Jerry M. Lee, 82, of Houston, Minn., died on Monday, August 19, 2019, at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, Wis., surrounded by loving family. Jerry was born on July 11, 1937, in Spring Grove, Minn., to Gilbert and Molly (Anderson) Lee. Jerry went to school at the Yucatan Stone School for eight years. Next was four years of high school and graduation from Houston High … [Read more...]
Myron “Mike” Earl Bernard
Myron “Mike” Earl Bernard passed away peacefully on Aug. 12, 2019. He was born on Jan. 22, 1930, to Bert and Delores (Brown) Bernard in Orion Township. He attended and graduated from Chatfield High School. After graduation, he enlisted in the military and served in the Korean War for four years. He attained the rank of Corporal and received six medals for his valor and … [Read more...]
Joyce Evonne Jandro
Joyce Evonne Jandro, 95, of Harmony, Minn., passed away peacefully at the Villa Maria nursing home in Fargo, N.D., August 17, 2019. Joyce was born on September 27, 1923, to Alfred and Esther Peterson in rural Lanesboro, Minn. Joyce was survived by her children, Linda (Jack) Toring, Fargo, N.D., Michael Jandro, Vancouver, Wash., and Susan Jandro, Hayward, Calif. Joyce had … [Read more...]
Diana Thompson
Diana Lee (Sande) Thompson passed away on August 17 at Ostrander Care Center, being a patient for the last 12 days. Diana was born in Texas to Harris and Patricia Sande, June 26, 1937. After a couple of years, they moved back to Wykoff, Minn., area. Diana spent her childhood years in Wykoff, and then spent her middle school years in Rock Island, Ill. She moved back to … [Read more...]
Quilt of Valor awarded to extraordinary veteran
By Katrina Bergey On Friday, August 2, at the veterans cemetery in Preston a remarkable veteran, Dean Alden, received his Quilt of Valor. Quilts of Valor is an organization that was founded in 2003 by a woman named Catherine Roberts whose son had served in Iraq. “The mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with … [Read more...]
Why are you so angry?
Boy, it was a little fun triggering people last time! I even wound up being the top Google result for “chumps & grifters,” which is neat. #humblebrag But I’m not going to spend my time here picking apart responses I got to my last column, instead I want to look at the bigger picture and simply ask... why are you so angry? Are you angry because I haven’t spelled out … [Read more...]
Preston Historical Society announces 2019 raffle winners
The Preston Historical Society conducted the drawing for the winners of the recent raffle fundraiser at their August Society meeting. Proceeds from the raffle will be used for Historical Society projects. Raffle prizes were valued at over $1,400. The Society would again like to thank F & M Community Bank for providing matching funds of $1,000 (a dollar for each ticket … [Read more...]
Government this week
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...]