Spring Grove Herald

Don't miss Dad's Waffle Breakfast on Saturday the 19th!

Published by Herald on Wed, 05/16/2018 - 10:46am

The Spring Grove Lions will be serving up waffles on Saturday, May 19th at the Spring Grove Fest Building. All-you-can-eat Belgian waffles and toppings will be served from 7:30-10:30 am. Price is $8 for adults and free for kids 5 and under. Don't miss this delicious event!

Lions second in SEC, head into sub-section

Published by Herald on Wed, 05/23/2018 - 1:27pm

The Spring Grove bats were quiet as hopes for the first conference baseball title in nearly three decades disappeared as undefeated Randolph took a giant step toward a fifth straight conference crown by sweeping a double header, 4-1 and 8-4 at Spring Grove on May 15. Both teams had come into the SEC showdown with unblemished conference records. 

The SEC season ended for SG two days later at Rochester as Schaeffer Academy earned a season split with a surprising run-rule 13-3 win over Spring Grove.

Holty, sprinters ready for sub-section

Published by Herald on Wed, 05/23/2018 - 1:25pm

Thrower Taylor Holty and several Caledonia/Spring Grove sprinters were at their best with several personal records as the regular season ended at the Dover-Eyota Track Meet on May 17. 

In the team standings, the girls finished in the middle, fourth place among seven teams. With limited numbers, the boys entered only half of the 18 events and were not a major factor in the team scoring. The top seven places in each event earned team points.

The postseason begins Thursday, May 24 at the subsection meet in Rushford.

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SG shooters close to another conference crown

Published by Herald on Wed, 05/23/2018 - 1:24pm

The Spring Grove shooters had the conference's top weekly score for the fourth straight week, outscoring Stephen-Argyle by 225.5 points in week 4. With one week of the league season remaining, the Lions now lead the second place Storm by 790 season points (8478.5 to 7688.5).

Sixteen of the 23 Lions hit more than 40 out of 50 clay targets last week. Kyle Hagen had one perfect 25-out-of-25 round and finished with a weekly score of 48 (out of 50).

Both George Boyd and Brandon Anderson also scored 48s to join Hagen as team leaders.

C/SG stuns state-ranked Chatfield on way to sub-section

Published by Herald on Wed, 05/23/2018 - 1:23pm

The Caledonia/Spring Grove softball girls upset state-ranked No. 5 Chatfield 6-3 on May 18 as the Warriors went 3-3 last week, playing six games in four days. It began with May 15 double header losses to state-ranked No. 10. Cotter/Hope Luther, 6-0 and 12-3. 

The girls dropped a close 4-2 road decision to 13-win Dover-Eyota on May 17, the day before the shocking shelving of Chatfield. The next day at midday, C/SG swept a Saturday twin bill from Fillmore Central/Lanesboro. Those wins cemented the Warriors' fourth place finish in the TRC East at 4-8 in league play.

Peggy Skaggs, 66, of Mabel

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Wed, 05/23/2018 - 12:04pm

Peggy Remick Skaggs, 66, of Mabel, died on Monday, May 14, 2018, at her home.

She was born on Aug. 14, 1951, in Spring Grove, to Clarence and Carmona (Engebretson) Remick.

She grew up in Mabel and attended the Mabel Schools.

She was trained as a certified nurse’s aid and started working in Rochester before working for 25 years at the Green Lea Manor Nursing Home in Mabel. She had also worked at Rush Products in Rushford and Steuart Labs in Mabel.

On Aug. 30, 2003, she married Bill Skaggs in Mabel.

Vivian Rodenz, 93, of Mabel

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Wed, 05/23/2018 - 12:01pm

Vivian Ione Rodenz, 93, of Mabel, died on Friday, May 18, 2018, at Gundersen Harmony Healthcare in Harmony.

She was born on April 13, 1925, near Spring Valley, to Harry and Winnie (Hess) Vrieze.

She graduated from the eighth grade from the Hamilton School in Fillmore County. During World War II she worked as a Rosie the Riveter at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Wash.

She married Gilbert Patten while she was in Washington and they were later divorced.

On June 9, 1948, she married Earl Rodenz in Spring Valley.

Proposed industrial pig operation not good fit for area’s fragile geology

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Wed, 05/23/2018 - 10:33am

I'm writing to urge everyone in the Root River watershed to express your concerns about Catalpa LLC's proposed giant pig CAFO (confined animal feeding operation) in Newburg Township. It would house 4,980 sows that would generate 19,920 gallons of manure daily directly uphill of an intermittent as well as a perennial stream.

Death of author brings back memories of a time long gone

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Wed, 05/23/2018 - 10:31am

The recent death of author Tom Wolfe probably didn’t register with too many people, except maybe those who are fond of “The Right Stuff,” the story of the first astronauts and the Mercury space program. Of course, “The Right Stuff” became widely known not for the book, but when the story written by Wolfe was adapted into a film in 1983 with a cast that included Sam Shepard, Dennis Quaid and Ed Harris.

Healthy audit reported for city, Feed A Bee project underway

Published by Herald on Tue, 05/22/2018 - 10:34am

The council received a healthy audit from Abdo, Eick and Meyers accounting firm showed the city’s finances are well in balance and in line with other cities of the same size (sampling group was 2,500 population or less).

A representative from the firm said no non-compliances were found.