William “Bill” Lammers, age 67, of Grand Meadow, formerly of Preston, was called home on Wednesday February 7, 2018, at the Grand Meadow Health Care Center in Grand Meadow. Funeral Mass for Bill Lammers will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, February 12, 2018, at St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Spring Valley, Minn., with Father Marreddy Pothireddy officiating. Burial will take … [Read more...]
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Allan James Reese
Allan James Reese, 73, formerly of Chatfield, died peacefully at his home in South St. Paul, Minn., on February 4, 2018. Services will be held at a later date. Riley Funeral Home in Chatfield is assisting the family with arrangements: rileyfuneralhomes.com. … [Read more...]
Fillmore County solid waste administrator settling into his new job
“I wanted something more than a straight desk job,” Solid Waste Administrator Drew Hatzenbihler said. “I wanted to be active outside too.” He found what he was looking for in his position of Solid Waste Administrator at the Fillmore County Resource Recovery Center. Hatzenbihler began his new job at the center in the summer of 2017. At that time, the position was merged with … [Read more...]
Government this week
Monday, February 5 • City of Houston Planning Commission, City Hall, 5:30 p.m. • Lanesboro City Council, City Hall, 5:30 p.m. • Preston City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. Tuesday, February 6 • Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 a.m. • Ostrander City Council, Community Center, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 7 • Mabel City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m. • Fountain City … [Read more...]
Knights Run County TRC Gauntlet
Fillmore County boasts four TRC schools. Kingsland’s basketball teams have now swept the other three. Knight squads beat Chatfield and R-P in December. In late January, Kingsland swept FC to run the gauntlet. In Preston, John Fenske’s guys grabbed a 70-47 victory. They were plus-11 at the free throw line (16 of 26 to 5 of 12). Team double-K got four in double figures. … [Read more...]
Gopher Wrestling Improves to 9-1
On parents and youth exhibition night, Chatfield wrestling continued its excellent year, hounding St. Charles through the middle weights, to post a convincing win. The Gophers led 16-11 through 132, only to win five straight; Nathan Goldsmith (138, 8-4 D), Campbell Berge (145, pin), Luke Ihrke (152, pin), Jake Mandt (160, forfeit), Davontae Goldsmith (170, 18-7 MD). Chatfield … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield’s Jake Mandt (#1 in Class A at 145) won his fourth tourney of the year (Lake City). He improved to 25-0 (corrected). LARP wrestling had two one-point matches at the K-M duals (beat Winona 40-39, lost to Worthington 37-36). Ross Herber (106), Carter Jonsgaard (113), Gable Speltz (120), Ethan Sense (170/182), and Noah Herber (182/195) each went 4-1 on the week. … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/23 – 1/27)
Chatfield 43, La Crescent 61 (C: Landon Bance 9 pts (3-5 threes); Ben Brogan 8 pts, 6 rebs; Austin Hines 7 pts, 12 rebs) M-C 47, GM 73 (MC: Dylan Loppnow 12 pts (6-8 FGs), 8 rebs; Pierce Lind 10 pts, 6 rebs; Blake Henry 10 pts; D. Wyffels 4 pts, 7 rebs, 9 assists. Cougars: 0-16 threes) Schaeffer Academy 61, Houston 46 M-C 54, SG 73 (MC: Ryan Kuhn career-high 13 pts, 4 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/23 – 1/26)
La Crescent 43, Chatfield 45 (C: Macy Pederson 14 pts (3-6 threes); B. Berg 13 pts; Alanna Goetzinger 10 pts, 9 rebs) L-O 30, M-C 56 (MC: K. McCabe 23 pts, 8 rebs, 6 stls; Payton Danielson 18 pts, 11 rebs, 4 assists, 4 stls) R-P 25, St. Charles 63 (RP: Lauren Lawston 8 pts. Seven other Trojans scored, but no more than 4 points) Schaeffer Academy 47, Lanesboro 29 (L: … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/23- 1/27)
Waukon 33, FCLMC 45 (Wolves jumped out 21-0. Match was tied 33-33 after 195. Wolves took 220/285 by forfeit to win second dual of year. FCLMC was winless the past two years. Each team had three forfeits. Bradon Knutson (106), Cale Anderson (113), Caleb Kunz (145), and Eric Kunz (160) had pins for FCLMC. Caden Anderson (126) won a 7-4 decision); St. Charles 51, FCLMC 9 … [Read more...]