At the December 5 Lanesboro City Council meeting, a public hearing was held for Truth in Taxation. Lanesboro resident Brenda Bonney spoke to the council about her request to rezone her property as a rural service district as it was denied by Planning and Zoning. She noted that she doesn’t receive any city services and the property is very rural in nature. “We request that our … [Read more...]
Rep. Davids announces state grants for City of Lanesboro
ST. PAUL – State Representative Greg Davids (R-Preston) announces that the City of Lanesboro will be receiving assistance for its wastewater and drinking water infrastructure from the State of Minnesota. “I congratulate the local and state officials who worked together and secured needed funding for these necessary projects,” Davids said. Davids said the Minnesota Public … [Read more...]
Dempsey W. McHan III
Dempsey W. McHan III, 43, of Brownsdale, Minn., and formerly of Preston, Minn., died on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, in Preston. Dempsey Willard McHan III was born on September 25, 1979, in Leakesville, Miss., to Dempsey W. McHan II and Mary K. Dunphy. Dempsey lived in Mississippi until age 12 when he moved with his family to Whalan, Minn. He was a 1998 graduate of … [Read more...]
Robert Allen Culbertson
Robert Allen Culbertson was born in 1950 to Albert and Millie Culbertson. He was the seventh child of eight children, and grew up in Lanesboro, Minn. He was active in sports, especially baseball and football. In high school, he lettered in basketball, track, football, and baseball for all four years. He attended Rochester Community College for two years on a football … [Read more...]
Gloria Lucille Bergey
Gloria Lucille Bergey passed away peacefully at Gundersen Hospital in La Crosse, Wis., on November 17, 2022, at the age of 91. Gloria was born on August 10, 1931, to Obert and Leona (Thompson) Garness in Spring Grove, Minn. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Newburg, MN, and confirmed at Henrytown Lutheran Church in rural Canton, Minn. She graduated from Lanesboro … [Read more...]
Eileen Frances Kinneberg
Eileen Frances Kinneberg, 83, of rural Lanesboro, passed away at her home, surrounded by her loving family, on Friday, November 18, 2022. Eileen was born November 2, 1939. to John Edward and Alvera (Workman) O’Connor at her uncle’s farm home. She attended the Crystal Springs School and graduated from Preston High School in 1958. On December 28, 1960, she married Ernest … [Read more...]
Call for visual artists for Emerging Artist Exhibition at Lanesboro Arts Gallery
Lanesboro Arts is pleased to announce an opportunity for emerging visual artists from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa to display their work in a professional gallery setting at Lanesboro Arts. The show will run from February 11 through April 9, 2023. Applications are due December 9, 2022, at noon. Accepted artists will be contacted by December 21. The show will feature three or … [Read more...]
Lynn R. Shervin
Lynn Shervin, 73, of Sioux Falls, S. Dak., and formerly of Lanesboro and La Crescent, Minn., passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at Mayo Clinic, St. Marys Campus in Rochester, Minn., due to complications from a pulmonary embolism. Lynn Roger Shervin was born on November 9, 1949, in La Crosse, Wis., to Nervin and Viola (Ferden) Shervin. He grew up on a … [Read more...]
Majorie Drake
Marjorie L. Drake, 85, of Lanesboro, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Marjorie Lou Thompson was born July 8, 1937, in Lanesboro, to Corday and Betsey Thompson. She graduated from Lanesboro High School in 1955. On January 29, 1955, Marge married David R. Drake, her beloved husband of 57 years before his passing in 2013. A lifelong resident of Lanesboro, … [Read more...]
Lanesboro amends liquor ordinances
A public hearing for amending the liquor ordinances was held at the November 7 Lanesboro City Council meeting. Karen Heimdahl from Sylvan Brewing thanked the council for working on it and said that she was in support of the proposed amendments as they would allow her business a little more flexibility. The council reviewed the city’s liquor ordinances and made a motion to … [Read more...]
