Monday, August 19 • Rushford-Peterson School Board, Forum Room, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 20 • Mabel-Canton School Board, Media Center, 6 p.m. • Rushford Village City Council, City hall, 7 p.m. Thursday, August 22 • Fillmore County Planning & Zoning, Courthouse, 7 p.m. Friday, August 23 • Preston City Council, Council Chambers, 12:15 … [Read more...]
Third winner of the summer
Kara Noren of Ettrick, Wis., stands next to her brand new kayak she won in a recent contest. On July 31, 2019, Visit Bluff Country Magazine conducted the third prize giveaway drawing of the summer, which was a brand new kayak. As the magazine celebrates 34 years as the premier tourism publication of Historic Bluff Country (a.k.a. The Driftless Area), they will be conducting … [Read more...]
August 28 SWCD prairie walk will highlight native seed collection
The Fillmore Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is sponsoring a native prairie walk on Wednesday, August 28 at the Tim and Susan Gossman farm, 31294 Ninebark Road, Chatfield, Minn. 55923. The walk will begin at 5:30 p.m. with information about how to collect native plant seed. The event is open to the public, and no pre-registration is required.The walk will last … [Read more...]
Taiko Japanese drumming for Onionfest at DreamAcres
On Friday, August 23, the hills around DreamAcres Farm will echo with the music, dance, culture, and pure athleticism of the Twin Cities based Ensō Daiko Japanese drumming group. The 6 p.m. Dreamery Rural Arts Initiative* performance comes to Onionfest to “help celebrate a multi-layered society through a multi-layered vegetable,” according to Dreamery Artistic Director Eva … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Police Reports
Chatfield Police Department Brianna Jo Harmening-Eastling, 38, Chatfield, Minn.; 6/14/2019, Stop Sign Violation, Fine $50, Total Fees $140. Elissa Leigh Rathbun, 22, Preston, Minn.; 5/15/2019, Driving After Revocation, Fine $200, Total Fees $290. 5/15/2019, No Proof of Insurance (Driver), Fine $200. Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Sauhadra Bhattarai, 31, … [Read more...]
Shirley Iverson
Shirley E. Iverson, 91, of Spring Valley, Minn., died Wednesday, August 14, 2019, at Spring Valley Living. Shirley Eleanor Freiheit was born January 9, 1928, in Wykoff, Minn., to Arlow and Esther (Hazelbush) Freiheit. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Iverson Sr. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wykoff on June 25, 1944. Shirley candled eggs for Stier Produce in Grand … [Read more...]
Patricia “Pat” Bestul
Patricia “Pat” Bestul, 88 years old, died on Tuesday, August 13, 2019, in the peace of her home after a long battle with cancer. Pat is survived by Marv, her husband of 67 years, son Scott, and daughter Jo (Craig) Schultz, grandchildren Brooke and Bailey Bestul, her sister Rose Marie Schofield, and brothers Scott (Mary) Herrick and Jim (Sara) Herrick. Pat is also survived by … [Read more...]
Almeda L. Eickhoff
Almeda L. Eickhoff, 103, of Spring Valley, Minn., died Monday, August 12, 2019 at Spring Valley Living. Almeda Kohlmeyer was born April 17, 1916 ,to Charles and Dora (Schmidt) Kohlmeyer in Fountain Township. She was educated in the neighborhood country schools and graduated from Wykoff High School in 1933. She married Emery Eickhoff October 1, 1936, at Immanuel Lutheran … [Read more...]
Mavis N. Johnson
Mavis N. Johnson passed away peacefully August 8, 2019, at the Gunderson Harmony Care Center. Mavis was born December 7, 1927, in rural Lanesboro to Corday and Betsey Thompson. She graduated from Lanesboro High School in 1945 and married Donald A. Johnson of Harmony on July 30, 1950, settling on a farm in the Harmony area. Mavis worked at Northwestern Bell Telephone, Fillmore … [Read more...]
We belong to one another
To the Editor, As an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and as a concerned citizen of the United States of America, in light of the recent shootings in El Paso, Tex., and Dayton, Ohio, I think it is important as civil, faith, and public communities learning and existing with one another that we remember that we belong to one another – that our … [Read more...]