Stephen “Steve” Lowrie, 78, of Rochester, Minn., died on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, from complications of an illness with cancer, at Spring Valley Care Center in Spring Valley, Minn., where he had been a resident for the past 3 weeks. Stephen Ray Lowrie was born on June 18, 1944, in Rochester to Claude and Janet (Hair) Lowrie. He grew up in Byron before moving with his family … [Read more...]
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Government this Week
Monday, April 17 •Caledonia School Board, High School Room A154, 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, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 18 •Houston County Commissioners, Workshop Meeting, Courthouse, 9 a.m. •LeRoy … [Read more...]
Softball Preview Capsules
Chatfield Gophers Head Coach: Jerry Chase Where We Left Off in 2022: The Gophers went 13-1 in TRC play, sharing the West division crown with St. Charles. Chatfield then won the 1AA-East title, fell to Cannon Falls in section play, but then won three straight including downing the Bombers 9-1 and 11-0 to claim the 1AA title. They then beat Mounds Park Academy, … [Read more...]
College News
Honors List Spring 2022 • University of Minnesota Duluth: Moriah Babinski, Caledonia; Emma Craig, Caledonia; Vanessa Hawkins, Caledonia; Paul Griffin, Chatfield; Luke Ihrke, Chatfield; Tyler Waadevig, Chatfield; Ella Springer, Fountain; Shelby Ganske, Houston; Ryan Hoel, Houston • University of Northern Iowa: Katelyn Kleiboer, Decorah Fall 2022 • Bethel University: … [Read more...]
Kendall Hammell’s fight
On February 16 after a seven day hospital stay, kindergartener Kendall Hammell and her family finally found out their opponent in their upcoming fight. Kendall had been doctoring on and off for a fever for about a month. Her doctor had decided to keep her hospitalized until he could get to the root of her problem. A PET scan showed abnormalities in her bone marrow. At first, … [Read more...]
Government this Week
Monday April 10 •Whalan City Council, City Hall, 5 p.m. •La Crescent City Council, City Hall, 5:30 p.m. •Caledonia City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. •Grand Meadow City Council, Community Center, 6 p.m. •Houston City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. •Spring Valley City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. •Rushford City Council, City Hall, 6:30 p.m. •Chatfield City Council, City Hall, 7 … [Read more...]
Father’s Day Cruise for a Cause
This upcoming Father’s Day is going to be extra special. Dads like cars, and dads like helping people. So, why not have an event that gets fathers out on the roadways of scenic bluff country, and raise some money for an important cause along the way? On Sunday, June 18, 2023, Visit Bluff Country Magazine will be hosting the first-ever “Father’s Day Cruise for a Cause.” … [Read more...]
Track and Field Preview Capsule
Chatfield Head Coach: Jeff DeBuhr 2022 Season: The Gopher boys and girls each took fourth (of 16) at the 1A True Team meet. The girls were TRC champions while the boys took fourth (of 10). The boys finished seventh at the 1A Meet, the girls eighth (of 21). The boys 4x200 and 4x100 (Isaac Erding, Eli Hopp, Thad Evans, Sam Backer) took second and third respectively at … [Read more...]
All-TRC Boys Basketball
All four “Journal-covered” TRC boys basketball teams put together winning seasons. Caledonia (11-3, 16-13) won the TRC-East over La Crescent/Hokah (10-4, 18-10), Fillmore Central (8-6, 17-11), Rushford-Peterson (8-6, 15-13) and Winona-Cotter (4-10, 9-17) while Chatfield (12-3, 17-11) took second to PEM (14-1, 26-6) in the TRC-West ahead of W-K (6-9, 12-15), Lewiston-Altura … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Board Meeting Summary of Minutes, 3-07-23
Fillmore County Board of Commissioners met in a Special session at the Courthouse in the City of Preston. Present: All members, Administrator/Clerk, other staff, citizens, and the press. Board approved: •Agenda & Consent Agenda (3.10.2023) Commissioner Warrants: $145,799.16 •Marco, Inc.$38,654.22 •Frontier Precision, Inc$42,668.02 •Ratwik, Roszak & … [Read more...]