Fillmore County Board Meeting Summary of Minutes, 7-6-21 Fillmore County Board Meeting Summary of Minutes, 7-6-21 Fillmore County Board of Commissioners met in regular session, Courthouse, Preston. Present: All members, Administrator/Clerk, other staff, citizens, and the press. Board approved: • Agenda , amended agenda, & Consent … [Read more...]
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Minutes of the Chatfield City Council meetings are available upon request, by contacting the City Clerk’s office at 507-867-3810. Publish 19 … [Read more...]
Softball at Whalan on 4th of July a tradition like no other
By Mike Buringha St. Charles, MN Where is Whalan, Minn., you might ask? If you travel south from Utica, and take a gravel road called Everyday Road you will run into a little village sporting a population of 63 people. Nestled into the bluff country between Peterson and Lanesboro, this little village offers the best pie money can buy, a bike trail and on the 4th of July, … [Read more...]
Pastor Devotion – Living into the unknown
The last year has been one of unknowns. A pandemic. An election. Constant changes in policies and procedures for churches, grocery stores, gyms, and schools. Just about everything has been unknown. There are many other unknowns for each of us in our lives – new or ending relationships, employment changes, graduating or starting school, moving to a new home or into a care … [Read more...]
Second kayak winner of the summer
Garret Ashton, of Rochester, Minn., stood next to the brand new kayak he won in a recent contest. On June 30, 2021, Visit Bluff Country Magazine conducted the second prize giveaway drawing of the summer, which was a brand new kayak. As the magazine celebrates 36 years as the premier tourism publication of Historic Bluff Country (a.k.a. The Driftless Area), they will be … [Read more...]
Lion Legion’s last-inning, five-run rally overtakes St. Charles
Trailing by four runs and only one out away from what seemed like certain defeat, the Spring Grove Legion lads (ages 19 & under) staged a most-improbable five -run rally to overtake visiting St. Charles, 6-5, on July 8. It was a solemn bunch of Saints who watched in stunned silence as the delirious Lion squad streamed into right field in pursuit of sprinting Logan Brumm, … [Read more...]
Fillmore and Houston County Police Reports
Caledonia Police Department Dylon Gerhard Erickson, 29, Caledonia, Minn.,; 4/15/2021, Driving After Revocation, Fine $200, Total Fees $275. Norberto Gomez Mendez, 63, Caledonia, Minn.; 4/10/2021, Dog at Large, Fine $75, Total Fees $150. Chatfield Police Department Gavin John Presnall, 22, Eyota, Minn.; 4/22/2021, 4th Degree D.W.I. - Influence of Alcohol, Fine … [Read more...]
All-Three Rivers Conference Baseball
The 2021 Three Rivers Conference baseball season saw teams from Plainview-Elgin-Millville, Caledonia, Lewiston-Altura, and Chatfield have the best years. The All-TRC baseball team is thus littered with players from those four teams. Caledonia gets a league best seven All-Conference picks, including five seniors, Austin Klug (SS), Devin Vonderohe (P/1B), Jake … [Read more...]
Legion Lions blanked by undefeated Caledonia
The Spring Grove Legion (19 & under) baseball team fell, 10-0, after Caledonia took control with a six-run second inning. Seven of the 10 Warrior hits came during that outburst on June 28. Another three runs came with no hits (four walks, one error) in the fourth frame, and later a single by Andrew Cornelius and RBI double from Jacob Staggemeyer invoked the 10-run rule in … [Read more...]
Loren Thomas
Loren Richard Thomas, 79, of Houston, Minn., died on Sunday, July 4, 2021, at the Gundersen Tweeten Care Center in Spring Grove, Minn. Loren was born on September 14, 1941, in Pleasant Grove Township, Olmsted County, Minn., to Adra Purdy and Mildred Henrietta (Wrase) Thomas. He graduated from Mabel High School in Mabel, Minn. Loren served in the U.S. Army National Guard. On … [Read more...]