Tri-County Record

County, school, and city step up to address dangers of vaping

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 02/07/2019 - 10:53am

America’s small towns are rarely safe from epidemics that sweep the country, and the latest example is vaping.

  Originally designed to combat smoking, devices that deliver nicotine without burning tobacco are exploding in popularity among minors, and many health experts are concerned the devices are now becoming a stepping-stone to long-term tobacco use. Even more worrisome is the fact that these devices can also be used for inhaling any illicit drug available in liquid form.

Large crowd attends address on climate change at Eagle Bluff

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 02/07/2019 - 10:26am

“Don’t allow our leaders to be dismissive. Right here in Minnesota, we are experiencing some of the most drastic changes in our weather of anywhere in the country,” warned Dr. Mark Seeley, emeritus professor of climatology at the University of Minnesota.

Seeley was the featured speaker at Eagle Bluff’s Dinner on the Bluff event this past Saturday, Feb. 2. Dr. Seeley spoke about how the drastic changes in the weather patterns affect myriad of aspects of a person’s daily life.

‘It could be worse,’ this winter but not by much

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 02/05/2019 - 10:13am

At the risk of sounding like one of those old-timers who claim that life was always harder when they were young, I mentioned to the staff Tuesday before our blast of arctic cold hit that I survived a wind chill of negative 100 degrees in January 1982. That was memorable because it was the first winter I moved back north from Houston, Texas, and it also included several blizzards in a row week after week.

Rural Chatfield man is homicide victim

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 02/05/2019 - 10:11am

A rural Chatfield man died in his home Wednesday, Jan. 30, of homicide due to multiple gunshot wounds, according to Fillmore County Sheriff John DeGeorge.

The Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the man who died as Gregory Scott Davis, 49, of 32573 Ninebark Road. Deputies responded to a 911 call for medical assistance for an unresponsive male at the residence at 7:23 p.m. on Wednesday.

Free nitrate testing coming up at National Trout Center

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 02/05/2019 - 10:10am

The National Trout Center, Fillmore Soil and Water Conservation District and the Minnesota Well Owners Organization will be hosting a Well and Stream Water Nitrate Testing Clinic on Saturday, Feb. 16, at the National Trout Center.

Area residents are invited to bring a water sample to the clinic to test for nitrates, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The testing is free and samples will be analyzed within 15 minutes.

Residents can bring as many water samples as they want from local wells, springs, ponds, streams and rivers.  

House bill would make volunteer firefighting equipment tax exempt

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 02/05/2019 - 10:09am

A bill sponsored by state Rep. Greg Davids, R-Preston, would allow emergency equipment purchases to be tax exempt, a change that would largely benefit volunteer fire departments.

Davids said a city’s purchase of a fire truck or ambulance is currently tax exempt, but most other equipment for those departments are taxed.

Minnesota farmers to lead workshop on farm finances, soil health in Preston

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 02/05/2019 - 10:07am

A Land Stewardship Project (LSP) workshop called, “Cover Crops, No-Till & Grazing: Evaluating the Economics and First Steps to Improving Soil” will be held Friday, Feb. 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the St. Columban Church in Preston.

County to hold special election to fill seat following Gary Peterson resignation

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Fri, 02/01/2019 - 11:00am

Fillmore County commissioners convened one man short last Tuesday, Jan. 22, as the Board accepted the resignation of District 3 Commissioner Gary Peterson, who submitted his resignation to the county coordinator on Thursday, Jan. 17, stating the reason to be “personal.” Board members thanked him for his dedication and wished him well.

Later in the meeting the commissioners discussed how to fill his position on the Board, which would have expired at the end of the year in 2020.

Dancers compete at Dover-Eyota

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Fri, 02/01/2019 - 10:42am

Rushford-Peterson One-Act Play places first at Sub-Sections

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Fri, 02/01/2019 - 10:40am