By Wanda Hanson Gary Shields comes to Houston High School with 20 years of teaching experience, including teaching physics at Winona State University. Shields, a resident of Winona, Minn., has a wife, Melissa, and two sons who are in tenth and seventh grade. His family enjoys Caribbean cruises in the winter and camping road trips in the summer. They particularly enjoy national … [Read more...]
UMN Extension releases Operations Contingency Plans for livestock producers
By Emily Krekelberg, University of Minnesota Extension The University of Minnesota Extension Livestock Team has released a set of customizable forms that can be used to create an operations contingency plan for their farm. The contingency forms are meant to provide livestock owners a starting point to outline essential livestock care if they and/or their managers become … [Read more...]
Donate blood with the Red Cross to help those fighting breast cancer
During Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, the American Red Cross urges eligible donors to band together to provide hope and healing to patients fighting cancer by giving blood or platelets. In appreciation, those who come to give October 15 - November 11 will receive a $5 Amazon.com Gift Card* via email, courtesy of Suburban Propane. Donors are asked to make … [Read more...]
Houston moves forward on community center financing
By Wanda Hanson The Houston City Council focused on the financing of the community center renovations at their October 13 meeting. Mike Bubany of David Drown Associates, Inc. walked the council through the process. After a public hearing on the bonding at which no one spoke or asked any questions, Bubany explained that the city needed to identify enough parcels that the … [Read more...]
Fillmore and Houston County Police Reports
Caledonia Police Department Dylan Todd Betz, 31, Caledonia, Minn.; 9/30/2020, Seat Belt Required - Driver and Passenger Must Use, Fine $25, Total Fees $100. Darrel Gene Johnson, 73; 9/30/2020, Seat Belt Required - Driver and Passenger Must Use, Fine $25, Total Fees $100. Zachary John Lechner, 28, Brownsville, Minn.; 9/23/2020, Seat Belt Required - Driver and Passenger … [Read more...]
Health officials confirm first death of COVID-19 in Houston County
CALEDONIA, MN – October 8, 2020 - Houston County Public Health & Human Services has received confirmation of a death due to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, of a Houston County resident. The individual was a female resident in her 70s. While this is not unexpected, it is still very sad news for our community. Our hearts go out to all the loved ones and care givers affected … [Read more...]
City of Harmony Notice of Election
Houston County Auditor-Treasurer Notice of General Election
Who is Amy Coney Barrett?
By Jeff Erding, Wykoff, MN And why do Radical Leftist Democrats hate her so much? Wikipedia says Amy Vivian Coney Barrett is age 48, went to Rhodes College, majored in English Lit, minor in French. BA in 1994 from Rhodes, law school at Notre Dame, graduated first in her class 1997. Spent two years as a law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C., then for Justice … [Read more...]
What Democrats are voting for
By Stan Gudmundson, Peterson, MN What do Democrats believe in and what do they stand for? To figure that out we could just review their history and examine what they are currently pushing. But that method is not all that useful this year since, as polls show, most Democrats do not care about their candidates or its platform. They will be voting against Trump. Because … [Read more...]