Government this week
Tuesday, February 1 •Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 a.m. •Houston County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 a.m. •City of Rushford Village City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 2 •Fountain City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m. Thursday, February 3 •Houston School Board, High School Library, 6 p.m. Monday, February 7 •City of Houston Planning … [Read more...]
Richard Dean Sikkink
Richard Dean Sikkink, 61, passed away on January 26, 2022, in his home in Chester, Iowa. He was husband to Pam Sikkink; they shared 40 years together. He was born April, 1, 1960, in Ft. Riley, Kans., to Elton and Sharon (Bruggeman) Sikkink of Wykoff, Minn. He attended Wykoff Public School, from where he graduated from high school in 1978. While in high school, he played … [Read more...]
Myrna Little
Myrna A. Little, age 100, of Fountain, Minn., passed away peacefully in her home on January 13, 2022. Myrna Annette Storhoff was born at the family farm in rural Lanesboro on September 4, 1921, to Alvin and Alma (Bremseth) Storhoff. After her mother’s death in 1924, Myrna was raised by extended family until 1926 when her great-aunt and uncle, Dorothea and Lauritz Olstad … [Read more...]
Marlys McCallson
Marlys McCallson, 80, of rural Lanesboro, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 23, 2022, at her home, with her family at her side. Marlys Ann Sorum was born March 2, 1941, in Rushford, to Carl and Ellen (Ferden) Sorum. On September 20, 1958, she married Richard McCallson in Preston. Marlys was a farm wife and homemaker until entering the workforce at age 40. She … [Read more...]
Mildred “Millie” Maloney
Heaven gained a beautiful angel when Mildred “Millie” Maloney passed away from complications of COVID-19 at age 99, on January 10, 2022. Millie was born on December 19, 1922, to Elmer and Erna (Tabor) Pretsch in Ostrander, Minn. She graduated from Spring Valley (SV) High School in 1940. She was married to Fay Daniel Maloney on November 30, 1947. Millie took great delight in … [Read more...]
Arvin Fabian
Arvin Emil Fabian, 85, of Winona County, Minn., passed away peacefully on January 21, 2022, at Casa de la Luz Hospice in Tucson, Ariz. Arvin, known simply as Arv, was born July 30, 1936, to Emil W.H. and Ruby W.E. Fabian. Arv served in the National Guard. He married his wife and partner in life, Janice Gunderson, on October 19, 1957. Together they had four children, Wendy … [Read more...]
Leonard Reinhart
Leonard Reinhart, 91, of Brownsville, Minn., died peacefully January 22, 2022, at La Crescent Health Services, in La Crescent, Minn. Leonard was born April 10, 1930, in Crow Lake, S. Dak., to Tony and Agnes (Boesen) Reinhart. The family moved to Brownsville, Minn., when Leonard was four years old. He married Lorraine Myers on August 16, 1950, at St. Patrick’s Catholic … [Read more...]
Pastor Devotion: Do not lose heart
By Pastor Jeff Jacobs Unity Lutheran Parish - St. Paul, Saetersdal and St. Matthew’s, Granger In his letters to the Corinthian church 2,000 years ago, St. Paul writes about successes and disappoint-ments in their community, occasions for celebration and causes for dismay. He could easily have written much the same to our world today. We’ve seen progress against COVID … [Read more...]
Letter about common good… To the Editor,
In a recent article Lee Hamilton asked, “Can we find our way to the common good?” The short answer is YES if we follow the road map in the Constitution. But first, we’d better define what is meant by “common good.” It involves the facilities or institutions that benefit all members of a given community. Examples are basic rights and freedoms, national defense, including … [Read more...]