By Donna Rasmussen Administrator Since 2010, the Fillmore SWCD has been host to one or two summer interns each year. Beginning in 2012, those interns have been hired through the Conservation Corps Minnesota Conservation Apprenticeship program. Conservation apprentices serve alongside a natural resource professional in a Minnesota Soil and Water Conservation District … [Read more...]
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Fillmore SWCD celebrates 75 years!
By Donna Rasmussen Administrator 1942: The U.S. had just entered World War II. The nation was finally recovering from the Great Depression. The Dust Bowl of the 1930s had begun a movement to conserve our precious soils. And the Civilian Conservation Corps was winding down its work to install soil conservation practices. It was in this climate that the Fillmore Soil and … [Read more...]
Anna Marie Roche
Anna Marie Roche, 87, of Preston, Minn., died on Monday, January 30, 2017 at St Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Anna Marie Mathison Bastian Roche was born May 1, 1929 to Gilbert and Agnes (Johnson) Mathison. She attended school at Chatfield and Preston. She married Leo (Bud) Bastian on April 14, 1946. Anna Marie and Bud had three children. She was a member of Christ … [Read more...]
Gopher Wrestling on Rebound
Chatfield wrestling was the 2013-2014 Class A state wrestling champion (27-1). A year ago (2015-2016), with graduations and defections, they precipitously fell to 3-15. An up after a down is always a good story. Travis Bartels has the young, two-senior, three-junior, Gophers on a bit of a resurgence. Class A Lean and Mean Dover-Eyota was the latest TRC club to find out. The … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
Kingsland 60, Cotter 45 (K: Z. Buchholtz 19 pts (6-11 FGs); J. Beck 15 pts (6-8 FGs), 11 rebs; Matthew Woods 10 pts, 9 rebs. Knights were 17 of 29 at free throw line) Stewartville 53, Chatfield 49 (C: Alex Hompe 13 pts; Parker Fossum 12 pts, 9 rebs; Dillon Bance 11 pts, 7 assists. Gophers are 1-6, 2-11) L-A 62, Lanesboro 52 (L: Co. Schwichtenberg 20 pts, 11 rebs; Carson … [Read more...]
Thelmer Rudlong
Funeral services for Thelmer Rudlong were held 2 p.m. Monday, January 23, 2017 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Spring Valley, Minn., with Pastor Betsy Dartt. Burial took place at the Spring Valley Cemetery. Visitation were held Sunday, January 22 from 5-7 p.m. at Hindt Funeral Home of Spring Valley, Minn., and continued Monday from 1-2 p.m. at the church. Thelmer E. … [Read more...]
Betty Connelly
Betty Connelly, 87, of Lanesboro, passed away at the Chatfield Care Center on January 22, 2017. Betty was born January 2, 1930 to Chester and Gladys (Brenno) Danielson in LaCrosse, Wisc. She attended country school thru the eighth grade. On October 26, 1946 she married John N. Connelly. The couple farmed until moving to town in 1982. She worked at Rush Products for 11 … [Read more...]
Government this Week
Monday, January 23 Rushford-Peterson School Board, High School Biology Room, 5:30 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 24 Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 a.m. Fillmore Central School Board, 5 p.m. Schedule subject to … [Read more...]
Wrestling Teams Move to 4-1 in TRC
Chatfield and LARP wrestling teams each notched TRC wins to improve their league marks to 4-1. The Gophers took down a GMLOS group that sports four state ranked wrestlers. The Bulldogs jumped out 16-0 only for Chatfield to win seven of the next nine weights, including 170, 182, and 195, to pull ahead 36-25. They led 36-31 heading to heavyweight. GMLOS’ Clayton Luthe won … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Cole Schwichtenberg had a career-high 34 points as Lanesboro’s boys (4-1, 5-3) beat G-E. He got the five he needed to reach 1,000 career points. He’s not the only Burro to blast into the record books. In 2012, current assistant coach Braden Hanson set the all-time scoring mark by posting a single-game record of 48 points. In 2014, Kole Ruud broke Hanson’s mark with a … [Read more...]