NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2021 STREET & UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF PRESTON Notice is hereby given that the Preston City Council will meet in the Preston Emergency Services Building (Fire Hall – 217 Fillmore St. W) at 6:00 p.m. on July 6, 2020, to consider the making of the 2021 Street & Utility Improvements, an improvement in the Valley Street Area … [Read more...]
Holt Township July Meeting
NOTICE The regular July meeting date for Holt Township is going to be moved from July 13th to July 20. Sons of Norway Hall. 7PM. Publish 22 … [Read more...]
Foreclosure: Preston Iron Works & Truck Repair, Inc.
STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF FILLMORE DISTRICT COURT THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT CASE TYPE: FORECLOSURE Court File No. 23-CV-16-582 Marine Credit Union, Plaintiff, vs. PRESTON IRON WORKS & TRUCK REPAIR, INC., SHELDON L. & SUE ANN KINNEBERG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - DEPT. OF IRS, MONSANTO, INC., Defendants NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE UNDER JUDGMENT AND … [Read more...]
A better choice and a better way
By Jordan Fontenello Greenleafton, Minn. My name is Jordan Fontenello. I have been a resident of Fillmore County for over 20 years. I graduated from Spring Valley High School, then served in the Minnesota and Michigan National Guard from 1989 to 1995. From 1992 through 2000, I was an X-ray technologist at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Upon moving back to … [Read more...]
Let’s fact check the latest fact checker!
By Kathie Haynes Canton, Minn. “Facts are easy to produce: just decide what you want to prove, then eliminate anything that proves you wrong!” Yes, Mr. Thorson, that can be true for everybody. I notice that you have the habit of using specific words that will tend to influence your point even if they are not true. The words I am thinking of are “Unconstitutional” (Social … [Read more...]
The big liar
By John Torgrimson Lanesboro, Minn. As of April 3, 2020, President Donald Trump reached the unenviable milestone of telling 18,000 lies during his presidency. That’s according to the Washington Post, who has been counting presidential lies since 2007. It took Trump 1,170 days to reach this milestone, an average of 15 false utterances per day. It was reported that 20% of … [Read more...]
WHOA!!!
By Marianne Hockema Spring Valley, Minn. After a near miss this week on a gravel road between me at 145 pounds, my trusty gelding at 1,050 pounds and a MULTI-TON fuel delivery truck... I’m writing to ask/implore/beg for more courtesy from drivers for those riding or driving horses on our country gravel roads. Please, please, slow down… as I do for you when I encounter you … [Read more...]
Letter to the Editor: Bring Bart Back
Letter about... Bring Bart Back To the Editor, Just like the kids of the last near two decades, we’ve gone through Chatfield’s Wrestling program and came out a better student-athlete and leader because of Bartels’ coaching ability. Some of the members of Chatfield’s council or board may not always see how things work in the lens of a middle schooler coming in to wrestling … [Read more...]
Letter to The Editor: The unstoppable march for a better nation
Letter about... The unstoppable march for a better nation To the Editor, Racists are one of the main groups who support Trump, but times are changing for them. Statues of American traitors who helped kill hundreds of thousands of Americans are coming down. NASCAR has banned the ugliest symbol in America, while Trump insists we honor American traitors by continuing to name … [Read more...]
State Representative Greg Davids files for re-election
State Representative Greg Davids (R-Preston) has officially filed to seek re-election this fall to the Minnesota House of Representatives. “It continues to be an honor to serve Fillmore and Houston county residents, and I am hopeful I can continue serving their needs in the future,” Davids said. Davids said he will continue to fight for issues important to rural … [Read more...]