Stewartville “Bill Glomski” Invite (La Crescent (47) beat Byron (118) for the boys title. Chatfield took 9th, LFC 13th, and Kingsland 16th (of 20 complete). Jordan’s Symon Keiser (17.36.2) won the boys race over La Crescent’s Jake Boudreau (17:59.7). Chatfield’s T. Lanning (18:57.1) took 12th. LFC’s Carson Ruen (19:15.4) took 18th. Chatfield’s Brady Woltz took 29th (of 228 … [Read more...]
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Faith. Family. Friends.
New York, the city that never sleeps. Bright lights, bustling sidewalks, and... seven life-long best friends, who are all originally from Chatfield on the “Today Show”? As many know, bucket lists can bring you to so many new places, and for Kelly Nosbisch, Janet Nelson, Renee Bennett, Angela Clemens, Julie Griffin, Michelle Pederson, and Kelly Tweite, their bucket list … [Read more...]
Government this week
Tuesday, September 3 • Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9:00 a.m. • City of Houston Planning Commission, City Hall, 5:30 p.m. • Kingsland Work Session, Elementary Conference Room, 6:00 p.m. • Lanesboro City Council, City Hall, 6:00 p.m. • Ostrander City Council, Community Center, 6:30 p.m. • Rushford Village City Council, Village Hall, 7 … [Read more...]
2019 FCJ High School Football Preview
The 2019 high school football season begins with changes. Districts have been re-aligned. The Mid-Southeast has three sub-districts; Red, White, and Blue. Journal covered squads FC and R-P are in the Blue with Cotter, Hayfield, L-A, and W-K. The Falcons have “cross-over” games with Red and White schools. R-P plays just White schools. Those games are weeks one thru … [Read more...]
Help kids kick cancer by giving blood with the Red Cross
ST. PAUL, MN – September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood to support kids, teens and young adults battling cancer, as well as others in need of transfusions. The National Cancer Institute estimated that more than 15,000 children and adolescents in the U.S. would be diagnosed with cancer last year. … [Read more...]
Street vendors; a growing problem
A letter authored by Steven Rowland, Western Days, Inc. co-chairman, was addressed to the city council. It was the basis for a relatively long discussion concerning “street vendors” at the August 26 Chatfield City Council meeting. Rowland maintains the number of street vendors is a growing problem, as they take away business from established permanent businesses in … [Read more...]
College News
Spring 2019 Graduations •UW-Madison: Benjamin Pierce, School of Business, Bachelor of Business Administration, Business: Marketing, Graduated with Distinction Honors List •Minnesota State University Mankato:Dalton Campbell, Chatfield; Autum Erickson, Chatfield; Nathaniel Fox, Chatfield; Jacob Gillespie, Chatfield, High Honors; Colton Hines, Chatfield; Macy Pederson, … [Read more...]
Bid grudgingly accepted for 2019 Street and Utility improvements
City Engineer Brett Grabau reviewed the only bid submitted for Preston’s 2019 Street and Utility Improvements at the city council’s August 23 meeting. The bid submitted by Rochester Sand and Gravel was about $100,000 higher than the engineer’s estimate. Their bid is $443,376.65, of which, $418,873 represents the assessable portion of the project. The total project cost to do … [Read more...]
Kenneth Irish
Kenneth “Ken/Kenny” Irish, 75, of Chatfield, Minn., passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2019, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Methodist Campus in Rochester. Ken was born to Richard “Dick” and Margaret (Hart) Irish on May 25, 1944, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. He attended John Marshall High School and went on to work at Touhy Furniture, Chatfield, and Doughboy Industries, … [Read more...]
Government this week
Monday, August 26 • 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, August 27 • Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 a.m. • Fillmore Central School Board, High School Media Center, 6:30 p.m. Schedule subject to change. … [Read more...]