Chatfield Police Reports Carlos Abel Navarro Gomez, 24, Rochester, Minn.; 4/21/2019, Expired Registration - Less Than Six Months, Fine $30, Total Fees $120. Latisha Renee Washington, 25, Chatfield, Minn.; 3/13/2019, Unlawful Deposit of Garbage, Litter, or Like, Fine $100, Total Fees $190. Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Matthew Wayne Horsman, 54, Chatfield, … [Read more...]
Judith Godwin
Judith Godwin passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2019, at LutherHaven Nursing Home in Montevideo, Minn., after a long battle against muscular dystrophy. Judith Rosalie Kiehne was born December 15, 1943, in Cresco, Iowa, to Rueben and Norma (Todd) Kiehne. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Big Springs) in rural Harmony, Minn. She attended the … [Read more...]
George “Sonny” Laumb
George “Sonny” Laumb, 79, of Rushford, died Friday, June 7, 2019, at his home. Sonny was born July 15, 1939, in Rushford, to George and Bernice (Thorud) Laumb. He attended Houston High School and served in the United States Army for three years. Sonny went on to farm and then worked 35 years for Woxland Plumbing of Rushford. He married Mary Taylor and later divorced. He later … [Read more...]
Lee Christopher Christopherson
Lee Christopher Christopherson, age 76, passed away peacefully on June 8, 2019, with his beloved daughter by his side. Dad was born September 1942, in Rochester, Minn., to Harold and Milly (Peters) Christopherson. Dad had developed a lifelong love of horses on his parents’ farm. He drove his ponies every day doing farm chores with his trusty pup, Tuffy. He was a 1960 … [Read more...]
Donn Michael Ramsey
Donn Michael Ramsey passed away peacefully at his home on June 6, 2019, with his loving wife Carol by his side. Donn was born January 2, 1936, in Black River Falls, Wis., to Oscar and Cora (Hanson) Ramsey; baptized and confirmed at South Beaver Creek Church in Ettrick, Wis. Donn graduated high school in 1954 from Melrose, Wis. He later served in the United States Army from … [Read more...]
Edward A. Knutson
Edward Arnold Knutson, 58, of Lanesboro, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at his home, of natural causes. Edward was born on November 18, 1960, in Rochester, to Stanley and Florence (Campbell) Knutson. For the last 30 plus years, Eddy has worked for PSI (Preston Specialties Inc.) in Lanesboro. In his spare time, he enjoyed riding his bike and listening to music. Eddy … [Read more...]
Time to listen to common sense
By Amy McCall Lanesboro, MN Lanesboro Public Utilities (LPU) Commissioner Don Bell said it best: “Why would you put critical infrastructure on a sandbar in the floodplain, next to a river that floods?” This dose of common sense matches the wisdom of city leaders that set a 1998 (and still current) policy of no development in the floodplain. State floodplain hydrologists … [Read more...]
National Trout Center opposes new sewer plant location in Lanesboro
Jeffrey S. Broberg, LPG Chairman, National Trout Center St. Charles, MN Dear Lanesboro Mayor and City Council: The National Trout Center (NTC) passed a resolution at our April 9 Board Meeting in opposition to the proposed Lanesboro Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) location at the MN 250 bridge. I submitted NTC objections to the City Council at your June 3 … [Read more...]
Gophers Ride Ends in Austin, Again
Someday, Chatfield softball will make it to state. It they want to do so with star pitcher Lexi Chase, it’ll have to be next year. This season marked the Gophers sixth straight trip to Austin for a section Final Four, the eighth straight 17-plus win season. But, Chatfield came up short of simply playing for state, of making a section title game. Jerry Chase’s Gophers (18-5) did … [Read more...]
Hot Shot
FC’s Jake Fishbaugher took second at the Section 1A golf meet to qualify for state. LARP’s Jacob Anderson tied for seventh at the Section 1AA Meet, missing the state cut by one stroke. … [Read more...]