Minnesota is not often associated with tobacco farming - more likely, Virginia or Kentucky. But there were tobacco fields in Houston County. Local historian Georgia Rosendahl wrote about her tobacco experiences after her father Oscar Kroshus, one day in the mid-1940s, announced he was going to grow tobacco on the family farm just southwest of Spring Grove. “He had told the … [Read more...]
Warrior soccer boys are experienced front to back
Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston boys soccer brings back most of last year’s 3-9-1 team for second-season head coach Craig Hahn and assistant Jay Marschall. Only four Warriors graduated, so 10 of the 14-player rotation return, including all-conference, three-year starting goalkeeper Austin Allen. Each position group - forwards, midfielders and defenders - lost only one starter … [Read more...]
Warrior soccer girls return the defense, must replace the offense
Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston girls soccer brings back 13 letter winners, nine of which have lettered more than once. Seventh-season head coach Chris Jandt saw four seniors and last year’s offense graduate. But the Warriors return extensive experience on defense. Freshman Josie Foster returns in goal, supported by four letter-winning defensive backs: seniors Grace Denstad, … [Read more...]
Spring Grove roars past Rebels in volleyball opener
Spring Grove 3, Southland 0 25-12, 25-13, 25-5 Spring Grove scored the first seven points of the match and never trailed in any of the three sets while dominating visiting Southland in the volleyball season opener for both teams. Senior setter Rachel Normann served eight aces and assisted on 22 of the Lions’ 25 kills. Addyson McHugh outscored all the Rebel hitters … [Read more...]
More size than seniority for Spring Grove gridders
There is considerable experience, but also more youth than maturity. There are more linemen with more size and more strength than the coaches can recall. Skill position players possess height and speed. There is more depth and therefore more competition for playing time than usual, especially among linemen. Twelve of 17 letter winners return, which includes eight of last year’s … [Read more...]
Peering at the Past Eight buildings burned during two nights of terror
The newspaper account read: “Saturday night, Tony Peters, who resides in the east part of town, was attracted by the barking of his dogs and upon hearing someone close the gate near his barn, he went near the place (and) heard two men talking rather low behind the barn. As soon as they saw Mr. Peters coming, they started out on a run across the fields. “The following night, at … [Read more...]
Spring Grove brings height and experience to volleyball court
Spring Grove volleyball is coming off an 8-4 pandemic-shortened season, a third-place tie in the SEC East Division (5-4) and a summer tournament championship that included two wins over state-ranked teams. It is an experienced squad with the tallest Lion lineup that coach Kelsey Morken can recall in her 16 seasons as either a Lion player or area coach. Seven of 10 letter … [Read more...]
Peering at the Past Theatre destroyed just hours before the production
A man “carrying a casket upside down on his shoulders in the red glow of the flames, was a weird sight,” according to one account of a fire that caused the evacuation of caskets from the Schummers Building in Caledonia. Fire was a great threat to the survival of fledgling southeast Minnesota villages during the last half of the 1800s. With closely-clustered frame buildings … [Read more...]
Caledonia Junior Legion takes third place trophy at state
The Caledonia 16 & under baseball boys finished third among eight teams at the 2021 Junior Legion Division II State Tournament at Montevideo on Aug.ust 6-8. “We played three close, high-intensity games,” said Warrior coach Chad Augedahl. “We played some really good baseball.” Behind two-hit pitching by Thane Meiners, Caledonia blanked Proctor, 6-0, in Friday’s … [Read more...]
Peering at the Past Wowed with words, dazzled with descriptions in 1903
Was it really considered a compliment to be compared to Poland China hogs? It was unexplained why Caledonia “rooters” were so enthused about a contest between Spring Grove and Houston. However, more than a century ago, Houston County writers were able to describe an ordinary local event with enough embellishment of the English language, exaggeration and humor to hopefully … [Read more...]