Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Mia Natividad Abcejo, 19, Rochester, Minn.; 11/27/2016, Speeding (65/55), Fine $40, Total Fees $130. Heidi Jo Buxengard, 21, Spring Grove, Minn.;11/14/2016, Speeding (55/45), Fine $40, Total Fees $130. Tara Kathleen Dodson, 49, Mabel, Minn.; 2/11/2016, DWI - Operate Motor Vehicle Under Influence of Alcohol, Fine $3,000 (stay $2,100 … [Read more...]
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Student films chronicling change in Lanesboro for Smithsonian project
Premiere at St. Mane Theatre in Lanesboro on Friday, January 27 and Saturday, January 28. Lanesboro, MN. – For four months in 2016, three Lanesboro area students worked diligently on Lanesboro Arts’ Youth Access Technology Project (YATP), a local history media project of impressive scope and quality. Supported by the Smithsonian Institute’s Stories from Main Street program, … [Read more...]
Root River 1W1P final plan approved
13 local government units each will decide whether to adopt document Preston, MN – Better water management in the Root River Watershed is moving forward. On Monday, December 19, the Policy Committee of the Root River One Watershed, One Plan (1W1P) voted unanimously to approve the final draft of the water management plan at a meeting in Chatfield. Root River 1W1P’s … [Read more...]
Call for entries for 2019 Exhibition Gallery shows at Lanesboro Arts
LANESBORO, MN - Announcing a call for entries for artwork to exhibit in solo or two-person shows in the Exhibition Gallery at Lanesboro Arts in 2019. Nationally known Lanesboro Arts is located at 103 Parkway Ave. N. in Lanesboro, Minn., and attracts thousands of visitors each year to its galleries and year-round arts programs and events. Lanesboro was named one of … [Read more...]
Delores M. Jensen
Delores M. Jensen, age 78, of Mabel, Minn., died Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Green Lea Senior Living in Mabel. Delores was born November 10, 1938 in rural Peterson, Minn., to Ole and Mary (Anderson) Lemberg. She attended school in Peterson. She married George Mielke. They lived in Utica and later the Twin Cities, until he later passed away. She married Larry Jensen. In … [Read more...]
Shirley Helen Bornfleth
Shirley Helen Bornfleth, 99, passed away December 21, 2016 in Rochester at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Marys Campus. Shirley was born March 8, 1917, the only child of Henry and Signe (Erickson) Hall. She married Raymond Bornfleth June 8, 1938 at Root Prairie Lutheran Church. In her younger years, Shirley was very active in her church and community. She loved to be on many … [Read more...]
Jodi Evers-Olivares
Funeral services for Jodi Evers- Olivares took place at 1 p.m. Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at Cherry Grove United Methodist Church in Cherry Grove, Minn., with Pastor Deanna Woodward officiating. Visitation was held 5–7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 27, at Cherry Grove United Methodist Church. Burial took place in the Bloomfield Cemetery. Jodi Olivares, age 37, of Plainview, … [Read more...]
Robert Fishbaugher
Robert “Bob” Fishbaugher, age 91, of Harmony, Minn., died Sunday, December 25, 2016 at Green Lea Senior Living in Mabel, Minn. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, December 29, 2016 at the United Methodist Church in Harmony, with burial in Prairie Queen Cemetery, rural Preston. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at the Lindstrom Funeral Home … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project ~ Best friends
By Alexis King Best friends, the people there for you when you have no one else. The people that you can laugh with and tell inappropriate jokes with. Best friends, the people that you can trust with your secrets. They’re the people that you can do absolutely nothing with or absolutely everything with and still have an amazing time. They’re our rock. I don’t know about you, … [Read more...]