Arden Paul Pederson
Arden Paul Pederson, 90, a longtime member of the Whalan community, passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016 in Preston. Arden was born January 13, 1926 in Arendahl Township, Minn., to Peter and Cordella (Bradley) Pederson. At the age of five, he moved to his present farm with his parents. He attending the Lodahl School, in rural Lanesboro, until the eighth grade. From … [Read more...]
Arlenn H. Hundorf
Arlenn H. Hundorf, 83, of Rushford, Minn., died on Monday, December 12, 2016, at Lake Winona Manor in Winona, Minn. Arlenn was born on July 2, 1933, in Rushford, Minn., to Palmer and Alice (Jonsgaard) Hundorf. He was raised in Rushford and worked with his father on the family farm until he entered the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. On November 18, 1955, he was united … [Read more...]
Beverly Mae Kiehne
Beverly Mae Kiehne was born November 3, 1931 near Bristol Township to William and Bertha (Klomps) Vehrenkamp. Beverly passed away Monday, December 12, 2016 in Rochester. She attended Harmony High School and graduated in 1948. On January 29, 1950, she married Dwaine Kiehne at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Granger. Dwaine and Beverly moved from Granger to their … [Read more...]
Susan M. Petersen
Susan M. Petersen, age 64, of rural Mabel, Minn., died Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, Iowa. Susan was born October 30, 1952 in Decorah, Iowa to Russell and Alice (Brandt) Richardson. She attended the Canton Elementary School and in 1970 graduated from the Mabel-Canton High School. She studied at the Rochester Technical Institute for … [Read more...]
Doris “Boyum” Fox
Doris B. Fox, 86, of Peterson, Minn., died on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 in Rushford, Minn. Doris was born on August 14, 1930, in Peterson, Minn., to Bennie and Mildred (Hanson) Boyum. She was raised on the family farm in rural Peterson. Doris attended country school, graduated from Peterson High School in 1948, and from the Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis. On June … [Read more...]
Government this week
Monday, December 19 Rushford-Peterson School Board, Rushford Biology Room, 5:30 p.m. Kingsland School Board, District Conference Room, 6:30 p.m. Chatfield School Board, High School Media Center, 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 20 Preston City Council, Council Chambers, 6 p.m. Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 a.m. Houston School Board, High School … [Read more...]
Letter about Stan Gudmundson commentary…
To the Editor, Holy Lucifer! I read Col. Stan Gudmundson’s column in your December 12 issue. I thought for sure he was writing about Dante’s Inferno. Upon rereading, it became clear that maybe he was scape goating atheists for his own confusion on his own immortatlity. We all know we will die sooner or later, but the real question is how have we dealt with our lives … [Read more...]
Letter about Voting freedoms of Minnesota…
To the Editor, I’m glad I live in Minnesota. I have only been here a little over two years. But it feels like I moved back to America after living in Wisconsin. I decided to look into the voting laws here recently and want to share. I love all the new freedoms after living in a state that is controlled by restrictive voter laws put in place by corrupt politicians that pick … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project: Why do we dream?
By Yasmin Scrabeck What is your first reaction when you hear “dream?” Is it a brief reminder of what you hope to accomplish? Perhaps it is instead a strange sense of nostalgia and desire to finish the interactive movie that played on your brain last night. For me, whenever I hear the word “dream,” I think of the amazing superpowers I received in my own dream the other … [Read more...]