Gloria D. Torgerson, age 72, of Mabel, Minn., died Friday, March 29, 2019, at the Patty Elwood Center in Cresco, Iowa. Gloria was born February 9, 1947, in Lanesboro, Minn., to Gilman and Delone (Rosheim) Fossum. She attended the Grubtown School and the Mabel High School. She married Dale Torgerson on April 4, 1964, at Mabel First Lutheran Church. She had worked at … [Read more...]
Susan (Tibbals) Rodgers
Susan Marie (Tibbals) Rodgers of Lanesboro, Minn., formally of Evansdale, died Saturday, March 30 after a long battle with cancer, at the age of 64. Sue was born May 11, 1954, in Harmony, daughter of Curtis Tibbals and Mary Pierce. Sue married Joseph Rodgers of Waterloo, on May 12, 1973, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Sue was a licensed daycare provider for … [Read more...]
Government this week
Monday, April 1 • City of Houston Planning Commission/EDA, City Hall, 5:30 p.m. • Lanesboro City Council, City Hall, 5:30 p.m. • Kingsland Work Session, Elementary Conference Room, 6 p.m. •Preston City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 2 • Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 a.m. • Ostrander City Council, Community Center, 6:30 p.m. • Rushford … [Read more...]
Minnesota Well Owners Organization says, “Knowledge is power!”
Minnesota Well Owners Organization (MnWOO) is a new private well advocacy group working out of Rochester. The organization’s goal is to build awareness among well owners so everyone can have safe water to drink. “You do not know that your water is safe,” says Jeff Broberg, licensed geologist and MnWOO director, “until you test it. Private well owners don’t test nearly enough.” … [Read more...]
MnDOT urges motorists to use emergency notification system signs at railroad crossings
The Minnesota Department of Transportation reminds motorists to use railroad emergency notification system signs when there is a safety issue or emergency situation at a rail grade crossing. The blue and white signs are posted near the crossing on both sides of the road and should be clearly visible to the motorist. The emergency notification system sign includes the … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central Kindergarten Round-up on April 2
The Fillmore Central Elementary School will have its annual Kindergarten Round-up Information Meeting for parents and visitation for students on Tuesday, April 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the elementary gym. Please use elementary entrance, door #1 Fillmore Central School is All Day Every Day Kindergarten. Parents whose children will be attending kindergarten during the 2019-20 school … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project: Stress of high schoolers
By Katrina Bergey Stress is a feeling every single person has felt. By definition, stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances. Most people can not go a single day without feeling some type of stress or hearing about other’s stresses. Today, high school students are feeling the pressure of stress more than … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Police Reports
Chatfield Police Department Benjamin Guy Pressnall, 21, Eyota, Minn.; 12/16/2018, Driving After Revocation, Fine $200, Total Fees $320. 12/16/2018, No Proof of Insurance (Driver), Fine $200. MN Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division Aaron Todd Jenkins, 22, Rochester, Minn.; 2/17/2019, Snowmobile Registration, Fine $50, Total Fees $140. Scott Edward Lutzi, … [Read more...]
U of M launches Chronic Wasting Disease Program to address potential health crisis
March 19, 2019 — The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota announced today that it has launched the Chronic Wasting Disease Response, Research and Policy Program (CWD Program) to respond to this wildlife disease crisis and its potential for animal-to-human and human-to-human transmission. CWD is a prion disease that affects … [Read more...]
Patricia Stork
Patricia Ellen Stork, age 79, died March 26, 2019, after a short illness, at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. Patricia (Patty) was born on April 23, 1939, to William Beverly and Junice (Rein) Stork at the Lanesboro, Minn., Hospital. She grew up with her seven siblings on the family farm one mile north of Harmony, Minn., where she participated in 4-H and … [Read more...]