Devoine “Dee” Marvin Meiners of Eitzen, Minn., passed away, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Rochester, Minn. He was born September 5, 1944, in Caledonia, Minn., to Marvin and Ella Mae (Schroeder) Meiners. Dee was a 1962 graduate of Caledonia High School. In 1962, at the age of 17, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served three years on … [Read more...]
Eitzen Ball Park lights to be replaced this spring
Eitzen City Council members in attendance at March meeting include Mayor Jeffrey Adamson, Emily Burrichter, Mitch Lange, Doug Meyer, and Mitch Luttchens. Other in attendance were City Clerk Steve Schuldt, local business owner Larry Nieling, and Charlene Selbee, Fillmore County Journal. Mayor Adamson called the March 9, 2021, regular meeting of the Eitzen City Council to … [Read more...]
Plans are underway for Eitzen’s Fourth of July Family Fun Fest hosted by the Lions Club
Despite the minus one degree weather, the Eitzen City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting, Tuesday, February 9, 2021, from 7-8 p.m. at Eitzen City Hall. Councilmembers in attendance were Mayor Jeff Adamson and Councilmembers, Emily Burrichter, Mitch Luttchens, Mitch Lange, and Doug Meyer. Staff in attendance were Steve Schuldt, city clerk, and Daryl Meyer, … [Read more...]
What happens in Eitzen does not stay in Eitzen!
Eitzen residents never expected that they would see their quiet town of 250 residents a talking point in the national discussion on racism, but that is where they found themselves last month. On September 15, a concerned housewife with children at home called town officials about strangers driving an unmarked car with California plates going door-to-door. The team was claiming … [Read more...]
Peering at the Past 1936 “cream can” caper increases Eitzen bank heist total
Yikes! – yes, another one. I thought my August 3 column covered all of the bank thefts in Eitzen (1964, 1986, 1991). But alert readers with good memories have since pointed out that I was at least one heist short of a quartet. Lifetime Houston County resident Glenn Buxengard recalled the “cream can crime” – but was not sure of the exact year. Carol Ann Burtness, the … [Read more...]