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 property is described as follows: Property ID … [Read more...]
Viola Johnson
Viola Johnson, 103, died of natural causes April 20, 2020, at Chosen Valley Care Center where she had been living. She was born December 12, 1916, in Fillmore County, rural Fountain. After graduating from Chatfield High School and the Minneapolis Business College she was employed at the First National Bank in Spring Valley, a job she held for 30 years until she retired in … [Read more...]
Gladys Fahlgren Baker
Gladys Fahlgren Baker went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. She was born on September 14, 1929, to Alfred and Alma Asleson in Fountain, Minn. She was the youngest of eight children and the only daughter. Gladi grew up on the family farm, learning to drive the tractor at age 10. After attending the one room schoolhouse just up the hill, she entered … [Read more...]
Fountain wastewater plant runs into pH problems
Discouraging news for the City of Fountain, as low pH numbers continue to show up during wastewater treatment plant testing. Having worked for several years to establish and implement a plan to bring its plant back into compliance with the state, the news is discouraging. Public Works, working with Mike Morris, of MMS Environmental, has been able to maintain compliance, but its … [Read more...]
Fountain approves 3-year wastewater management contract
In a brisk 10-minute meeting, the Fountain Council approved a few lingering items, as well as a hefty fee schedule modification, and a contract extension. Likely the biggest item from the meeting was the three-year contract extension with MMS Environmental. The city ended its previous agreement with PeopleService, with whom it contracted since 2017, in favor of MMS … [Read more...]
Wayne Bicknese
Wayne Walter Bicknese, 83, of rural Fountain, passed away Monday, January 20, 2020, at Chosen Valley Care Center, with his family by his side. Wayne was born January 4, 1937, to Walter and Dorothy (Boland) Bicknese in Wykoff, Minn. He graduated from Wykoff High School in 1957. On June 9, 1962, he married Helen Opsahl at Trinity Lutheran Church, in Wanamingo, Minn. Wayne … [Read more...]
Fountain settles in with new contracts
The City of Fountain is rolling into a new year with both new wastewater management and engineering firms. Last May, the council approved the change from PeopleService to MMS Environmental, as wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) management, but due to previous contract stipulations, didn’t formally enter into an agreement with them until August. In October, the city opted two … [Read more...]
Marlys Goodsell
Marlys Joy Goodsell, age 84, of Fountain, Minn., passed after a brief illness with cancer on December 26, 2019, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Marlys Joy Goodsell was born May 15, 1935, in Austin, Minn., to parents William and Cora Lamp. Marlys married David Kay Goodsell on April 18, 1952, in Racine, Minn. She is survived by her husband David, five children: … [Read more...]
Fountain Council reverses course on truck routes
The Fountain City Council met in regular session on December 4, with all council members present (Ron Reisner, Dave Gudmundson, Chad Wangen, Terry Hanson, and Mayor Jim Schott). City Clerk Rhonda Flattum was absent, so Deb Schott recorded notes of the proceedings. No other citizens were in attendance. The council returned to a previously addressed topic of truck routes on … [Read more...]
Carol Schumacher
On Wednesday, November 27, 2019, Carol Maria Ella Schumacher, 93, entered her heavenly home. Carol was born to William and Dora (Niemeyer) Meyer December 26, 1925, in rural Fountain, Minn. She married Harold C. Schumacher June 1, 1950. They were lifetime farmers and lifetime members of St. Johns Lutheran Church in Wykoff, Minn. Carol greatly loved being with her family. … [Read more...]