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Canton City Council Discusses Property Inspections

April 14, 2025 by Ben Bisbach Leave a Comment

Canton city councilors discuss the potential for property inspections. From left to right: Jen Dowling, George Hafner, Jason Magnuson, Mayor Kristy Ziegler, Jeremy Hanson, Clerk Anne Koliha, Public Works Director Jon Nordsving. Not pictured: Jim Davis. Photo by Ben Bisbach

The Canton City Council worked through a number of issues at its April 9 meeting.  There were no public comments.  After approving the consent agenda, individual departments gave their reports.  Mayor Kristy Zeigler reported that the city brush pile is open for the season.  She asked that only yard waste be dumped there.  She also gave a reminder that anyone driving UTVs or … [Read more...]

M-C Superintendent Kuphal Addresses Canton Council on Bond Referendum

March 17, 2025 by Ben Bisbach Leave a Comment

Superintendent Gary Kuphal describes plans for the building referendum. Photo by Ben Bisbach

The Canton City Council met at 6 p.m. on the beautiful spring evening of March 12. After approving the consent agenda, the board heard from Mabel-Canton Superintendent Gary Kuphal regarding the upcoming bond referendum for the M-C district.  The previous referendum passed in 2020 didn’t go as far as they had planned due to post pandemic inflation on building materials, and … [Read more...]

Love of Horses Spans Four Generations at Ukkestad Arena

March 3, 2025 by Ben Bisbach Leave a Comment

Annual youth open horse show in June 2024. From left to right: Allen LaFleur, Levi Olstad, Sam Olstad riding Bonnie, Julia Olstad, Madeline Olstad, Rachel Ukkestad and Melanie Olstad. Photo submitted

Horses have been a part of Rachel Ukkestad’s life since she was a child.  Growing up outside of Rushford during the Great Depression, she had always wanted a pony, but in those times “if it didn’t milk or pull a plow, you didn’t feed it.”  So as a kid, her experience was with the work horses that were still commonly in use on farms at the time.   At age 18 Rachel married … [Read more...]

Canton Residents Give Opinions on Feral Cat Issue

February 17, 2025 by Ben Bisbach Leave a Comment

Jeremy Hanson is sworn in as a new Canton City Council member. Photo by Ben Bisbach

The Canton City Council tackled several items at its February 12 meeting.  The first order of business was a public hearing on the rezoning of a property owned by Devry and Tina Kerns at 401 W Hwy 52, from Residential to Commercial.  One resident spoke to express concerns about the limited amount of buildable land in the city limits, and the potential loss of future residential … [Read more...]

Spring Grove School Board Begins the New Year

January 27, 2025 by Ben Bisbach Leave a Comment

Fillmore County Journal- Spring Grove

The Spring Grove School Board held its first meeting of 2025 on Tuesday, January 21.  Board members present were Angie Solie, Kelly Rholand, Stephanie Jaster, Rhan Flatin, Lisa Myhre and Myriah Klug.   Klug and Myhre are new members; Superintendent Udstuen swore them in and gave them a brief rundown of how the board functions.    A number of new-year housekeeping items were … [Read more...]

R-P School Board Holds First Meeting of 2025

January 20, 2025 by Ben Bisbach Leave a Comment

The Rushford-Peterson School Board held their first meeting of the new year on the frigid evening of Monday, January 13.  Chris Grindland called the meeting to order at 6 p.m.  He nominated Amy Woxland to take over from himself as chairperson of the board.  Other nominations were Ken Sawle as treasurer, and Matt Helgemoe as clerk.  All were elected to their respective … [Read more...]

Canton City Council Discusses New MPCA Rules

April 15, 2024 by Ben Bisbach Leave a Comment

The Canton City Council held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 10.  The council continued its recent trend of efficiency, with only a few items on the agenda.   Clerk Anne Koliha gave an update on the city’s plan for tree removal, specifically focusing on dead/dying ash trees.  Public works gave an update on new pollutant limits being developed by the MPCA for nitrate, … [Read more...]

Possible Record Set by Canton City Council

February 19, 2024 by Ben Bisbach Leave a Comment

When the Canton City Council ended its February 14 meeting, councilors commented that they may have set a new record for shortest meeting – the meeting began at 6 p.m. and ended at 6:08 p.m., just eight minutes long. With no members of the public present, few reports, and no old business to revisit, councilors were able to make quick work of things. A few points which were … [Read more...]

Canton City Council Discusses Streets Issue

January 15, 2024 by Ben Bisbach Leave a Comment

The Canton City Council met for its first meeting of the new year on Wednesday, January 10, 2024. Prior to the meeting, a Public hearing was held regarding the city’s proposal to vacate various streets and alleys within the city limits. The council had been looking at this issue as part of its preliminary planning for a major streets project coming up in future years. Within … [Read more...]

Decorah School District Declines to Renew Enrollment Agreement with M-C

December 18, 2023 by Ben Bisbach Leave a Comment

The Decorah School Board met on Monday, December 11, for their regular meeting.  One particular item on the agenda brought in a standing room only crowd – the board was to discuss whether or not to renew its enrollment agreement with Mabel-Canton.  The origins of this situation date back to when the former North Winn School District – which covered territory between Decorah … [Read more...]

Decorah School District Declines to Renew Enrollment Agreement with M-C

December 18, 2023 by Ben Bisbach Leave a Comment

The Decorah School Board met on Monday, December 11, for their regular meeting.  One particular item on the agenda brought in a standing room only crowd – the board was to discuss whether or not to renew its enrollment agreement with Mabel-Canton.   The origins of this situation date back to when the former North Winn School District – which covered territory between Decorah … [Read more...]

Mabel-Canton School Board wraps up 2022-2023 academic year

May 22, 2023 by Ben Bisbach Leave a Comment

Fillmore County Journal- Mabel-Canton reviews distance learning

By Ben Bisbach The Mabel-Canton School Board held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 16.  Present were Superintendent Gary Kuphal, District Secretary Heather Kleiboer, Principal Michelle Weidemann, board members Traci Livingood, Jason Marquardt, Chris Miller, Cristal Adkins, Diane Wilder, Dustin Tollefsrud, and Mark Weidemann, and Student Representative Matt McClimon. … [Read more...]

Spring Grove municipal liquor store ready to go on market

February 27, 2023 by Ben Bisbach Leave a Comment

Fillmore County Journal- Spring Grove

The Spring Grove City Council met on the Tuesday, February 21, as the first flakes of the powerful winter storm began to fly.  Realtor Stephanie Gulbranson was present to discuss the progress of the liquor store sale.  Nearly everything is ready for the store to go on the market.  At issue was the asking price for the property, and how to balance maximizing the return for the … [Read more...]

Spring Grove City Council tackles lengthy agenda

January 23, 2023 by Ben Bisbach Leave a Comment

The Spring Grove City Council had an exceptionally full agenda for their first meeting of the new year. The January 17 meeting began with a short public hearing, during which the council moved to approve the subdivision of a property held by the Richard and Julie Amundson Trust, and to formally repeal (effective July 1) the ordinance which had established the municipal liquor … [Read more...]

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