USDA Rural Development has funding availabile for very low- and low-income individuals and families seeking to purchase or repair a home in a rural area. The Direct Home Loan program offers financing to qualified very-low and low-income applicants that are unable to qualify for traditional financing. No down payment is required, and the interest rate could be as low as 1% … [Read more...]
Pastor Devotions – Unprecedented?!
By Pastor Bridget Sheely Racine/Sumner Center UMC, Stewartville UMC Children’s Ministry Coordinator Well folks, the time has come around again where we close the door to yet another year, 2021 and open the window to welcome the fresh breezes of a new year, 2022. It is natural this time of year to reflect on what was and what is to be. As I ponder the past, there is one … [Read more...]
College News
Fall 2021 Graduation List • Minnesota State University-Mankato: Brandon Ebnet, Chatfield, BS, Sport Management; Reid Buschmann, Grand Meadow, BS, Accounting; Aaron Eversole, Lanesboro, BS, Accounting, Magna Cum Laude; Ashley Himli, Preston, BS, Psychology, Magna Cum Laude and BS, Dance, Magna Cum Laude; Tracy Agrimson, Rushford, MS, Special Education; Nicholas Anderson, … [Read more...]
Birth Announcement
Eliza Monica Curtis Derek and Lauren Curtis of Amston, Conn., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Eliza Monica Curtis, born on October 19, 2021, at the Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain, Conn. She weighed 8 lbs., 8 oz. and was 22 inches long. Eliza joins big brother Cole at home. Grandparents are Marc and Dianne Maciag of Marborough, Conn., and … [Read more...]
Government This Week
Monday, January 3 • City of Houston Planning Commission/EDA, City Hall, 5:30 p.m. • Kingsland School Board Work Session, Elementary Conference Room and via Zoom, 6 p.m. • Lanesboro City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. • Preston City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. • LeRoy City Council, Community Center, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 4 • Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 … [Read more...]
Patricia Ann (Zobel) Seebach
Patricia Ann (Zobel) Seebach, 91, of Cresco, died Friday, December 24, 2021, at Regional Health Services of Howard County Hospital, Cresco, from complications associated with a stroke. She was born September 15, 1930, daughter of Harold and Mabel Zobel. On June 7, 1953, she married Lyle George Seebach. Patricia “Pat” graduated from Dysart High School in 1947, then … [Read more...]
Marilyn Carol (Gilbert) Gehrking
Marilyn Carol (Gilbert) Gehrking, 81, of Spring Valley, Minn., died on Monday, December 27, 2021, at the Spring Valley Care Center. Visitation will be held 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 4, 2021, at Hindt Funeral Home Spring Valley, Minn., and will continue Wednesday, January 5, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church an hour prior to the service. Funeral service will be 11 a.m., … [Read more...]
Dorothy Jean Brandenburg
Dorothy Jean Brandenburg, age 89, passed away December 27 at the Knox County Nursing Home in Knoxville, Ill. She was born July 23, 1932, to Joseph M. and Palma Larson. She married Ira Brandenburg in 1953. Dorothy was a graduate of Kahler School of Nursing in Rochester, Minn., and was a registered nurse in Galesburg, Ill., for many years. She is survived by sons Mark, Kevin, … [Read more...]
Andrew “Drew” Joel Sorom
Andrew “Drew” Joel Sorom, 48, of Lanesboro, Minn., died tragically and unexpectedly on Monday, December 20, 2021. Drew was born on July 31, 1973 in Reedsburg, Wis., to Richard and Kathryn (Prottengeier) Sorom. He graduated from Webb High School in Reedsburg. He worked as a painter for his dad and on his own. Drew was a talented musician and artist. He wrote and performed … [Read more...]
Deborah Sustrick
Deborah R. Sustrick passed away on December 19, 2021, in the Winona hospital. She was 66 and died from complications of diabetes. She was born in East Los Angeles on March 8, 1955 to Carl and Peggy Thompson. Many people remember her father Carl Thompson of Lanesboro. He built a trimaran boat in California that they lived on for a time till her folks divorced and she moved to … [Read more...]