By Tanner Marquardt Student Intern University of Minnesota Extension PRESTON, MN, June 19, 2023 — As you’re gardening this year you may find that you want to change up your garden, or maybe you want something easier to access, consider raised garden beds. Raised garden beds are excellent for people with mobility issues or who struggle to bend to the ground. Raised garden … [Read more...]
Government this Week
Monday, June 26 • La Crescent City Council, City Hall, 5:30 p.m. • Caledonia City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. • Kingsland School Board, Elementary Conference Room, 6 p.m. • Rushford City Council, City Hall, 6:30 p.m. • Chatfield City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 27 • Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 a.m. • Houston County Commissioners, Courthouse, … [Read more...]
God is bigger than you
Rev. Peter Haugen Chatfield, MN Our Lord Jesus said, “It is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’; and you have not come to know Him, but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I shall be a liar like you, but I do know Him, and keep His word” (St. John 8:54-55). Jesus knows God. None better. And when He taught us to pray, He did so, saying, … [Read more...]
The Bible says, “Obey your parents”!
By Pastor Stuart Weist First Baptist Church of Preston I heard this before, both in my youth and as an adult. I have heard more than a few times Christian parents weaponize this phrase out of Ephesians 6:1 without giving any thought to the rest of the passage. Their goal is to simply have children that follow their every command. But that’s not what the Bible says, and … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Flashback Donald Ward’s transatlantic ties
By Jane Skinner Peck Staff at Lanesboro Museum Our small city museum, packed with historic treasures, has captured the attention of the famed Suffolk County Archives in Ipswich, England. Suffolk County is located in the southeast corner of England. Suffolk Archives has branches in three towns in their county and the museums are responsible for 900 years of history. Lanesboro … [Read more...]
Fillmore and Houston County Police Reports
Caledonia Police Department Lukas James Lowe, 19, Kilkenny, Minn.; 5/6/2023, Consumption by Persons Under 21, Fine $100, Total Fees $175. Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Ashton Jukes Boysen, 19, Spring Valley, Minn.; 4/1/2023, DWI - Operate Motor Vehicle Under Influence of Alcohol, Fine $1,000 (stay $700 until 6/8/2024), Total Fees $415. Local Confinement - 90 days … [Read more...]
Motorcycle accident claims lives of two men
Winneshiek County Deputies responded to a motorcycle accident that occurred on the evening of June 11 on County Road A14. The driver, Wyatt Rex Tibbals, 21, of Cresco, Iowa, was traveling at a high rate of speed on a motorcycle and struck pedestrian, Finn Lee Ronken, 22, of Canton, Minn., who was in the roadway. As a result, both were fatally injured. This accident remains … [Read more...]
Armyworms
By Katie Drewitz University of Minnesota Extension PRESTON and CALEDONIA, MN, June 13, 2023 — As of writing this article, both Fillmore and Houston counties, along with many other parts of the state, are in D0 (abnormally dry) or D1 (moderate drought) conditions. Given the current stage and conditions of our crops there are many things that we need to be thinking … [Read more...]
Ruth Carolyn (Hintze) Lemke
Ruth Carolyn (Hintze) Lemke passed away after a brief illness on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at Olmsted Medical Center. She was 86 years old. Ruth was born in Spring Valley, Minn., on January 13, 1937, to Ruben and Lenora (Grabau) Hintze. Ruth attended school in Spring Valley, graduating from Spring Valley High School in 1955, where she had been active in both band and chorus. … [Read more...]
Kathleen Myrah
Kathleen Marie Myrah, age 76, of Spring Grove, passed away suddenly at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn., surrounded by her family and holding her grandson Cavin’s hand. Kathy was born on August 15, 1946, in Decorah, Iowa, to Curtis (Shorty) and Anastasia (Tubby) (Carolan) Foltz. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Anges-Plymouth Rock Church in rural Winneshiek Co. … [Read more...]