Fall colors are beginning to bloom in Bluff Country. A wide palette of yellows, oranges, golds, browns, reds, and greens draw residents and visitors alike, to experience Bluff Country. Whether taking photos, visiting apple orchards, buying colorful mums, enjoying corn mazes with your children, picking out the perfect pumpkin to grace your home, visiting a local farmers … [Read more...]
Houston County to Hold Monthly Children’s Dental Clinics
Chairperson Dewey Severson called the regularly scheduled meeting of the Houston County Commission to order at 9 a.m. Severson led his fellow commissioners and the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. The board unanimously approved the meeting agenda with one addition to the consent agenda, as well as the September 5 commission meeting minutes. All five commissioners were in … [Read more...]
Caledonia Approves Third Retail Cannabis Permit
At its regularly scheduled September 11 meeting, the Caledonia City Council approved Tree Huggers Cannabis MN LLC request for a retail permit to sell cannabinoid products. City Clerk/Administrator Jake Dickson explained that manager Brent Welch plans to open the dispensary in the former Dairy Queen building at 603 Esch Dr., Caledonia by November. Dickson and councilman Ryan … [Read more...]
Quiet in Eitzen
Mayor Jeff Adamson called the September 13 regularly scheduled meeting of the Eitzen City Council meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. Council members in attendance included Mayor Jeff Adamson, Emily Burrichter, Mitch Lange and Mitch Luttchens. Doug Meyer arrived at 6:29 p.m. Others in attendance were City Clerk Steve Schuldt and City Maintenance Darryl Meyer. The council … [Read more...]
Tapping of the Keg at Wykoff Fall Fest
Make plans to attend the annual Wykoff Fall Festival this weekend, September 21-24. Dave Schmidt will tap the keg at noon on Saturday at the fest grounds. This year’s grand marshals are Ken and Marie Baker. On Saturday at 11 a.m. you’ll see them in the popular Fall Fest parade. Make plans to attend the festival’s dinner theater, Fall Fest Foul Play: Murder at Wykoff Casino … [Read more...]
A Successful Steam Engine Days
Mabel Mayor Adam Wilder announced at the September 13 Mabel, Minn., City Council meeting that all 5,000 buttons were sold at Steam Engine Days, “Not sure when the last time they did that.” Wilder expressed his thanks to all the groups, Toot & Whistle, Historical Society, Business Association, Mabel Lions, all the volunteers, the Queens, noting, “Everything went great.” He … [Read more...]
Houston County Begins 2024 Budget Process
Chairperson Dewey Severson called the Houston County Commission’s regularly scheduled September 5 meeting to order at 9 a.m. Severson led his colleagues and the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. The board unani-mously approved the meeting agenda noting one change to the consent agenda, and the minutes from the August 22 commission meeting. Commissioner Robert (Bob) Burns … [Read more...]
What’s New at Applefest?
Organizers have added two new events to the 75th annual Applefest schedule, September 15-17 in picturesque La Crescent, Minn. The festivities light up the town on Thursday, September 14, with the first-ever Torchlight Parade. Entries will line up at Veterans Memorial parking lot and travel through downtown La Crescent, ending in the Crucifixion parking lot. The parade is … [Read more...]
Sprague Woods: an Outdoor Classroom
Mayor Schroeder called the Caledonia City Council regularly scheduled meeting to order at 6 p.m. Schroeder led his colleagues and the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. The council approved the meeting agenda and the minutes from the August 14 council meeting as written. Council members in attendance included Amanda Ninneman, Mayor DeWayne (Tank) Schroeder, David … [Read more...]
Farm Family – Kevin Tart and Julie Broadwater
The Tart family has been toiling in the same fields for five generations all in the Root River valley minutes from Spring Valley, Minn. And, all within a mile of the farm where Kevin Tart and Julie Broadwater along with their three children, Lakin, Macen and Nayli live. Kevin’s great-great-grandfather Alkin Tart and his wife Mary Tart were the first generation to farm the … [Read more...]