By Lizabeth Stahl and Jared Goplen Extension Educators – Crops WASHINGTON, MN, April 15, 2021 – It is well known that planting date plays a key role in determining yield potential in corn and soybean. Long-term University of Minnesota trials demonstrate, for example, that corn yield is usually optimized when corn is planted from April 25 to May 10. Long-term data also show … [Read more...]
Gophers Softball Reloads to 4-1 Start
Last year could’ve been a year of great things for Chatfield softball. An annulled season per COVID changed all that, ending the senior class of 2020’s softball story without a true culmination. The 2021 season started with a lot of new faces on the team, but those players guided the Gophers to a 4-1 week, a strong start to the season. At Pine Island, Chatfield only managed … [Read more...]
Cleon Heusinkveld
Cleon Heusinkveld, age 95, of Spring Valley, died on April 23, 2021, at his home. Cleon was born January 1, 1926, in Forestville Township to Reuben and Jessie (ScheeveI) Heusinkveld. He attended Stone Country School and Wykoff High School until his brother left for military service. On August 30, 1949, he married La Vonne (Bonnie) Graling and moved to her family farm and … [Read more...]
Mark Allan Means
Mark Allan Means was born to Roy Henry Means and Delores Helen (Huntington) Means on January 22, 1957, in Austin, Minn. His education was received in the Spring Valley School District. Mark graduated from Spring Valley High School in 1975, and went on to attend the Albert Lea Area Vocational Technical Institute, majoring in accounting. After receiving his degree in 1977, Mark … [Read more...]
Pastor Devotion – Out of the emptiness of life and Easter
By Pastor Mark Docken Chatfield Lutheran Church Root Prairie Lutherand Church Even though we are well beyond Easter Sunday, there are some of us who are still at Good Friday. All the fanfare of Easter felt like just another entertainment show, because in the depths of your soul you’re not buying it. Like Mary, you came just to anoint the body. She walked to the tomb from a … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project Climate change’s detrimental effects on marginalized communities
By Maddy Bergey “I can’t breathe.” These words are not only the words of George Floyd, but also the words of other people of color who suffer the effects of environmental racism and injustice each day. Environmental racism is a deliberate act that targets communities based on race. As climate change becomes an extensive crisis, the waste, pollution, and poor air quality … [Read more...]
Home improvement loans available for low income homeowners
Semcac, a Community Action Agency serving southeastern Minnesota, has funds available through Minnesota Housing for housing rehabilitation loans for eligible homeowners in Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Rice, Steele, Wabasha and Winona counties. This loan is a 0% interest rate loan (no monthly payments) with a 15-year term or a 10-year term for … [Read more...]
Government this Week
Monday, April 26 • Caledonia City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. • Spring Valley City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. • Rushford City Council, City Hall, 6:30 p.m. • Chatfield City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 27 • Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 a.m. • Houston County Commissioners, Courthouse Board Room, 9 a.m. • Fillmore Central School Board, High … [Read more...]
Letter to the Editor – Letter about Bald Eagles
Letter about bald eagles are soaring in Minnesota... To the Editor, Readers taking in Mary Bell’s April 5 commentary, “The death of one bald eagle,” should also read the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s April 1 news report titled, “By any metric, Minnesota is at the center of bald eagles’ rebound.” The first line gets to the point: “The bald eagle population in Minnesota is … [Read more...]
Philando Castile, George Floyd, Duante Wright, and Minnesota Nice
By David Webb, MD Lanesboro, MN From observation and personal experience (although a nonnative, I have lived and worked in Minnesota for more than 20 years), I believe that “Minnesota Nice” is real and not just limited to Lutheran church basement gatherings. I do perceive, however, that as this state, as this country, as the world has become more politically polarized, as … [Read more...]