At the June 6 regular city council meeting, Lanesboro resident Sarah Pieper from the Old Village Hall Restaurant addressed the council about her concerns with proposed ordinance 113.11 regarding food trucks. She requested that the annual use license be removed from the ordinance and that the price for single use licenses be increased. She also asked whether the council had … [Read more...]
Janeen Lou Honsey
Janeen Lou Honsey, age 74, of rural Lanesboro, Minn., passed away on June 6, 2022, at Seasons Hospice in Rochester, Minn., after a short battle with metastatic cancer. Janeen was born October 18, 1947, to James and Esther (Runge) Klomp in Preston, Minn. She graduated from Harmony High School in 1965 and went on to graduate with her Registered Nursing degree from Lutheran … [Read more...]
Carol E. Sjarpe
Carol E. Sjarpe, age 78, of Harmony, formerly of rural Lanesboro, Minn., died Thursday, June 2, 2022, at Harmony Place Assisted Living in Harmony. Carol was born February 3, 1944, in Cresco, Iowa, to Howard and Helen (Hahn) Berning. She attended country school in the Harmony area and graduated from the Harmony High School in 1961. On July 7, 1961, she married Gary … [Read more...]
Dennis Eugene Voeltz
Dennis Eugene Voeltz, 68, of Lanesboro, Minn., passed away Friday, May 13, 2022 at Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minn., after a very brief battle with cancer. Dennis was born on May 9, 1954, in Spring Valley, Minn., to Maynard and Frances (Krahn) Voeltz. He grew up in Spring Valley and attended Spring Valley High School. Following high school, he enlisted in the United … [Read more...]
Special delivery for Lanesboro couple
Sometimes things don’t work out as planned. Thankfully Joe and Sjeila Goetzke of Lanesboro, Minn., were up for the challenge when Sjeila began having contractions on April 29, 2022; a few days before her due date of May 4. The couple were married in 2012 and were blessed with their first child, Amos, in 2021. They are a busy family, with Joe employed by Eagle Bluff … [Read more...]
Lanesboro Study Club celebrates 100 years
Long-standing traditions often lead to longtime relationships. Such is the case with the former and current members of the Lanesboro Study Club. The Lanesboro Study Club was founded in 1922 by eight charter members that included Mrs. K.R. Palmer, Mrs. George Gulbrandsen, Mrs. Oscar Simonson, Mrs. Clair Lund, Mrs. Paul DeVilliers, Mrs. H. L. Ask, Mrs. A. M. Hanson and Mrs. … [Read more...]
Gloria Lynda Karen Tupy
Gloria Lynda Karen Tupy, 72, of Ankeny, Iowa, breathed her last breath on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at about 3 p.m. at Unity Point Methodist Medical Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. She fought with cancer the last months of her life. Gloria was born on December 26, 1949, to Clarence and Gladys (Treagen) Williams. She graduated from Lanesboro High School. She married Dale Tupy in … [Read more...]
Lanesboro School asked for a CUP for waterbike business
Mike and Pauline Wangen appeared before the regular Lanesboro School Board meeting May 11 to ask for a conditional use permit of a 16’x48’ section of school property along the river above the dam. The Wangens are interested in starting a small business renting out waterbikes, which need to be in six inches or more of water for the propellers. According to Pauline Wangen, the … [Read more...]
Food truck hearing at Lanesboro City Council
The Lanesboro City Council began their regular monthly meeting with a hearing on permitting food trucks in the city. Many local restaurant owners filled the room and spoke of their concerns to the council. Hal Cropp of the Commonweal Theatre expressed his concern that the requirements of a 50-foot distance from a brick and mortar restaurant and the limitation of only two … [Read more...]
Dinner on the Bluff presents: Forty Years of Peregrine Research Event features Jacquelyn Fallon from the Midwest Peregrine Society
Jacquelyn Fallon, VP of Field Operations & Minnesota State Coordinator for the Midwest Peregrine Society, will be the featured speaker at Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center’s Dinner on the Bluff event on Saturday, May 14! Fallon’s talk, “Celebrating Success… Continuing the Work! Forty Years of Peregrine Research,” will explore the remarkable success of the … [Read more...]