Track and field programs GMLOKS, LFCMC, Chatfield, and RPH took on the 1A True Team meet. Of the eight total boys and girls’teams competing from those schools, all finished at least sixth. Seventeen total schools competed. GMLOKS’ girls (981.5) won the 1A True Team title for a fourth straight year (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) while their boys (889) were runner-up to St Charles … [Read more...]
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Six Cal/SG track boys are conference champions, All-TRC
The Caledonia/Spring Grove boys broke the meet record while winning the 4x200-meter relay, and six Warriors earned all-conference acclaim at the Three Rivers Conference Track and Field Championships on May 13 at Elgin. Cal/SG won two relay titles and took first place in three individual events. Despite competing in only 11 of the 18 events, the boys placed third among 10 teams … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Drew Yahnke pitched a 10-strikeout complete-game shutout as Caledonia baseball beat Cotter 3-0. The Warriors also split key games with La Crescent/Hokah, losing 7-0, winning 5-4. Garrett Konz collected the win and had the game-winning RBI in the victory. FC/L (7-1, 10-1), LC/H (8-2, 9-4) and the Warriors (7-3, 9-4) are atop the TRC-East. Chatfield beat GMLOK 18-1 for their 8th … [Read more...]
Track and Field: Gopher Girls Win St. Charles Invite
In the last meet before the True Team event, Chatfield, LFCMC, and RPH track and field teams competed with five others at the St. Charles Invite. The Gophers girls (129) were a headliner, winning the team portion over the Burros (117) and Tro-Canes (109) while the host Saints, Waseca, L-A, and Hayfield also competed. Jeff DeBuhr’s Gophers got firsts from Aletta Strande (1,600 … [Read more...]
Golf: Burro Teams Sweep Trojan Invite
“Journal 11” golf teams do not host tournaments too often. Rushford-Peterson did so this year with six full boys teams and five full girls teams. Lanesboro’s squads won both events. The boys kept up their strong season by outshooting Chatfield, 360 to 361. R-P (407) and D-E (408) hotly contested third and fourth place. L-A (414) and Houston (445) followed. Two 8th graders … [Read more...]
Fillmore and Houston County Police Reports
Chatfield Police Department Paul Edward Carns, 70, Rochester, Minn.; 4/14/2023, Speeding (40/30), Fine $40, Total Fees $130. Cyrus Roger Kulsrud, 38, Chatfield, Minn.; 12/29/2022, Snow Removal Parking, Fine $20, Total Fees $32. Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Amber Kay Bruhnke, 32, Spring Valley, Minn.; 4/27/2023, Use of Wireless Communications Device - Violate paragraph … [Read more...]
Rock of Ages, let me hide myself in thee
By Pastor Paul Hauschild Chatfield and Root Prairie Lutheran Churches In May 2018 I went hiking in Israel with a dear friend of mine. I’ve led a couple of group tours there with church groups (and will again in April 2024), but this time I wanted something unique. The main part of the hike was on the “The Jesus Trail,” a 40-mile hike from Nazareth (the hometown of Jesus) … [Read more...]
Government This Week
Monday, May 15 • Caledonia School Board, High School Room A14, 6 p.m. • Kingsland School Board, Elementary Conference Room, 6 p.m. • Preston City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. • Rushford-Peterson School Board, Forum Room, 6 p.m. • Spring Grove School Board, Media Center, 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 • Houston County Commissioners Work Group, Courthouse, 9 a.m. • LeRoy School … [Read more...]
Looking back on deadly Wykoff tornado
Five tornadoes struck southeast Minnesota and neighboring Iowa and Wisconsin70 years ago on May 10, 1953. According to the National Weather Service’s website www.weather.gov/arx/may1053 those tornadoes stand out for their strength and the length of their tracks; four were F4 and one was an F3. An F4 tornado is a violent tornado with wind speeds up to 260 mph. One of the F4 … [Read more...]
Robert Owen Connaughty
Robert “Bob” Owen Connaughty was born January 6, 1931, on a farm in Utica Township, Minn. Through the years, he moved to different farms with his family. While growing up, he milked cows and worked in the fields. He started working in construction (Koepp Company) building water towers, etc. He then moved to Lake Zumbro and built a house on the lakefront. He married Jeanette … [Read more...]