Caledonia Police Department Mary Elizabeth Daley, 77, Caledonia, Minn.; 7/24/2020, Speeding (59/45), Fine $50, Total Fees $125. Hokah Police Department Erin Marie Meiners, 22, Caledonia, Minn.; 8/12/2020, Initiate, Compose, Send, Retrieve, Read Electronic Message (While Driving), Fine $50, Total Fees $125. Houston County Sheriff’s Office Ricky Allen Seele, 59, Morrison, … [Read more...]
Fillmore and Houston County Police Reports
Caledonia Police Department Abraham Alan Diersen, 27, Caledonia, Minn.; 7/15/2020, Speeding (68/55), Fine $50, Total Fees $125. Chad Herbert Schroeder, 45, Castalia, Iowa; 7/13/2020, Speeding - Exceed Limit of 30 mph - Urban District (45/30), Fine $60, Total Fees $135. Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Nathaniel Gale Magoon, 21, Mobile, Ala.; 7/16/2020, Duty to … [Read more...]
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF HOUSTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF HOUSTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 9:30 a.m. Place: Commissioners Room, Courthouse, Caledonia, MN *Virtual Meeting Held due to Peacetime Emergency Declaration in response to COVID-19 Pandemic. Members Present via Computer: Eric Johnson, Teresa Walter, Jack Miller, Robert Burns, and Greg Myhre Call to … [Read more...]
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF HOUSTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF HOUSTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 9:00 a.m. Members Present: Eric Johnson, Teresa Walter, Jack Miller, Robert Burns, Greg Myhre *All Members participated via computer/conference call due to declared peacetime emergency. Conference call information was shared for public participation Board Workgroup … [Read more...]
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF HOUSTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF HOUSTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 9:30 a.m. Place: Commissioners Room, Courthouse, Caledonia, MN *Virtual Meeting Held due to Peacetime Emergency Declaration in response to COVID-19 Pandemic. Members Present via Computer: Eric Johnson, Teresa Walter, Jack Miller, Robert Burns, and Greg Myhre Call to … [Read more...]
Peering at the Past; Horse races, marching bands, “Lolita in the tank” entertained at the Houston County Fair
The last of a two-part series “The fair was earthy in the old days. It smelled of manure and cigars,” recalled Perk Steffen at the age of 86, in 1982, when talking to writer Ken Pritchard about the Houston County Fair. It may have began as a statehood celebration. After the first two identified fairs in 1858 and 1869, the county fair became an annual autumn harvest … [Read more...]
Fillmore and Houston County Police Reports
Caledonia Police Department Heather Maureen Cluver-Tuebert, 33, Caledonia, Minn.; 6/27/2020, Operate Vehicle With Expired Registration, Fine $30, Total Fees $105. Amber Renee Kastl, 31, Fort Madison, Iowa; 1/26/2020, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia - Use or Possession Prohibited, Fine $50, Total Fees $125. Harlan Carl Nelson, 61, La Crescent, Minn.; 7/15/2020, … [Read more...]
Peering at the Past: Epidemic of 2020 not the first to halt Houston County Fair
First of a two-part series. This summer of 2020 is not the first time for the Houston County Fair to be canceled. Health concerns have now caused three cancelations and a move to another city. The 1925 fair was not held due to a nationwide epidemic of infantile paralysis (polio), the same disease that caused cancelation in 1946. However, there were junior fairs held later … [Read more...]
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE Houston County project SAP 28-599-092 (Box Culvert Replacement) is available for bid at http://co.houston.mn.us/Highway_Projects.aspx and questcdn.com. Quest Project Number, 7269190. Letting date: September 9, 2020, 10:00 a.m. Publish 24 … [Read more...]
4-H Spotlight: Alaina has gained confidence and experience in Houston County 4-H
Alaina Johnson is a recent graduate of La Crescent High School and will be attending UW-River Falls as a Pre-Vet major this fall. She is from rural La Crescent, Minn., where she has grown up on her family’s dairy farm. For the last 13 years she has been actively involved in Houston County 4-H. She’s held leadership roles in the Ridgetop Dreamseekers 4-H Club (which just started … [Read more...]