Tracy Wingert, 61, of Fountain, died peacefully at Mayo Hospice in Rochester on Thursday, July 27, 2017, following a hard fought battle against metastatic cancer. She was born on April 4, 1956, in Kansas to James and Lillian (Witzel) Garden. She graduated from Charles City High School, Charles City, Iowa, in 1975. She graduated from St. Marys School of Practical Nursing as … [Read more...]
Arlene Delores Bacon
Arlene Delores Bacon, age 83, of Brownsville, Minn., formerly of Hesper, Iowa, died Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at Bethany Riverside Nursing Home in La Crosse, Wis. Arlene was born December 1, 1933 in Hesper, Iowa, to Delvin and Cora (Rollie) Soberg. She attended rural schools and finished her grade school years in the public school in the village of Hesper. She graduated … [Read more...]
Scott Thomas Pitchford
Scott Thomas Pitchford, age 47, was born on March 12, 1970, in Racine, Wis. Scott graduated from Peterson High School, attended Winona State University, St. Mary’s College and served our country first as an Army soldier and then in the U.S. Marine Corps as a sniper for 8 years. He continued serving a police officer for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for 19 years, … [Read more...]
Donovan Nagel
Donovan Nagel, age 81, of Preston, Minn., died peacefully from complications of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy on Thursday, July 20, 2017, at Gundersen Harmony Care Center in Harmony, Minn. Burial took place 12:30 p.m. at the Greenleafton Cemetery in Greenleafton, Minn., prior to the service. Memorial services was held 2 p.m. Monday, July 24, 2017, at Greenleafton Reformed … [Read more...]
Ribbon cutting held for The Sweet Stop and Sandwich Shoppe
The Preston Chamber of Commerce welcomed new owners of The Sweet Stop & Sandwich Shopppe, Brenda Lloyd and Mike Eickhoff with a ribbon cutting on July 10, 2017. Shown above are, front, left to right, Hillary Diede of Blossom Hill orchard and farm, Gabby Kinneberg, Preston Area Chamber of Commerce; Shelly Hanson of B&B Bowl and Restaurant, Tiana Plagman, daughter of … [Read more...]
Harmony bloodmobile collects 28 units
The blood drive held in Harmony on July 11, 2017, succeeded in collecting 28 units of blood despite having the Red Cross truck break down and the drive starting three hours late. There were 26 donors that presented and one first-time participant. Congratulations to one donor who reached the following milestone: Donovan Brink – 9 gallons The bloodmobile is sponsored by the … [Read more...]
Government this week
Monday, July 24 • Spring Valley City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. • City of Rushford City Council, City Hall, 6:30 p.m. • Chatfield City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 25 • Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 a.m. • Fillmore County School Board, High School Media Center, 6:30 p.m. Schedule subject to change. … [Read more...]
County awarded funds
The Minnesota State Set-Aside Committee for the FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program has recommended $2,800 be awarded to Fillmore County. These Federal funds are awarded by the Department of Homeland Security and used to provide emergency food and shelter to people in need of them. The local board is made up of Workforce Development, churches, Semcac, Human Services, and … [Read more...]
Engagement
Hegg ~ Sullivan Curt and Renee Hegg of Harmony are pleased to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Cassie to John T. Sullivan, son of John and Sandy Sullivan of Butte-Anaconda, Mont. Cassie and John are employed as correction officers for the State of Montana and will continue to reside in Great Falls, Mont. An outdoor wedding is planned for Cassie and John … [Read more...]
Sue’s Muse
Gilbert’s photo shoot Gilbert took part in a photo shoot the Monday before the 4th of July. Gilbert is a photogenic lad, with his large and caring brown eyes. However, it is tricky to get a good shot of a black dog. In fact, I once read that people avoid taking black dogs as a pet for this very reason. In my last article, I discussed the fact that Lions Club International was … [Read more...]