By Katrina Bergey In this day and age, online learning is becoming more and more common as technology is a dominating force. Many schools are using online tools on snow days so the district no longer has to make up the extra snow days. Many college kids now take online courses, too. Online learning is not just for students, many employers are now asking employees to use this … [Read more...]
Maintain a safe school bus stop
School buses are safe modes of transportation for children. Statistics from Transport Canada indicate that transportation by school bus is safer than by passenger car. School buses are large and heavy vehicles that protect riders during collisions. School buses also help keep a greater number of passenger vehicles off of the roads during high-traffic school times. The … [Read more...]
Did you know?
The school buses many Americans are accustomed to seeing in their neighborhoods trace their origins to educator and author Dr. Frank Cyr, Ph.D. Dr. Cyr specialized in rural education and, in 1939, organized a conference at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City with the intention of standardizing transportation for students on their way to and from school. … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Police Reports
Chatfield Police Department Rebekka Janee Berge, 32, Kasson, Minn., 1/18/2019, Follow Too Close - (At A) Reasonable Distance, Fine $50, Total Fees $140. Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Jarod Scott Austin, 34, Harmony, Minn., 7/28/2018, Disorderly Conduct - Offensive/Abusive/Boisterous/Obscene, Fine $1,000 (stay $700 until 2/5/2020), Total Fees $390. Local Confinement - … [Read more...]
Freddie Arnold
Freddie Melvin Arnold, 94, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2019, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home, Rushford, Minn. He was born on Tuesday, April 1, 1924, the seventh of 11 children to Inez Marian Veir Johns Arnold and Harry Murry Arnold, in Rushford. Freddie was baptized at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, and raised on the corner of Winona and Maple Streets along the Rush Creek … [Read more...]
Government this week
Tuesday, February 19 • Preston City Council, Council Chambers, 6 p.m. • Mabel-Canton School Board, Media Center, 7 p.m. • Rushford Village City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 20 • Kingsland School Board, Choir Room, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, February 21 • Houston School Board, High School Library, 6 p.m. • Lanesboro School Board, Elementary Library, 7 … [Read more...]
In response to Mr. Rendahl… To the Editor,
Our country and world has limitless problems, but amongst your complaints you take a swing at Christianity. Why? Do you want Christians to stand up stronger for all of the things that Jesus taught us, or tried to? Will you join us or will you pick and choose which issues you agree with and which ones you don’t? Ross Kramer Fountain, Minn. … [Read more...]
No cause for concern, folks… To the Editor,
Someone was killed, shot “multiple times,” five miles from downtown Chatfield. Neither the Chatfield police nor the city government will say anything - except “no cause for concern.” Who did the shooting? Why was the man shot (multiple times)? Should I go out and buy a gun? Can I now let one rip if someone walks up my driveway after dark? If a person is gunned down on Main … [Read more...]
Trump out of touch… To the Editor,
I just listened to Trump’s State of the Union speech a couple nights ago. After listening to it and to the news the next couple of days, a few things stand out. Not one word was said about global warming or one about renewable energy. Both are in the news often. Just this morning on Good Morning America they showed that the last five years were the warmest in history. Most … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Police Reports
Chatfield Police Department Michael Benjamin Price, 30, Winona, Minn.; 7/4/2018, Fleeing Police Officer in a Motor Vehicle, Fine $200, Total Fees $1,341 (including $1,051 in restitution). Commit to Commissioner of Corrections, MN Correctional Facility St. Cloud - 15 months (stay for three years). Supervised probation for three years - Conditions (1/24/2019): Sign probation … [Read more...]