By Tanya O’Connor Here’s a fun fact from Decorah Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jessica Rilling: This small northeast Iowa city boasts over 40 women-owned businesses in the downtown district alone. Rilling invites visitors to shop, save, sip and (hopefully) soak up a bit of spring sunshine at the 2022 Women’s Weekend Out (WWO) event scheduled for Friday, April 1 … [Read more...]
Minnesota weekly gas price update
March 21, 2022 - Average gasoline prices in Minnesota have fallen 4.5¢ per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.91/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 2,856 stations in Minnesota. Prices in Minnesota are 50.2¢ per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.15/g higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Minnesota was priced at … [Read more...]
Ukrainian exchange student tells her story
By Phil Hebrink We have all been seeing the millions of people being forced to move from their homes in Ukraine. This is one of their stories. Anna Chop attended Kingsland High School in 2016-17. Age 16, she was an exchange student from Ukraine, with the FLEX program, meaning she earned a scholarship to come to the U.S. for a year of school. Her host family was John and … [Read more...]
Dinner honoring two Lanesboro elders
LANESBORO, MN, March 16, 2022 – The Lanesboro Area Chamber of Commerce and History Alive Lanesboro invite the public to a dinner on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at Sons of Norway Lodge in Lanesboro to honor two local elders and those actors who told their stories in last fall’s History Alive Pop-Up Play. In the fall of 2021, History Alive Lanesboro presented a Pop-Up Play … [Read more...]
R-P superintendent interviews set
The interview and reference questions are set, the dates of March 28 and 29 have been chosen and the six interviewees have been notified for the position of superintendent at Rushford-Peterson. The R-P School Board put their final touches on the upcoming interviews at their regular school board meeting March 21, 2022. The six candidates who will be interviewed are: Benjamin … [Read more...]
Kingsland looking to fill superintendent vacancy
The Kingsland School Board met on March 21. All members were present (Cindy Seabright, Maranda Emig, Kyle Rader, Gwen Howard, Natasha Howard, and Jackie Horsman). Superintendent Jim Hecimovich was not present. With the upcoming retirement of Hecimovich from the superintendent position at the end of this school year, the board is working on the process of finding a replacement. … [Read more...]
Spring Grove School Board approves 2022-2023 school calendar
Spring Grove School Board members met in the school’s Learning Resource Center on Monday, March 21 from 7:02-8:08 p.m. Board members present included Chairman Aaron Solum, Stephanie Jaster, Rhan Flatin, Aric Elton, and Kelly Rohland. Jenny Stender was absent. The board approved the consent agenda, including the agenda and the minutes from the February 22 regular board meeting, … [Read more...]
Voting security topic of Houston County Commission meeting
The Houston County Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, March 22, from 9-11:43 a.m. at the historic county courthouse in downtown Caledonia. Commissioners in attendance included Chairman Greg Myhre, Teresa Walter, Robert (Bob) Burns, Eric Johnson, and Dewey Severson. Chairman Myhre called the meeting to order and led the commissioners and the public in the Pledge … [Read more...]
Fillmore County proclaims April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month
At the March 22 Fillmore County Board meeting, Sarah Monroe, DFO Victim Services; Laura Nauman, Women’s Shelter; and Andrea White, Regional Safe Harbor Navigator, asked the board to consider proclaiming April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Monroe noted Sexual Assault Awareness Month was first observed nationally in 2001. It is an effort to bring further awareness of … [Read more...]
Preston appoints Charles Sparks as mayor pro-tem
The first order of business at the March 21 Preston City Council meeting was to appoint a mayor pro-tem. Councilman David Collett, who had been serving as mayor pro-tem, passed away on March 14. Mayor Kurt Reicks was absent. Sparks then presided over the meeting. As mayor pro-tem, Sparks was approved to sign checks for the city at F & M Community Bank for checking/savings … [Read more...]