Thank you to all the donors who contributed to the success of the bloodmobile held in Harmony on December 1, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to cause a few ripples in the water, including reduced Red Cross staff due to quarantined workers. However, despite the long waits endured by the donors, 45 units were collected. There were 42 donors presenting with two … [Read more...]
Silage bunkers and piles: know the dangers
Horizontal silo forage systems are economical and maintain high-quality forage at low cost. These benefits are maximized when producers and farm managers implement safety practices to reduce potential for tractor or truck rollovers, run-overs by or entanglement in machinery, falls from heights, crushing/engulfment due to collapsing silage or injury resulting from worker … [Read more...]
Launch Minnesota awards nearly $750,000 in innovation grants for FY 2021
23 startups received Innovation Grant funding this fiscal year ST. PAUL, December 3, 2020 - The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) today announced that it has awarded $746,295 in the first half of fiscal year 2021; this follows the $1.6 million awarded in the first year of funding. Since July, we awarded 28 grants to 23 companies and seven … [Read more...]
Fillmore and Houston County Police Reports
Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Ryan Lee Allen, 32, Preston, Minn.; 12/3/2019, Predatory Offender - Knowingly Commits Act or Fails to Fulfill Registration Requirement (Concurrent/Consecutive), Commit to Commissioner of Corrections, MN Correctional Facility St. Cloud - 24 months. Conditions (11/16/2020): Give a D.N.A. sample when directed. Marshall Cletus Oeltjen, 25, … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project – The elimination of ACT and SAT requirements: an excellent thing… right?
By Kaylee Arndt There seems to be no end to the stresses of high school: lengthy assignments, essays with looming deadlines, frightening pop quizzes, and... the dreaded ACT or SAT test. These two standardized tests play a major role in determining college acceptance and scholarship decisions, so high schoolers have a right to stress over them — well, they did have a right to … [Read more...]
AcenTek donates to 17 area fire departments
Seventeen area fire departments, located in Minnesota and Iowa, recently received $600 donations from AcenTek. Appropriately timed, the donations were sent to the departments around Thanksgiving, along with a letter expressing the company’s gratitude for all the volunteer fire departments do for their community. Just a few months back, these donations did not seem possible. … [Read more...]
Michael L. Peters
Michael L. Peters, 77 years old, of Harmony, Minn., and formerly of Jesup, Iowa, died of natural causes, Thursday, December 3, 2020, at the Harmony Care Center, Harmony. Public graveside services will be 12 p.m. Thursday, December, 10, 2020, at Cedar Crest Cemetery, Jesup, Iowa. Public visitation will be 4-6 p.m., Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at White Funeral Home, 1315 … [Read more...]
Marcella J. Shipton
Marcella J. Shipton, 96, of Preston, Minn., died on Friday, December 4, 2020, at her home. Marcella Joan Vrieze was born on June 28, 1924, in Forestville Township, Fillmore County, Minn., to Wilbur and Mae (Terbeest) Vrieze. She was born and raised on the farm where her father was born and family still resides. She would tell stories of her youth on the farm where she drove … [Read more...]
Priscilla Wegner
Our beloved mother, Priscilla Wegner, surrounded by family and escorted by angels, was called home by the Lord on December 1, 2020, at the age of 92 years. Born on December 4, 1927 in Preston, Minn. Priscilla Ann Johnson was the youngest of four children. Her parents were Hiram and Mary (Truesdell) Johnson. Priscilla grew up in the small town of Fountain, Minn., where her … [Read more...]
Ervin Eldon Eppling
Ervin Eldon Eppling, 91, of Chatfield, formerly of River Falls, Wis., passed away Thursday, December 3, 2020, at Mayo Clinic St. Marys campus in Rochester. Ervin was born May 31, 1929, near Kingsley, Iowa, on a farm to Robert and Martha (Meister) Eppling. He attended a country school. He always told the story of how he rode his bike with his sister Laura on the handlebars … [Read more...]