Donald LuVerne Wangen, 86, of Lanesboro, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2017 at The Cedars in Austin, Minn. Don was born April 5, 1930, in Lanesboro, to Adolph and Mathilda (Olson) Wangen. He attended Country School through seventh grade, walking uphill, both ways, while barefoot. He then attended Lanesboro School beginning in the eighth grade, and graduated in 1948. … [Read more...]
Duane L. Elton
Duane L. Elton, age 87 of Harmony, Minn., passed away February 22, 2017 at the Gundersen Harmony Care Center in Harmony. Memorial services will be 2:30 pm Friday, March 3, 2017 at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Granger, Minn. Friends may call at the church from 1:30 until time of services. The Lindstrom Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Duane was … [Read more...]
Kenneth Janssen
Funeral services for Kenneth Janssen will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at the LeRoy Lutheran Church, with Rev. Herman Bakker officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at the LeRoy Lutheran Church and will continue on Wednesday for one hour prior to the service. Kenneth D. Janssen, age 79, of … [Read more...]
Lillian A. Benson
Lillian A. Benson, age 96, of Harmony, Minn., died February 22, 2017 at the Gundersen Harmony Care Center in Harmony. Funeral Services were held 11 a.m. Monday February 27, 2017 at Greenfield Lutheran Church in Harmony, followed by burial in Greenfield Cemetery. Friends may call from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday at the Lindstrom Funeral Home in Harmony and on Monday from 10 a.m. until … [Read more...]
Mary Jean Nagle
Mary Jean Nagle, of Preston, died on February 24, 2017, at the age of 73, due to complications of a brain aneurysm. She was born May 1, 1943 in Wykoff, Minn., to Raymond and Helen (Brink) Westphal and graduated from Harmony High School in 1962. Mary was united in marriage to Jerry Nagle in April 1966. The two of them farmed a dairy farm north of Preston from 1966-1981. After … [Read more...]
Allette M. “Lolly” Hatlevig
Allette M. “Lolly” Hatlevig, 93, of rural Lanesboro, Minn., died on Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at her winter home in Mesa, Ariz. Lolly was born on December 28, 1923, in Montana to Oscar and Minda (Benson) Holtegaard. She married Arnold “Arne” Hatlevig at North Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Lanesboro, Minn., on November 13, 1943. Lolly was a wife and mother, raising six … [Read more...]
U.S. premier of owl documentary tops 15th owl festival
The U.S. premiere of a long-anticipated owl documentary will be one of the high points of the 15th annual International Festival of Owls in Houston, Minnesota, March 3-5. The owl festival, which started as a relatively small “hatch day” party for Alice the Great Horned Owl, an area celebrity who works at the International Owl Center, will feature the U.S. premiere of The … [Read more...]
We the people (with a nod to Charles Dickens)
By John Jordan To begin with, the world did not end. Ok, the election did not go the way I wanted it to. I am appalled by the character of the president. To mention just one aspect, he must be held accountable by us fellow men for his physical assaults on women and his bragging about it. To dismiss such behavior as “just locker room talk” is absurd and false. As I read … [Read more...]
Talking turkey about climate
So I’m taking the garbage out on a rainy, 50+ degree Monday morning in February, and I think to myself: self, I’ve been on this earth for three decades and a little more, so I’m old enough to remember Februaries where the temperatures didn’t climb out of the 30s, let alone into the 50s. Heck, I remember a nasty St. Paddy’s snowstorm just back when I was in college, but it seems … [Read more...]
Government this week
Monday, February 27 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, February 28 Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 a.m. Fillmore Central School Board, 5 p.m. Thursday, March 2 Fountain City Council, City hall, 7:30 p.m. Houston School Board, High … [Read more...]