By Pastor Norm Omodt, Retired Chatfield, MN That’s what we hear from many politicians in Washington. Now is not the time to debate the issue of gun violence! Just wait until other concerns overwhelm our life....and people try to forget the problem! Just wait maybe for several years then politicians may care enough to act. NOW we have only a few that care that much … [Read more...]
Take up the book and read
By Aaron Swartzentruber Greenleafton, MN So here’s the question, “Where are you going when you die?” Another question is, “Can you know where you’ll go?” The answer is, yes, you can know. In this article I’m mostly talking to people who believe that Jesus paid for their sin but they’re still working to gain favor with God and to have a “chance” of getting into Heaven. If … [Read more...]
Government this week
Monday, February 26 • Rushford-Peterson School Board, Forum Room, 5:30 p.m. • Spring Valley City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. • City of Rushford City Council, City Hall, 6:30 p.m. • Chatfield City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m. • Chatfield School Board, High School Media Center, 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 27 • Fillmore Central School Board, High School Media Center, 7 a.m. • … [Read more...]
What is love?
After ten years of “singlehood,” my boat found a safe harbor. I was 30 when I “fell in love.” In the friendship Glenn and I enjoyed for the year preceding our engagement we spent hours talking to each other. Glenn expressed the opinion that people place too much importance on being “independent” when in fact we should become more “dependent” on each other! One day my … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project It’s more fun in the Philippines
By Abad Macabanding Philippines is a country located in the southeastern most part of Asia comprising about 7,107 islands. These islands are separated into three sovereign states, namely Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The Philippines has a population of more than 100 million people with different traditions and cultures. The Philippines has more than a hundred ethnolinguistic … [Read more...]
Heidi “Bly” Jones announces candidacy for Fillmore County Auditor/Treasurer
Heidi Jones has announced she will run to fill the vacant seat as the Fillmore County Auditor/Treasurer at the November election. Heidi has lived in the area her entire life, graduating from Kingsland High School in 1995. For the last 12 years she has been a resident in the City of Ostrander, where she is serving her second term as an elected city council member and serves … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Police Reports
Chatfield Police Department Taylor Lynn Smith, 19, Chatfield, Minn.; 10/7/2017, Underage Consumption of Alcohol, Fine $100, Total Fees $220. Grahm Nicholas Wibstad, 19, Eyota, Minn.; 1/6/2018, Exceed Limit of 30 mph - Urban District (44/30), Fine $50, Total Fees $140. Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Scott Chrisopher Backer, 65, Chatfield, Minn.; 1/27/2018, Speeding … [Read more...]
Fillmore County District Court
On February 15, 2018, Nathan Randal Gossman, of Canton, appeared (via Rule) before District Court Judge Matthew J. Opat. Gossman, 33, is charged with Fleeing Police Officer in a Motor Vehicle, a felony with a maximum sentence of three years and one day in prison, a $5,000 fine, or both. On or about, February 10, Gossman allegedly fled from police officers, and was engaged in … [Read more...]
Delone “Dee” Woxland
Delone (“Dee”) Woxland, age 100, died at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford on February 21, 2018. A memorial service will be held at Rushford Lutheran Church on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at 11 a.m. Dee was born on a farm near Harmony, Minn., on April 30, 1917, to Martin Bjorge and Margit (Harstad) Bjorge. Tragedy struck when she was only 16 months old; her mother died … [Read more...]
Fire at Prosper apartments
On February 21, 2018, at approximately 11:11 p.m., the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center was notified by Winneshiek County, Iowa, Sheriff’s Office of a structure fire of an apartment building located in Fillmore County. The location of the fire was 11048 Hwy 52, known as the Old State Line Motel or Prosper Apartments. The Mabel and Canton Fire Departments … [Read more...]