Mayor Scott Wallace called the City Council meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. July 8, 2024, with the Pledge of Allegiance. Council present: Mayor Scott Wallace, Zeb Baumann, Emily Krage, Cody Mathers, and Steve Westby. Staff present: Suzie Cox, Michelle Quinn, Brett Hurley, John Langheinrich, Randy Thesing, and Josh Hongerholt. A listing of public members present is on file. Root … [Read more...]
City of Lanesboro, Minnesota Ordinance No. 130.02
An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 130.02 Adopted on August 5, 2024, and Titled “An Ordinance Relating to Discharging Firearms” The City Council of Lanesboro, Minnesota ordains: Section 1. Ordinance No. 130.02 adopted on August 7, 2023, and titled “Discharging Firearms” is amended to read: A. General Discharge of Firearms. It is a misdemeanor for any person to … [Read more...]
Condensed Regular City Council Meeting Minutes of July 23, 2024.
The full version of these minutes can be found on the City of Rushford website at www.rushford.govoffice.com or will be provided if requested via email or hard copy by contacting citykaz@goacentek.net Members Present: Mayor Benson Council members O’Donnell, Ryman, Linder, Volkman Staff Present: Clerk/Treas. Zacher, Administrator Chladek Consent agenda: verified claims/fund … [Read more...]
Pastor Devotions – Summer’s Lease Hath All Too Short a Date
By Pastor Jeff Jacobs Unity Lutheran Parish - St. Paul, Saetersdal and St. Matthew’s, Granger No, that’s not a quote from Scripture, but Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18. And at mid-August, I’m sure many of us feel summer is flying too quickly – again! The prophet Isaiah had his own spin on transience: “The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Death Investigation
According to Fillmore County Sheriff John DeGeorge, at approximately 12:14 a.m. on August 4, 2024, Fillmore County dispatch received a 911 call of a person lying in the roadway who was possibly hit by a vehicle on county Road 30 east of Granger, Minn. Responding deputies found 23-year-old Cale Jackson of Cresco, Iowa, to be deceased. The initial investigation indicated that the … [Read more...]
Kendall Hammell
Kendall Hammell, age 7, of Chatfield passed away at her home, surrounded by her family on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. Kendall Ann Hammell was born the second daughter of Lucas and Melissa (Wassink) Hammell in Rochester, Minn., on September 24, 2016. Kendall would have been a second grader at Chatfield Elementary this fall. She was a brave little soul with a great sense of … [Read more...]
Mabel A. Hovden
Mabel A. Hovden, 102, of Mabel, formerly of the Burr Oak, Iowa, area, died Sunday, August 4, 2024, at the Green Lea Senior Living in Mabel, Minns. Mabel was born February 5, 1922, on the family farm near Cresco, Iowa, to Carl and Mabel (Jewell) Blomgren. She attended school in Cresco. As a young woman she moved to Kansas to help family. She would later move back to help … [Read more...]
Gordon “Gordy” Nelson
In loving memory, we announce that Gordon “Gordy” Nelson passed away at his home in Winona, Minn., on August 6, 2024, surrounded by his wife and six children. He dedicated his life to nurturing his family as a dedicated husband and loving father of six children, and doting grandfather to 15 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. He was the kindest and most selfless person … [Read more...]
Patrick Joseph Halloran
Patrick J. Halloran, a retired Major General of the United States Air Force and a longtime resident of Colorado Springs, passed away May 31, 2024. He was born in Chatfield, Minn., on June 30, 1928. He entered the Air Force as an Aviation Cadet and graduated as a Second Lieutenant fighter pilot in September 1950. He flew 100 combat missions over North Korea in the F-84 … [Read more...]
Joshua Kneal Easley
Joshua Kneal Easley, of Wilmington, N. C., died Tuesday July 30, 2024, in North Carolina. Josh, a.k.a. “crash,” a.k.a. “puddin,” lived up to all his names wildly until the very end. He is severely missed and madly loved. He made it to heaven just in time to avoid participating in the upcoming election. He is survived by his wife Amy Easley, and the rest of their Brady Bunch: … [Read more...]