A regular meeting of the Wykoff City Council was held on August 14. Members in attendance were: Mary Tjepkes, Rocky Vreeman, Mayor Al Williams, Clerk Becky Schmidt, Mary Sackett, and Richard Gleason. A large crowd of citizens was also in attendance. Vreeman asked about the council meeting minutes, and why they are a synopsis rather than a full transcript. He said the … [Read more...]
Complaints aired at Wykoff Council
A regular meeting of the Wykoff City Council was held on June 12. Members in attendance were: Mary Tjepkes, Rocky Vreeman, Mayor Al Williams, Clerk Becky Schmidt, Mary Sackett, and City Attorney Dwight Luhmann. A large crowd of citizens was also in attendance. Vreeman asked about the minutes of the previous meeting, since he noted surprise that the council was now being … [Read more...]
Carol Jean (Lentz) Meyer
Carol Jean (Lentz) Meyer, 80, of Wykoff, died Monday, June 12, 2017, at Mayo Clinic Hospital – Methodist Campus due to kidney cancer. She was born on December 19, 1936 in Forestville Township to Harold and Gladys (Vrieze) Lentz, the fifth of seven children. She attended Le Fevere and Bateman rural schools and Spring Valley High School, graduating in 1954. On January 8, 1955, … [Read more...]
Raymond F. Bieri
Raymond F. Bieri, age 97, of Cresco, Iowa, died Saturday, June 3, 2017, at Evans Memorial Home in Cresco. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at Notre Dame Parish in Cresco. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Cresco. Visitation will be held from 12-1 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, at the church. Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home in Cresco, Iowa, is … [Read more...]
Marilyn Affeldt
Funeral services for Marilyn Affeldt were held 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wykoff, with Pastor Kay Wold and Pastor Hans Lillejord officiating. Burial took place in Our Savior’s Lutheran Cemetery in Spring Valley. Visitation was 5-8 p.m. Monday, May 29, 2017, at the Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home in Wykoff and continued for one hour prior to the … [Read more...]
Crowd speaks at Wykoff special meeting
By Rich Wicks A special meeting of the Wykoff City Council was held on May 16 at 7 p.m., with all members in attendance: Mary Tjepkes, Rocky Vreeman, Mayor Al Williams, Clerk Becky Schmidt, Mary Sackett, and Brody Mensink. A large crowd of citizens was also in attendance, with people standing at the back of the room due to not enough chairs to seat everyone who showed … [Read more...]
John P. Link
John P. Link, 51, of Kasson, Minn., passed away on April 17, 2017 at his home in Kasson. John Peter Link was born in Spring Valley, Minn., on March 19, 1966, son of Orlo and Ruth (Schoppers) Link. He was confirmed in the Wykoff Methodist Church, and graduated from Wykoff High School in 1984. John graduated from Mechanical School at Rochester Vo-Tech in 1986. Through the … [Read more...]
Cedric Betts arrested and re-arrested
On March 17, 2017, the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office received information and evidence of a Fillmore County resident being in possession of meth paraphernalia and using methamphetamine. This information and evidence, which came from an anonymous individual, showed this possession and use was done in the presence of the suspect’s two-year-old child. An investigation was … [Read more...]
Elaine Patricia Bacon
Elaine Patricia Bacon, Age 94, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 27, 2017 at the Ostrander Care Center. Elaine was born on September 30, 1922 to Irving and Regina Bacon of Forestville, Minn. She attended the country school in Forestville Township. Elaine resided in Rochester and worked at Waters Connelly, Mayo Clinic, as well as for the City of Rochester at the water … [Read more...]
Mary Jean Nagle
Mary Jean Nagle, of Preston, died on February 24, 2017, at the age of 73, due to complications of a brain aneurysm. She was born May 1, 1943 in Wykoff, Minn., to Raymond and Helen (Brink) Westphal and graduated from Harmony High School in 1962. Mary was united in marriage to Jerry Nagle in April 1966. The two of them farmed a dairy farm north of Preston from 1966-1981. After … [Read more...]