The fate of concert events in the City of Fountain appears to have gained some forward momentum. A local establishment, on the recommendation of several entities, will be working to develop their plans for events to be held through the remainder of the year. Beaver Bottoms Saloon co-owner Jody Wiza has been undertaking creative events for the last year in effort to bring … [Read more...]
Rural Fountain woman fighting breast cancer to be recipient of B&B Bowl’s “Pay it Forward” breakfast
Tara Hershberger always had a feeling that she would get cancer. Her mother had breast cancer when she was young and survived. Tara then did the BRCA gene test and did not have the breast cancer gene. She dealt with two episodes of melanoma, once when she was 29 and again when she was 30. But at the end of February she was diagnosed with stage three lobular carcinoma, the … [Read more...]
Sandra Evans
Sandra Evans, 73, passed away on May 29, 2020, in her daughter’s home in Decorah, Iowa. She was born on January 25, 1947, in Cresco, Iowa, to Elmer Slifka and Eleanor (Tieskotter) Slifka. Sandra grew up in Mabel, Minn. She graduated from Mabel High School in 1965. After high school she attended Winona State University in Winona, Minn., where she received a bachelor’s degree … [Read more...]
Fountain mulls over lingering issues
The Fountain City Council bounded through their brief July 1 meeting with a number of issues that have seen previous discussion. Amid these were zoning items and public works personnel. The Zoning Board met June 29 to discuss an application by Jody Wiza, co-owner of Beaver Bottoms Saloon, for a Conditional Use Permit. Wiza has done a number of improvements at the site and last … [Read more...]
Fountain City Council meeting time change
Notice of time change Fountain City Council The Fountain City Council meeting for July 1st will be at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30. Publish 29 … [Read more...]
Historic Memories of Fillmore County “Main Street, looking north, in Fountain, Minn., over 100 years ago!”
Last week found us looking south on Main Street in Fountain, Minn. We are still in town, have come to the end of the street, and are now heading back, traveling north. And oh what a view it is! The first building on the left, well I don’t pretend to know what was behind those doors so long ago. But I do know up until the time it closed in the 70s or 80s, it was the home of The … [Read more...]
Tjepkes brings experience to Fountain
The City of Fountain recently saw the retirement of Rhonda Flattum, who had served as the city’s clerk/administrator for eight years. But Fountain was fortunate to have time for Flattum to train her replacement, and for that replacement to bring a wealth of experience to the role. Mary Tjepkes was hired as Fountain’s new clerk, and she stated, “It came about by my sister … [Read more...]
Historic Memories of Fillmore County “Main Street, looking south, Fountain, Minnesota,” at least 100 years ago.
Leaving Preston and traveling north on 52, we arrive at the idyllic town of Fountain, Minn. Isn’t it fun when looking at these old photographs, that in spite of the fact that most of the buildings are gone, enough of them remain, enabling us to know exactly where we are and what we are seeing! There’s so much to take in as we study each one. The one entitled, “MAIN STREET, … [Read more...]
Fountain ushers in new city clerk
The Wednesday, May 6 Fountain Council meeting was anything but normal with the council gathering in the spacious community center after original plans to have the council meet via telephone were changed. With the world at a relative standstill though, discussion during the six-minute meeting was limited. “If he [Governor Walz] doesn’t lift the stay at home we will be doing … [Read more...]
Notice of Public Hearing City of Fountain
Notice of Public Hearing City of Fountain The Fountain Planning & Zoning Commission met at 7:00 o’clock P.M., Monday, April 20th, 2020, to conduct a meeting on a petition filed by Brent Miller, PO Box 102 531 1st St, Fountain, MN to rezone 4.67 acres from the Residential District to the Industrial District for the purpose of constructing a shed 56 x 40 = 2240. The … [Read more...]