At its March meeting, Mabel council members voted to approve the purchase of a new 3,000-gallon tanker fire truck. Members of the fire department had formed a committee to research the cost and companies to replace the existing 2,000-gallon tanker. Chad Loppnow, head of the committee, told the council that Custom Fab & Body out of Marion, Wis., came in with the best bid at … [Read more...]
Leave busy to the bees
Why does everyone want to be busy? You see it all the time: social media feeds flooded with pictures of this event and that outing, conversations hijacked by talk of how tiring it all is, countless plans forced off the rails by that four-letter word “busy.” The strangest part, though, is seeing how, for all of the complaining about it, no one seems to be doing anything to … [Read more...]
What is liberty?
By Dr. Bryan Van Gorp Rushford, MN Our country is more divided than any time since 1968 when progressive leaders like Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. were assassinated and there were riots in the streets. Citizens are rarely uniformly conservative or progressive on all issues. People may be fiscally conservative and socially progressive. They may be conservative on … [Read more...]
Government this week
Monday, March 19 • Rushford-Peterson School Board, Forum Room, 5:30 p.m. • Preston City Council, Council Chambers, 6 p.m. • Kingsland School Board, Choir Room, 6:30 p.m. • Chatfield School Board, High School Media Center, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 20 • Mabel-Canton School Board, Media Center, 6 p.m. • Rushford Village City Council, Village Hall, 7 p.m. Monday, March 26 • … [Read more...]
Letter about What do we care about?…
To the Editor, We care about ducks. They often fly in flocks, and from a duck’s perspective, this might be a curse, or a blessing. A curse because a fast-shooting hunter might be quick enough to take more than one duck from a passing flight. A blessing, because the sheer density of prospective targets may render the shooter incapable of concentrating sufficiently on an … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project Gun control
By Deanna Kay Phillips Lately this is an over-talked subject that has people rolling their eyes and going “Oh no, not again,” or, “Oh no, not another article about guns and how people are mishandling them.” As I was searching for a topic for this article, it was brought to my attention by classmates that I have been focusing on the big topics that are over talked a lot. My … [Read more...]
A View From The Woods
Wounded woods “One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen. An ecologist must either harden his shell and make believe that the consequences of science are none of his business, or he must be the doctor who sees the marks of death in a community that believes … [Read more...]
Help patients rebound by giving blood
In March, while basketball teams are fighting for the chance to be crowned champions, patients battling cancer and other illnesses are fighting for their lives. The American Red Cross is asking blood donors to help patients rebound by making a lifesaving donation this spring. Middle school basketball player Olivia Stoy received blood and platelet transfusions during treatment … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Police Reports
Chatfield Police Department Jake Daniel Anderson, 25, Rochester, Minn.; 1/26/2018, Driving After Revocation, Fine $200, Total Fees $290. Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Tracy Lynn Higgins, 48, Racine, Minn.; 1/24/2018, Speeding (55/40), Fine $60, Total Fees $150. Markus John Mulvihill, 20, Fountain, Minn.; 9/13/2017, Underage Drinking and Driving; Crime Described, Total … [Read more...]
Gerald “Jerry” Charles Olson
Gerald “Jerry” Charles Olson, 85, of Lanesboro, died Thursday, March 1, 2018, due to complications of Inclusion Body Myositis. Jerry was born October 30, 1932, in Eugene, Oreg., to Harold and Jennie (Peterson) Olson. He grew up in Luck, Wis., graduating from Luck High School in 1951. Jerry served in the U.S. Coast Guard (Korean War) Atlantic Ocean Coast Patrol. While … [Read more...]