As the Whalan City Council met on January 8, 2018, one of the most pressing items on the agenda was setting the Slate of Office. Mayor Marlys Tuftin and council members Kim Berekvam, Everett Johnson and Wyatt Berekvam were present, along with City Clerk Lolly Melander. Council member Owen Lewis was absent. The Slate of Office included depositor (Merchants Bank, Lanesboro), … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2018
Richard J. Rasmussen
Richard J. Rasmussen, age 84, of Mabel, Minn., and formerly of Hesper, Iowa, died Wednesday, January 10, 2018, at Green Lea Senior Living in Mabel. Richard was born August 1, 1933, in Amherst, to Otto and Myrtle (Erickson) Rasumssen. He attended the Mabel High School. In 1952 he married Shirley Peterson. They later divorced. They operated the Tasty Freeze in Caledonia … [Read more...]
John DeGeorge announces run for Fillmore County Sheriff
John DeGeorge, a lifelong Fillmore County resident and current Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Captain, has announced his candidacy for Fillmore County Sheriff. The Sheriff position will be up for election in November 2018. John graduated from Rushford-Peterson High School in 1995. He graduated from Alexandria Technical College in 1997 with a degree in Law Enforcement and … [Read more...]
(Can’t) Quite Really Figure
Vince Lombardi once famously asked, “what the hell is going on out here?” In section 1A boys’ basketball, it’s a good question. As of January 5, 1A’s top three perennial powers, the schools that have represented the section in each of its last four title games, R-P, Goodhue, and SG, all were ranked outside the QRF’s top four. The section’s top four QRF-teams were … [Read more...]
Looking For Wins
The 2017 portion of the 2017-2018 basketball season was a bit tough on FCJ covered teams. Ten of fourteen posted sub-500 overall records. Eight of those sub-500 squads took on each other early in 2018. Laying Down the Second Half Lawston A Lanesboro (2-6) at R-P (2-7) girls game was a free-throw-line tale of two halves. The visiting Burros went 13 of 21 in the first half, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield wrestling beat D-E 42-23. The Gophers improved to 4-0 (TRC foes) and 7-1 (overall). LARP wrestling (2-2, 4-3) beat FCLMC (0-3, 1-6) in a county-county dual. FCLMC’s Eric Kunz won 160-pounds at the Flanagan Invite. Houston boys basketball (2-3, 5-6) went 3-0 on the week. James Hongerholt had 23 points in a 65-62 win over Klawock City, Alaska. Alex Van Gundy had … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/2 – 1/6)
Klawock City (AK) 62, Houston 65 (H: J. Hongerholt 23 pts; M. Schutte 21 pts; Alex Van Gundy 14 pts) Houston 64, Kee (Lansing, IA) 53 (H: A. Van Gundy 28 pts; Brady Happel 14 pts; J. Hongerholt 14 pts) Lanesboro 51, L/P 75 (L: C. Schwichtenberg 23 pts (7-8 FTs), 6 rebs; Andrew Luck 13 pts) M-C 58, Hayfield 69 (MC: D. Wyffels 20 pts (3-9 threes), 10 assists; Ryan Kuhn 9 pts. … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/2 – 1/6)
GM 66, M-C 31 (MC: Payton Danielson 13 pts, 8 rebs. GM: Jordyn Glynn 26 pts) Kingsland 54, L-A 46 (K: L. Buchholtz 26 pts (3-5 threes, 5-6 FTs), 7 rebs, 4 assists, 8 stls; Lindsey Welch 12 pts (5-9 FGs), 7 rebs; Ellie Buchholtz 8 pts, 10 rebs, 3 assists, 3 stls. Knights had a 10-2 run late to go from up 42-40 to up 52-42) W-K 71, R-P 55 (RP: Kjersta Hinz career-high-tying … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/5 & 1/6)
Chatfield 42, D-E 23 (Chatfield went 4-2 in decision-matches. Carter Fishbaugher’s pin at 195 gave the Gophers an insurmountable 36-17 lead. Seth Goetzinger (106), Nathan Goldsmith (138), and A.J. Karver (220) also had pins. Cael Bartels (113 > 12-6), Chase Ketterhagen (132 > 5-0), Jacob Stephas (160 > 5-4), and Davontae Goldsmith (170 > 13-7) won by decision. … [Read more...]
Your invitation to play!
What’s your new year’s resolution? If you played an instrument in high school or college, the Chatfield Brass Band encourages you to dig out your instrument from the closet and start a new adventure! The band will begin preparing for a brand new year of rehearsals and concerts and invites new members. As they look forward to their 50th anniversary in 2019, the board of … [Read more...]