Chatfield News

Girls drop two with six regular season games left

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Wed, 02/06/2019 - 8:41am

This past week the Chatfield girls’ basketball team lost to Plainview-Elgin-Millville 49-44 and Stewartville 85-35 as winter weather postponed another game. 

With the two losses the team is now 4-16 for the season, 3-9 in Three Rivers Conference play.  The team is 2-3 against teams in the East division and will play a make-up game against Cotter on Feb. 11.

In the loss to the Lady Bulldogs, Alanna Goetzinger connected for a double-double, scoring 10 points and pulling down 12 rebounds.  She also had an assist.  Tessa McMahon led the team in scoring with 11 points.

EDA reviews several development opportunities

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Wed, 02/06/2019 - 8:20am

The Chatfield Economic Development Authority (EDA) discussed at length the plot of land it owns on the corner of Twiford and Main, Division and Grove streets, as that parcel is in the process of being sold to a developer planning on building a Dollar General store in Chatfield.

EDA reviews several development opportunities

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Wed, 02/06/2019 - 8:20am

The Chatfield Economic Development Authority (EDA) discussed at length the plot of land it owns on the corner of Twiford and Main, Division and Grove streets, as that parcel is in the process of being sold to a developer planning on building a Dollar General store in Chatfield.

Youth football program holding gun raffle, community event

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Wed, 02/06/2019 - 8:17am

CYF has gone beyond the padding.

“Chatfield Youth Football has been going strong for 13 years,” stated Chatfield Youth Football (CYF) spokesperson Brent Berge. “It started because we wanted to give the fifth and sixth grade kids a safe opportunity to play padded football.”

City Council reviews plat for Twiford redevelopment property

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Wed, 02/06/2019 - 8:13am

Bits, parcels and little yellow triangles were the trouble of the evening during the Jan. 28 Chatfield City Council meeting. The Council heard an update on the Twiford redevelopment property the city owns and on which a Wisconsin company would like to build a Dollar General store this summer.

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.