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Deceased POW's family finally gets medals he earned
Jul 22, 2015
More than 60 years after he was captured and later presumed dead in what is now North Korea, the family of Red Wing native and U.S. Army Sergeant Glen Richardson has finally collected all of the medals he earned in the Army.
Richardson was captured on Dec. 1, 1950, as his second infantry division...
Commercial fishing linked to paddlefish, lake sturgeon deaths
Jul 22, 2015
Central Point residents were treated to a grisly sight late last week when several large fish with sliced undersides turned up on shore.
Mary Stori, who lives on the point, said the fish first started to appear Wednesday evening.
“Thursday we found all the sturgeon and paddlefish that were blowing...
Council, administrator agree to separation
Jul 17, 2015
City Administrator Alan Lanning is leaving his position at the end of this week after serving one year.
The city administrator and the City Council agreed to a separation effective Friday after a two-session annual performance review.
The council continued Lanning’s performance appraisal at a...
Flat levy request draws ire at Goodhue County Board meeting
Jul 16, 2015
Fireworks went off early last Wednesday at the Cannon Valley Fair, during the Goodhue County Commissioner’s meeting.
Commissioner Jason Majerus dropped a bomb shell when he proposed a flat levy for 2016. His proposal was heralded by Board Chair Ted Seifert and Commissioner Ron Allen, but was met...
Three Rivers and partners receive MNSure grant
Jul 16, 2015
Three Rivers Community Action (TRCA) and its funded partners C.A.R.E Clinic, HealthFinders Collaborative., and Community Action Center of Northfield, was awarded a $125,000 outreach and enrollment grant from MNsure this week.
Three Rivers is one of 11 organizations to receive this grant statewide...
Ter Borch was just 17 when he left for the war
Jul 16, 2015
Editor’s note: A series of articles about Lake City residents’ memories of their lives on the home front during World War II continues below. The articles were created by the Friends of the Lake City Library in conjunction with this year’s Lake City Reads selection, “The All-Girl Filling Station...
Local company, state join forces to cut emissions
Jul 16, 2015
A Lake City company is the largest recipient of the first round of Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) grants for small businesses meant to improve air quality locally and statewide.
Last year Valley Craft Industries applied for and received $100,000 in grants toward a $150,000 project to...
New center in Lake City aims to strengthen Minnesota's mussels
Jul 16, 2015
One of the upper Midwest’s only freshwater mussel propagation facilities operates unassumingly in a building at the end of a dead-end road on Lake City’s north side.
The Center for Aquatic Mollusks Program is home base for malacologist Mike Davis and a handful of other Minnesota Department of...
'Abuse' has Wabasha County board reconsidering recycling program
Jul 16, 2015
It has been said – “A picture is worth a thousand words.” This was the general feeling at the Wabasha County Board meeting on July 7 as the commissioners saw pictures of some county recycling sheds. The board has given themselves until the July 28 meeting to do something about the public’s abuse of...
GOP to talk Trump
Jul 16, 2015
Wabasha County Republicans will meet at Town and Country Café in Kellogg, on Monday, July 26, at 7 p.m..“Please plan to patronize this fine establishment in true Republican fashion,” secretary Roberta Kurth said. “Come and be part of the positive buzz that is exciting Republicans across the nation...
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