Violet Eunice Blomgren was born September 11, 1931, in Iowa. She was the youngest child of seven born to Elmer and Ida (Hermann) Blomgren. She attended school through the eighth grade. Instead of ...

Robert Allen Haug, age 87, of Shevlin, Minn., passed away on January 1, 2025, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, N. Dak. Bob was born in Grafton, N. Dak., on May 17, 1937, to Selmar and Dagny Haug.

Joseph “Joe” Quentin Burg, age 73, of Caledonia, passed away at his home on May 10, 2025. He was born March 27, 1952, in Caledonia, to Quentin and Esther (Costello) Burg. He attended Loretto High ...

The Chatfield City Council sped through a very short agenda at their May 5 meeting. A grant (Grant Navigation Program) was accepted in the amount of $5,000 from the League of Minnesota Cities. This is ...

How have farms changed? Fifty years ago most were small compared to today. Most were 160 acres, like my family and they raised seven children; across the road four children were raised on 80 acres. In ...

Conrad was born June 11, 1944, to Tag and Irene Clement and grew up on the family farm in rural Newton, Iowa. Conrad died May 6, 2025, at his home in Decorah, Iowa.

Wendell Paul Freiheit, age 86, of Wykoff, Minn., passed away peacefully at his home on May 9, 2025.

You can make good decisions without learning from your poor decisions. Beware of those who constantly tell you how smart they are. If they were that smart, they wouldn’t need to tell you.

Gordon Nepstad, 91, passed away peacefully during the evening of May 6, 2025, at Springbrook Assisted Living in Onalaska, Wis.

In the 1930s, Hokah businesses built a log cabin near Pilger’s Spring, which fed into Lake Como. The roomy cabin featured a fireplace and pine floor. It was an exceptional site for picnics and camping ...

James Eugene Lund Hubka was born the third son of Frank and Helen (Lund) Hubka on March 12, 1944, at the Hastings Hospital in Elma, Iowa. He attended country school at Maple Leaf through grade 8, then ...

Chairman Eric Johnson called the meeting of the Houston County Board of Commissioners (BOC) to order at 9 a.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance. The board approved the agenda with two changes, as well as ...