Notice Spring Valley Residents IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER Monitoring Requirements Not Met Spring Valley is required by Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4720 to test water sample(s) monthly for total coliform bacteria and total chlorine residual. This required sampling was not done during the month of December 2020. Because we did not monitor or failed to … [Read more...]
City of Chatfield Ordinance No 451
City of Chatfield Ordinance No 451 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHATFIELD, MINNESOTA, RELATING TO ZONING; AMENDING THE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED “ OFFICIAL ZONING MAP” OF THE CITY OF CHATFIELD BY CHANGING THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION ESTABLISHED THEREIN FOR THE LANDS CONTAINED IN BLOCK 19, ORIGINAL PLAT OF THE TOWN (NOW CITY) OF CHATFIELD FROM R-1 (“LOW DENSITY … [Read more...]
City of Chatfield
City of Chatfield Ordinance No. 450 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHATFIELD, MINNESOTA, RELATING TO ZONING; PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF FENCES, WALLS AND SIMILAR STRUCTURES; AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHATFIELD CODE, SUBPART A, CHAPTER 113, ARTICLE VI, DIVISION II, SECTION 113-293(1). The City Council of the City of Chatfield does … [Read more...]
Government This Week
Monday, March 8 • Whalan City Council, via Zoom, 5 p.m. • Caledonia City Council, City Auditorium, 6 p.m. • Grand Meadow City Council, Community Center, 6 p.m. • Houston City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. • Spring Valley City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. • City of Rushford City Council, City Hall, 6:30 p.m. • Chatfield City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m. • Wykoff City Council, … [Read more...]
Letter to the Editor
Letter about... To the Editor, The impotent and misguided second impeachment attempt of President Trump concluded with a whimper. The Senate voted to acquit on the article of impeachment for “incitement of insurrection” regarding the January 6 Capitol incursion. The House Managers implemented a massive overreach, failing to present a coherent argument for their case. The … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project This land is your land, this land is MY land speaking up for my country – Red vs. Blue
By Abby Zutz Being a teen during this recent presidential election was hard. Everyone said, “You have no say, you can’t vote anyway”; “Your opinion doesn’t matter.” What they don’t know is that younger generations are building a new country. We are the future of the country. Our voices deserve to be heard just as anyone would like their voices to be heard and opinions to be … [Read more...]
America – a postmortem – RIP
By Stan Gudmundson Peterson, MN The consequences of November’s election began long ago. Shortly after the Civil War some of the day’s “intellectuals” concluded that the U.S. constitution was badly flawed. It’s a bit simplistic, but that has divided Republicans and Democrats ever since. President Wilson probably summarized their position best when he said there was a lot … [Read more...]
Elton Sikkink
Elton Eugene Sikkink, 83, passed away on March 3, 2021, in Rochester, Minn. He was born January 7, 1938, to Harold and Vera (Boland) Sikkink in Harmony, Minn. On March 21, 1959, he married Sharon Maxine Brueggeman at Ft. Riley, Kans. They have two children, Richard (Pamela Erding) Sikkink, Michelle (Bryan) Root, which resulted in four grandchildren: Thomas (Tina) Erding, … [Read more...]
Richard “Dick” Erickson
Richard “Dick” Lynn Erickson, 68, left his earthly home on February 21, 2021. Born March 8, 1952, to Leslie and Alida Erickson in Preston, Minn. He became affectionately known as Dick by his close friends and family. Dick’s elementary days were at the Highland Country School in Highland, Minn. He moved away from home and worked for a local farmer at the age of 12, and … [Read more...]
Ricky Lee Morem
Ricky Lee Morem, 64, passed away unexpectedly at his farm in Harmony, Minn., on February 16, 2021. Services will be held at a later date. Lindstrom Funeral Home in Harmony, Minn., is handling the arrangements. Rick was born to Ruth (Patterson) and Theodore Morem on July 24, 1956. He graduated from Harmony High School in 1974.On June 24, 1989, he married Tammie Willford of … [Read more...]