Yearly Archives: 2015
‘The Force’ was with them
Friends, co-workers of Gail Erickson participate in Walk MS as a team in support, help make a difference
"The Force" was with them - literally.
On...
Let’s go play!
Cadre of volunteers spend Saturday creating new children's playspace at Odin City Park
A beautiful Saturday morning in the southwest Minnesota city of Odin brought...
Phyllis Lunz
Funeral Mass for 87-year-old Phyllis N. Lunz of St. James, Minnesota, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, May 5, 2015, at...
Car, straight truck crash on #60 takes life of Windom man
Passenger in car has non-life-threatening injuries, truck driver uninjured
A 68-year-old Windom man, Roger T. Richardson, was killed in a car, straight truck broadside crash...
American history is steeped in arrival, movement of people
MLC's Cedar class plays explore immigration growing the country - to Great Depression migrants on the move
Mountain Lake Christian's (MLC) Cedar class (grades five...
Senior student signature series
* The 2014-2015 senior student signature series features area senior class students - and their own "signature" outlooks on a topic of their choice. A...
Butterfield’s public works director position remains unfilled
City Council members consider contracting for the job
Ever since former Butterfield Public Works Director Brandon Winch resigned, effective the last week of March, the...
Young scientists of MLES do well at regional science fair
All nine entries are ribbon winners
Nine Mountain Lake Public Elementary School (MLES) entries - earning blue ribbons at the MLES 2015 Science Fair in...
Superintendent/principal evaluation ‘hot potato’ for B-OPS School Board
Topic takes up large part of regular March and special April board meetings
A resolution calling for the periodic evaluation of Butterfield-Odin Public School (B-OPS)...
Swimming pool discussion dominates Mountain Lake City Council meeting
Heppner's Point fishing pier repair gets go-ahead
A discussion on a Mountain Lake swimming pool dominated the Tuesday, April 21, 2015 Mountain Lake City Council...
Poultry precautions
Avian Influenza biosecurity measures for poultry owners, general public
According to the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency's (FSA) County Executive Director...
Steppin’ out with ‘Gail’-force winds at their back
Friends, co-workers of Gail Erickson participating in Walk MS as a team to support, help make a difference
She has had the back of Mountain...
Spelling ‘Bee’-utifully
Mountain Lake's Annette Dick wins inaugural Cottonwood County Senior Spelling Bee
She is a former schoolteacher, and that choice of occupation, and the spirit of...
Clean-up! (Updated parameters)
Mountain Lake's city-wide clean-up is Saturday
The City of Mountain Lake's city-wide clean-up day is this Saturday, May 2. Items for pickup should be placed...
Bowling is right up their alley
Annual Good Samaritan Bowl is this Saturday, Sunday
The annual Good Samaritan Bowl, hosted by the Good Samaritan Societies of Mountain Lake and St. James,...
Rasmussen sentenced to 17 years in prison, followed by 10 years supervision
Mountain Lake man produced pornography using children in his home for day care
From a Sunday, April 26, 2015 StarTribune article by Reporter Paul Walsh:
A...
‘Plugged In’-to music
MLPS Band Department in concert on May 4; Music, Drama, Speech awards presented May 3
The Mountain Lake Public School (MLPS) Band Department is proud...
Bethel to celebrate Children’s Day this Sunday
The annual Children's Day celebration at Bethel Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake will be this Sunday, May 3, at 10 a.m. There will be...
Performance was spit spot supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
B-OHS thespians bring Disney musical, 'Mary Poppins,' to the stage in southwestern Minnesota
It was a spit spot supercalifragilisticexpialidocious performance by Butterfield-Odin Public High School...
Small grain seeding
Oat and wheat seed planted at Voss Park; looking ahead to Bee threshing
The oats and wheat that will be threshed at this August's Threshing...