Welcome to 20-20. We have a new year to mess up! We like new beginnings. We envision the opportunities that await us. We see a bright, shiny road ahead of us leading into the future. For now at least we can put aside the anxiety and insecurity that has crept into our lives in recent years. Technology has accelerated the uneasy feeling that everything that matters is … [Read more...]
Of pilots and politicians
Occasionally, something really good appears on social media. Here’s a letter to the editor that recently appeared on Facebook attributed to Steve Garrington of Davenport, as he described his thoughts on the pilot of a plane he was on. He described watching the pilot enter the cockpit and thinking to himself how odd it seemed to be putting his life in the hands of someone he … [Read more...]
Fillmore County District Court
On January 2, Brittany Louise McHan, 28 of Spring Valley, appeared before District Court Judge Matthew J. Opat. McHan is charged with 2nd Degree Assault - Dangerous Weapon, a felony with a maximum criminal penalty of seven years in prison, a $14,000 fine, or both. On or about January 1, within the city of Spring Valley, a Fillmore County Sheriff’s deputy was dispatched to a … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Police Reports
Chatfield Police Department Charles Alter Malcolm, 35, Rochester, Minn.; 10/14/2019, Speeding (60/45), Fine $60, Total Fees $150. Latisha Renee Washington, 26, Chatfield, Minn.; 10/15/2019, Driving After Revocation, Fine $200, Total Fees $290. Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Thomas Loren Arthur Evans, 38, Chatfield, Minn.; 12/12/2019, Failure to Yield at Stop Sign, … [Read more...]
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation seeking applications for Prosperity Initiative
OWATONNA, MN, January 6, 2020 – Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF), in partnership with Region Nine Development Commission and Faribault Diversity Coalition, is recruiting minority-owned business owners for a new cohort of its Prosperity Initiative. SMIF is seeking 15 businesses to participate in a 2020 Prosperity Initiative cohort. Past Prosperity Initiative … [Read more...]
Commonweal Theatre announces remount of Trojan War drama
LANESBORO, MN — The Commonweal Theatre, located in historic downtown Lanesboro, is pleased to announce the winter remount of one of the company’s successful 2019 Wealhouse productions. An Iliad adapted by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare from a translation by Robert Feagles will be remounted for one performance only in 2020 at the Commonweal on Sunday, January 19 at 1:30 … [Read more...]
Critical need for blood and platelet donors after the holidays
The American Red Cross currently has a critical need for blood and platelet donors of all blood types – especially type O – to make an appointment now to give and help replenish the blood supply after the holiday weeks. Right now, the Red Cross has less than a three-day supply of type O blood. To help tackle the critical need, the Red Cross and NFL are working together to offer … [Read more...]
Sandra Kay (Kupka) Andrus
Sandra Kay (Kupka) Andrus of Cresco, Iowa, passed away peacefully on January 5, 2020, surrounded by her family. A Memorial Mass will be held at Notre Dame Catholic Church on Saturday, January 18, 2020, at 1 p.m., with Father Jacob Rouse officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Saturday at the church. Sandra was born to Ervin and LaVonne Kupka of … [Read more...]
Frank Kinney
Frank L. Kinney, of Chatfield, Minn., died Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at Chosen Valley Care Center just shy of his 100th birthday. Frank was born January 21, 1920, to Elisha and Ethel Kinney in Plainfield, Mass. In 1945 he married June Harding, who passed away in 1992. In 1993 he married Betty Berse, who passed away in 2014. In 1938, Frank joined the Navy “to see the … [Read more...]
Virginia Yankee
The dear heart of a Honey of a woman has gone silent, but the way she lived and loved remains. Virginia A. Yankee passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at River Falls Area Hospital in River Falls, Wis. She was born August 21, 1924, in Ashland, Wis. Virginia was the daughter of Ernest and Anna (Tedlund) Lofblad. On March 1, 1948, she was given in marriage to Ervin A. … [Read more...]