By Peggy Hanson Lanesboro, MN (Note – although this letter is specific to Lanesboro, it is fair to say that most if not all the small towns in our area are struggling with the issue of aging infrastructure. Financial assistance from the state has been declining and there is continuing inaction at the federal level. Are we adequately preparing for the future?) I write … [Read more...]
Government this week
Monday, June 4 • City of Houston Planning Commission/EDA, City Hall, 5:30 p.m. • Lanesboro City Council, City Hall, 5:30 p.m. • Kingsland School Board Work Session, Choir Room, 6 p.m. • Preston City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 5 • Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 a.m. • Ostrander City Council, Community Center, 6:30 p.m. • Rushford Village City … [Read more...]
Common good vs. Self interest
By Dr. Bryan Van Gorp Rushford, MN Citizenship requires commitment to the common good. People we honor, further the common good. President Kennedy said, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Jesus directed people to feed the hungry, take in the stranger, cloth the poor, care for the sick and visit those in prison. Jesus said, … [Read more...]
Correction
In the May 28 Fillmore County Journal, it was mistakenly noted that R-P School Board had approved the hire of Matt Helgemoe as girls basketball coach. Board Director Valerie Howe voted in favor of the hire of Jake Dahl as head coach, making the roll call vote four in favor of Dahl’s hire (Valerie Howe, Joyce Iverson, Dean Mierau, Jon Pettit), two opposed (John Linder, Bonnie … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project Embrace yourself
By Laura Vettleson-Trutza As quoted in one of my favorite songs, “ I am not a Robot” by Marina and the Diamonds, “It’s better to be hated than loved for what you’re not.” When I was young, I was very shy around others. I wouldn’t talk or interact with anyone. I was known by others as the really quiet, yet nice one. At home, however, I was definitely not quiet. I seemed to … [Read more...]
Retire your worn-out U.S. flags
In conjunction with Flag Day, Lanesboro’s American Legion Post #40 will conduct its annual flag retirement ceremony on Tuesday, June 12 at 6:15 p.m. This will take place at the local baseball field, located on the left of Highway 8 just before its intersection with Parkway Avenue in downtown Lanesboro. Proper retirement of the U.S. flag includes protocol which provides … [Read more...]
John Torgrimson hired as interim executive director of Eagle Bluff
John Torgrimson has been hired as interim executive director to help set the groundwork for the future of Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center near Lanesboro, a regional environmental education hub for the past four decades. With a background in administration of non-profit groups, Torgrimson has worked with refugees in Southeast Asia, east Africa and the Philippines. He … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project Living in the moment
By Annalise Shupe We’ve all heard different varieties of the same phrase before. I’ve heard the phrase throughout the entirety of my childhood; “Enjoy this time in your life because it’s going to be over before you know it, you’re going to miss it, so live in the moment.” Now a major stage of my life is over, I have graduated high school. With that, all of my “lasts of high … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Police Reports
Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Mark Mitchell Cahow, 20, Maple Grove, Minn.; 4/21/2018, Speeding (64/55), Fine $40, Total Fees $130. Martha Lee Gray, 62, Lanesboro, Minn.; 12/8/2017, Careless Driving, Fine $1,000 (stay $700 until 5/11/2019), Total Fees $390. Local Confinement - 90 days (stay 90 days for one year). Unsupervised probation for one year - Conditions … [Read more...]
Rodney L. Benner
Rodney L. Benner, age 86, of Mabel, passed peacefully to his heavenly home in the presence of his wife and close family friends on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, at Tweeten Health Care in Spring Grove. Rodney was born August 22, 1931, in Toledo, Ohio, to Chester and Eva (Hoover) Benner. He graduated from Bedford High School in Lambertville, Mich., in 1949 and on September 1, 1952, … [Read more...]