Southeast Minnesota Together hosted a meeting on April 30 at the Chatfield Center for the Arts to discuss the creation of welcoming and inclusive communities. SE MN Together was created in 2015 to serve as a regional network of organizations and individuals developing strategies to address workforce shortage. Keynote speaker Allison Liuzzi, project director, Wilder … [Read more...]
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Richard “Dick” Bailey
Richard Lee “Dick” Bailey, age 81, of Cannon Falls, died on Monday afternoon, April 29, 2019 at The Gardens at Cannon Falls. Dick was born on November 9, 1937 in Washington, Minn., the son of Hugh and Virginia (Quackenbush) Bailey. When Dick was just three years old, his father died while duck hunting on Armistice Day, November 11, 1940. He grew up and schooled in the Spring … [Read more...]
Gladys (Horstmann) Karver
Gladys Marie (Horstmann) Karver, 90, passed away Friday, April 26,2019, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. Gladys was born December 25, 1928, to Henry William Horstmann and Clara (Schmidt) Horstmann. She was the youngest of six children. She was four years old when she and family moved from Jordan Township to Orion Township. This became the family farm. She attended … [Read more...]
Lila L. Brummond
Lila L. Brummond, age 89, of Chatfield, Minn., passed away Thursday, April 25, 2019, at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield, Minn. Lila Luella Thies was born on February 20, 1930, to John and Martha (Stueber) Thies in Elma, Iowa. She was raised on a farm near Elma and attended Elma schools. Lila married Erwin Brummond on March 13, 1951, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in … [Read more...]
Semcac continues positive impact on communities
At the April 23 Fillmore County Board meeting, Lynn Mensink and Jim Wolter reported on the impact Semcac continues to have on the county. Commissioner Mitch Lentz was absent. Semcac has been providing services for 53 years, established as a private non-profit organization in 1966. It is the designated community action organization for seven counties: Dodge, Fillmore, … [Read more...]
Vix up for National Coach of the Year
“It is with great pleasure that the National High School Athletic Coaches Association announces the advancement of Tom Vix (formerly) of Rushford-Peterson High School as finalist for the 2019 National High School Athletic Coaches Association (NHSACA) national coach of the year in the sport of boys basketball. Eight finalists from across the nation will be honored during the … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
LFCMC girls track/field posted team wins at both the D-E and L-A Invites. Emma Breitsprecher had six first place finishes across five different events over the two meets. The RPH boys also won at D-E. Both sexes, the Tro-Canes had three of the top five Long Jumpers (Triton Meldahl, Alex Van Gundy, Brady Gile, Emma Geiwitz, Lauren Lawston, Jenny Albrecht) and Triple Jumpers … [Read more...]
Softball (4/16 & 4/18)
SG/Cal 11, Houston 1 (Hurricanes rapped out 12 hits, left 12 on base. Game was 5-1 entering 7th) GMLOK 11, FC/L 1 [5] (GM: Masie Voigt 2-2, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R; L. Hughes 2-4, R, 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 11 K, 6 BB, Win (4-0); Zoe Scrabeck 2-4, 3 RBI, R; Liz Jacobsen 2-3, 2B, RBI. FCL: K.J. Corson 1-2, R; K. Biel 1-3, RBI) #3 in AA Lourdes 8, #5 in AA Chatfield 2 (C: Teagan … [Read more...]
Track and Field (4/16 & 4/18)
D-E Invite (Girls: 1st LFCMC (128), 2nd D-E (111), 3rd RPH, 4th (of 6) Chatfield. Boys: 1st RPH (179), 2nd SC (177), 3rd Chatfield, 5th LFCMC. D-E, SC, and K-W also competed. LFCMC 1sts: E. Breitsprecher (300-H), Malia Tessum (1,600), Kelly Ristau (H-Jump), the girls 4x800 (Kammry Broadwater, Katelin Prinsen, Breitsprecher, Brielle Ruen). LFCMC individual 2nds: Ruen (400), … [Read more...]
Golf (4/15 – 4/18)
(B) Chatfield 232, St. Charles 251 (C: Riley Mulhern 56; Colton Johnson 58, Sam Rudlong 59. SC: Logan Gall 51*); (G) C Inc., SC 269 (Saints had top two. At St. Charles GC) (G) Lanesboro 261, Houston 294 (L: Payton Benson 43*. H: Lilli Carlson 68); (B) L 225, H Inc. (L: Cale Anderson 53*, Hayden Lawstuen 54, Clay Schwichtenberg 57. H: Owen Gaustad 56. At Valley High … [Read more...]