It all started with a cup of coffee. One night after a concert in La Crosse, where they were living at the time, Rich and Barb Bottorff decided to stop by a coffee shop. To their surprise, the place was packed. “I looked at Barb and I said, ‘You know what? This is a good business to be in,’” Rich explained. When the former Bank Haus building in Rich’s hometown of Wykoff came up … [Read more...]
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Government this week
Monday, January 27 • Rushford-Peterson School Board, Forum Room, 5:30 p.m. • Rushford Village City Council, Village Hall, 5:45 p.m. • Spring Valley City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. • City of Rushford City Council, City Hall, 6:30 p.m. • Chatfield City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 28 • Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 a.m. • … [Read more...]
Falcons and Gophers Tangle
It is routine in the Three Rivers Conference. Boys and girls basketball teams typically play each other the same night, a home game for each school. East and west divisional foes Fillmore Central and Chatfield did so on January 14. Neither school holds complete bragging rights because each got a win. In Preston, Chatfield’s boys led early 14-5. Nineteen first half free … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield wrestling regrouped from a difficult triangular double loss at D-E by beating LARP 64-9 and Caledonia/Houston 45-30 at a home triangular. The Gophers improved to 3-2, 9-3. FCLMC wrestling notched its fourth win of the year (1-5, 4-6), beating St. Charles 40-27. FCLMC’s four wins equals what they had the last five seasons combined and are the most in a season since … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/13 – 1/16)
Cannon Falls 64, Chatfield 68 (C: T. McMahon 13 pts (3-4 threes), 10 asts; Mollie Henry 12 pts (5-7 FGs); J. Zimmerman 11 pts (5-10 FGs); Z. Priebe 9 pts (4-7 FGs), 5 rebs; Silja Erickson 9 pts; Peyton Berg 8 pts, 7 rebs, 5 asts. Gophers led by as many as 19 in second half. Bombers hit a three at the end of the game for a four-point final) Lanesboro 44, M-C 54 (M-C: P. … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/16 – 1/18)
FCLMC Tri > St. Charles 27, FCLMC 40 (Teams double forfeited 106 and 195. FCLMC collected forfeits at 145 (Caden Anderson), 170 (Bodey Wright), and 285 (Stefan Nikoloski). Wolves built 16-6 and 22-12 leads, but dropped 152 and 160 to trail 22-21. FCLMC took three of the last four non-double forfeit matches (two by forfeit) for the win. Connor Wingert (113), Cale Anderson … [Read more...]
Upcoming Varsity Sporting Events
(See TRC or SEC pages for specific start times) Monday, January 27 (BBB) Kingsland at Chatfield (BBB) G-E at M-C (GBB) Chatfield at Kingsland (GBB) Houston at L-A (GBB) R-P at Cannon Falls (GBB) A-C/G-E at Lanesboro Tuesday, January 28 (BBB) Houston at FC (BBB) R-P at Kingsland (BBB) Lanesboro at Cotter (GBB) Kingsland at … [Read more...]
Mary Wright
Mary Jean Wright, 83, of Chatfield, passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2020, at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield. Mary was born on December 5, 1936, in Chatfield, to Isaac and Lula (Marsh) Julian. She graduated from Chatfield High School. On June 26, 1954, she married William J. Wright, in Preston. In her early years, Mary enjoyed horseback riding, riding in the … [Read more...]
Dale Henry
Dale John Henry, 93, of Chatfield, passed away peacefully on January 20, 2020, at Chosen Valley Care Center. Dale was born in Fremont on December 2, 1926, to Paul and Lillian (Tollefsrud) Henry. He grew up on the family farm and attended high school in Lewiston. After graduating with the class of 1944, Dale enlisted in the Army Air Force, which took him to Lincoln, Nebr., for … [Read more...]
Wayne Bicknese
Wayne Walter Bicknese, 83, of rural Fountain, passed away Monday, January 20, 2020, at Chosen Valley Care Center, with his family by his side. Wayne was born January 4, 1937, to Walter and Dorothy (Boland) Bicknese in Wykoff, Minn. He graduated from Wykoff High School in 1957. On June 9, 1962, he married Helen Opsahl at Trinity Lutheran Church, in Wanamingo, Minn. Wayne … [Read more...]