STATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF FILLMORE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT ___________________________________ Court File No. 23-CV-20-285 Levi E. Olstad and Julia E. Olstad, spouses married to each other, as joint tenants, Plaintiffs, SUMMONS Case Type: Quiet Title -vs- Daniel H. Erickson and Joan A. Erickson, spouses married to each other, Ardell S. Johnson and … [Read more...]
Government This Week
Monday, July 6 • City of Houston Planning Commission/EDA, City Hall, 5:30 p.m. • Kingsland Work Session, Tele-meeting, 6 p.m. • Lanesboro City Council, Tele-meeting, 6 p.m. • Preston City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. • LeRoy City Council, Community Center, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 7 • Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 a.m. • Ostrander City Council, Community … [Read more...]
Letter about Jeff Erding
To the Editor, There is no radical left. To continually rant about left-wing conspiracy is to promote the lies and gaslighting of the Trump administration. I don’t see any democrats being indicted for malfeasance, but many of Trump’s cronies have been. I have not seen any slander of Christianity in Brian Van Gorp’s pieces, but it is rampant in the advertising for Trump, … [Read more...]
Letter about not the color of skin that matters, but their behavior
To the Editor, I have friends that are Black, Native American, Indian, Mexican, and Asian. They are all welcome in my house. The color of their skin never crosses my mind. However there are some white people and black people that are not allowed in my house because they’ve stolen from me. It’s their behavior that matters, not their skin. Black Lives Matter came into … [Read more...]
We are all Jeff Erding’s “Radical Left”
By Joel Lidstrom Caledonia, MN Who am I? I grew up the son of a hairdresser and a co-owner of a small-town newspaper in northern Minnesota. My father was a former guard at Alcatraz and WWII Navy veteran. My mother believed in me utterly. As a teenager, I did stupid things; but in my senior year of high school, I realized that my attitude toward others affected their attitude … [Read more...]
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation awards 260 gallons of Ace Hardware Paint through Paint the Town Program
OWATONNA, MN, June 30, 2020 — Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) awarded $9,620 worth of paint from Ace Hardware to eight communities across the region through its Paint the Town Grant Program. This program is a partnership between SMIF and 12 local Ace Hardware stores and is designed to engage volunteers and build collaborative efforts that beautify communities … [Read more...]
Citizen science in action: Joan Redig on Paradise Valley Creek
By Cathy Malakowsky Information Officer, MPCA Intrigued by the changing conditions she saw in the creek flowing through her farm, Joan Redig of rural Houston County signed up for the Citizen Monitoring Program in 2017 after reading about the volunteer opportunity in a local newspaper. She monitors Paradise Valley Stream in the southeast corner Minnesota. This region is known … [Read more...]
Summertime and the living is uneasy
By Al Batt Stay near the flyswatter. It’s summer. When is it truly summer? When there is no sign of winter anywhere. It’s a beautiful summer day here at the home place, the entertainment capital of my world, but I’m a chronic walker, so my wife and I visited St. Olaf Lake. We met several convertibles on the way. The only convertible we own is a riding lawn mower. St. Olaf … [Read more...]
Preston/Wykoff UMC to offer ‘Vital Conversations: Racism and the U.S. Church’
“The conversations we are having right now on race, race relations and racism is especially important,” said Pastor David Stoeger. “In largely Caucasian communities, we may feel that we are somewhat sheltered from the large movements in this country, yet if we are to love God and our neighbor most fully, we must have these conversations, including the conversation on how we may … [Read more...]
Semcac’s Preston Food Shelf now open for client choice
On July 2, the Preston Food Shelf opened with the following restrictions: •Only registered food shelf clients and essential companions will be allowed in the building. •No children are allowed in the building at this time. •All clients and food shelf staff will wear face coverings. •If you choose not to wear a face covering, a prepacked food box will be given out at the … [Read more...]