NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: December 22, 2012 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $278,390.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Daryl S. Jackson and Tyra Jackson, Husband and Wife MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Solar Farm applies for CUP
At the January 14 meeting of the Fillmore County Planning Commission, a public hearing was held to discuss the conditional use permit application for a large solar farm in Beaver Township. Due to COVID, many residents participated via Webex or phone. Some chose to participate in person. As this was the first meeting of the year, officer elections were the first order of … [Read more...]
Letter to the Editor: Letter about a big disaster…
To the Editor, I’m Chloe and I’m going to be talking about ocean pollution. This is a subject I feel strongly about because a lot of people don’t get that soon there’s a possibility that there could be more trash in the ocean than fish. That’s CRAZY. You see, when a bird, fish or anything consumes plastic it feels full so it won’t eat until it dies because plastic does not … [Read more...]
Letter to the Editor: Letter about Hagedorn needs to go…
To the Editor, I researched the possibility of recalling our 1st District representative James Hagedorn because of his treasonist conduct leading up to the terrorist right wing insurrection in Washington, DC January 6th. Unfortunatly, our constitution has no provision for a recall of a congressional representative. I hope his constituents in our 1st District will remember in … [Read more...]
Vaccine distribution frustration
By Peter Lunde Preston, MN This has been a bad week with the repercussions following the demonstrations in Washington and the increasingly worrisome vaccine distribution delays in some states, with Minnesota being among the problem states. I have friends in Texas, 65 to 78 years old who already have appointments to get the vaccine starting next week with the last to get … [Read more...]
Pastor Devotions: Behold I am doing a new thing; can you not see it?
By Pastor Kevin Barnhart Spring Grove Evangelical Free There is a softness to the sky in the dawning of a new day, have you seen it? Moments like these can feel far away and fleeting. Even in the morning calm so often gnawing at our hearts are all the broken pieces of life. Life is hard. This past year has driven many people to depths never experienced before with … [Read more...]
Kenneth N. Denny
Kenneth N. Denny passed away of natural causes January 18, 2021. He was born to Edwin and Alberta Deanny on September 17, 1931, in Stewartville, Minn. He went to high school in Austin, Minn., and college at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and Winona State University. Ken married Alta Faye Keyser in June of 1953. He was a high school math teacher for 40 years, first … [Read more...]
Frederick “Fred” Allan Boice
Frederick “Fred” Allan Boice, 77, of St. Charles, died Saturday, January 23, 2021, at Seasons Hospice in Rochester. Fred was born April 5, 1943, to Wendell and Esther (Anderson) Boice in Decorah, Iowa. He grew up and attended schools in the Harmony and Minneapolis area. During those years, he worked as a gas station attendant, a farm worker and feed delivery driver. In … [Read more...]
Mary Ellen (Webb) Lietz
Mary Ellen (Webb) Lietz, 100, of Harmony, died January 21, 2021, at the Gundersen Harmony Care Center. A private family service will be held the afternoon of Thursday, January 28, at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Granger, Minn. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mary was born April 6, 1920, at Altoona, Iowa, the daughter of James M. and Louisa Webb. She attended … [Read more...]
Fillmore and Houston County Police Reports
Caledonia Police Department Jacob Dean Rouse, 30, Cresco, Iowa; 2/14/2020, DWI - Operate Motor Vehicle - Alcohol Concentration 0.08 Within 2 Hours, Fine $300, Total Fees $400. Local Confinement - 90 days (stay 90 days for one year). Unsupervised probation for one year - Conditions (1/12/2021): Complete Chemical Assessment – and follow the recommendations of a chemical use … [Read more...]