss). But they’ve had only one 4-1 start in the last 13 years (plus), the season with both Loken and Jerviss (2013-2014). They have had only one four-game win streak in the last ten … [Read more...]
Hongerholt Vaults ‘Canes Past M-C
The season is just barely started, but SEC boys squads Mabel-Canton and Houston can now put one high-pressure game on their resumes. The teams battled wire-to-wire in a game of interesting trends. M-C started 7-1, as Drew Wyffels cross-courted the ‘Canes 1-3-1 trap to Blake Henry often early. Houston replied with a 16-4 run to lead 17-11. The six point leads were the … [Read more...]
Trojan Teams Sweep Border Battle
It was a work-in-progress second week for Rushford-Peterson’s basketball teams. Each lost contests on school nights. A big boys 1A East title game re-match with Spring Grove was re-scheduled per electrical issues. But on Saturday, Trojan squads trekked to Decorah for the first weekend of the second season of the Border Battle. Each came up victorious. At Luther College, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Ross Herber (106 > 12-1 MD, 17-2 TF, FF), Reece Riebel (138 > pin, pin, 16-0 TF), Dominic Jenkins (145 > 13-11 in SV-1, FF, pin) and Noah Herber (182 > three pins) all went 3-0 in helping LARP wrestling finish second (2-1) at the Byron Quad. The Screamin’ Eagles (3-1) loss was 38-32 to the host Bears. FC’s girls got four in double figures to beat L-A. The … [Read more...]