Last week’s rains may have kept farmers out of the field, but the progress of harvest season remains ahead of schedule. According to the USDA, Minnesota’s corn harvest was 75 percent complete as of Oct. 30, falling behind the 77 percent from a year ago.
“The weather has been kind of an issue.” Chip Mack, owner of Whitewater Creek Grain and Feed in Waterville said of last week’s progress. “But it’s been a remarkable crop for the weather we’ve had all summer.”
Thanks to the generosity of nearly two dozen businesses and two grandmothers, the WEM football team has been provided a pre-game team meal before every football game this season.
The WEM football booster club received thousands of dollars in donations from area businesses to allow the Buccaneer football team a carbohydrate filled meal the day before their games.
Monday, October 23 was the final one of the season and the players and coaches were so thankful for this generosity.
Elysian City Council member Bobby Houlihan presented a request for funding for the Water Treatment Plant at the Minnesota House Capital Investment Committee’s bonding tour bus stop at South Central College in Mankato on Thursday, October 12.
The city has already received $3.5 million in special appropriation funds this year to be used towards a water treatment plant. They are requesting another 4.86 million through the 2024 bonding bill.
In year’s past, Homecoming Week has included students toilet papering of homes.
This year a number of students allegedly took this Homecoming toilet papering “tradition” to an unacceptable level.
Security cameras at the Chad Alladin residence in rural Le Sueur County showed a number of young people with toilet paper and some writing on Alladin’s son’s car. His son was a student at WEM but is attending another school this year.
Those things written on the car depicted racist, homophobic, hate-filled language, and other graphic graffiti, including a swastica.
Connor and Claire Bohlen, twins of Brad and Amy Bohlen, were crowned WEM Homecoming King and Queen Monday, Oct. 9 in Waterville.
According to a press release from the Montgomery Police Department, a worker at Seneca Foods plant in Montgomery died early Thursday morning.
The release said that a call came in at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5 for “a report of an employee that had been trapped by falling items located in a warehouse.” The release said the employee died from the injuries sustained in the incident.
Montgomery Police, Le Sueur County Sheriff, Montgomery Area EMS, and Montgomery Fire Department were all dispatched to the scene.
When Dalton Grose of Waterville went to work Wednesday morning the last thing he thought he would be doing is saving someone’s life.
But thanks to his quick thinking and subsequent actions, Grose saved the life of a Blue Earth senior citizen Sept. 19.
According to the Albert Lea Police Department, they were contacted at approximately 9:49 a.m. concerning a vehicle involved in a crash in Fountain Lake.
Once they arrived on the scene, officers observed a pickup truck sinking approximately 30 feet off the shore, according to information they had on their Facebook page.
The first Saturday of every month members of the North Mankato American Legion Post 518 gather to pay a month-long tribute to a deceased veteran. This will take place at 10 a.m. October 7 for Wendell Edward Stark, former Elysian resident and father of Kelly Kauss of Elysian. The event is set for Wheeler Park in North Mankato.
At the request of the family, a veteran’s coffin flag is raised and flown for one month. A short tribute of the veteran is read and then placed in a display stand in the front of the flagpole.
Welcome to the Kingdom of Crescendo, a musical place to live! You’ve arrived just in time for the Mourning of the Lost Voice. King and Queen Coda’s daughter Rapunzel was stolen away by the Evil Witch long ago, and Crescendo has never been the same since. When King and Queen Coda develop a taste for a magical fruit, Bradley Baker must save the day! Alongside Bart the Bard, he travels into the woods to find the sought-after berries and meets Unicorns, rock-obsessed Witches in Training, and the awfully noisy Punk Rocks.
Public health workers in Scott and Le Sueur counties are encouraging people who haven’t recently been vaccinated to consider receiving the latest vaccines aimed at minimizing the impacts of COVID and fighting its spread.
It was quite a weekend for Travis Kimbro.
Travis and his wife Jillian and their two children recently moved to Delano from Waterville. Last week their home located just west of Waterville was sold.
Kimbro and his fishing partner Jared LaFrance won the fishing derby Saturday, Sept. 16 on Lake Washington and the duo claimed $2,000 for their efforts.
The following day the inaugural Winner Takes All Bass Brawl was held in Waterville on Lake Tetonka and Lake Sakatah, with the winner claiming the lone prize of $10,000.
At the ripe old age of 10, Medford student Ella Bettner founded a company which supports local school district’s kids and families who may have negative lunch balances or cannot afford lunch.
Bettner, who lives in Faribault and is a 7th grade student at Medford, established No Tummies Left Behind two years ago after she learned about food insecurity in schools and decided she wanted to help. She started this non-profit organization in October of 2021 after a 1 1/2 year delay due to the pandemic.
The DFL Rural Caucus is hosting a legislative meeting Thursday, Sept. 21, 5 -7 p.m., at the New Prague Public Library, 400 Main St E, New Prague. Featured speakers are Rep. Kristi Pursell (D - Northfield) and Rep. Luke Frederick (D-Mankato).
The annual Halfway to St. Patty’s Day celebration this past weekend was a family-fun event.
Kids enjoyed barrel-train rides, playing in a bounce house, and games complete with prizes. The kids-at-heart and of any age could partake in the daily offerings of music through most of the festivities, fireworks at dusk on Saturday, the vehicles on display at the car show Sunday, or any number of food and beverage options available.
Construction of the roundabout on Highway 13/Le Sueur County Road 28 is nearly complete and expected to partially open to traffic Friday evening, September 1, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
The south segment of the roundabout will remain closed to traffic as Highway 13 south of County Road 28 remains under construction.
Paving on Highway 13 from Lexington Avenue to Tri-City United High School is expected to be complete Saturday evening, September 2. Lexington Avenue is open to motorists for crossing.