Spring Grove Herald

Legal Notices

Published by Herald on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 9:38am

PUBLIC
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the public accuracy test of the election equipment to be used in the November 6, 2018 General Election will be held in Commissioners Room, Houston County Courthouse, 304 South Marshall Street, Caledonia, MN, at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 31, 2018.  The public is invited and encouraged to attend.

By:   Michelle Quinn

 

Houston County Auditor

Candidates for Houston County recorder talk issues, goals for position

Published by Herald on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 9:35am

The race for Houston County recorder is on between Susan Schwebach and Becky Konieczny-Peterson. Current recorder Bev Bauer is retiring from her position after 20 years of managing records and statistics for the county.

The candidates responded to written questions from the Spring Grove Herald. Their written answers follow.

1. Why are you running for
office?

Girls lash L/P, earn No. 2 seed, host Thursday playoff

Published by Herald on Wed, 10/24/2018 - 12:38pm

Spring Grove received the No. 2 sub-section seed (likely a program best) after closing the regular season with a program record 24th volleyball victory on Senior Night.

That Oct. 15 straight set 3-0 win over Lyle/Pacelli was the only match of the season between the two division runners-up. 

The Athletics (9-5, 7-7 SEC) finished a distant five matches behind West Division champ Grand Meadow, while the Lions (24-3, 12-2 SEC) lost only two conference matches - both against state-ranked East Division champ Mabel-Canton.

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No. 1 boys host Saturday semi-final

Published by Herald on Wed, 10/24/2018 - 12:37pm

State-ranked No. 1 and undefeated Spring Grove received the No. 1 seed for the Section One 9-Man Tournament. There were no surprises; Houston is No. 2 and Grand Meadow No. 3.

The only question was where the computer would place Cleveland/Immanuel Lutheran, which had faced only one other tournament team (loss to Spring Grove). The Clippers received the No. 4 nod and hosted No. 5 Mabel-Canton on Oct. 23.

The Lions, in their first two road trips, clobbered the Clippers 56-12 two weeks before a very similar 54-12 conquest of the Cougars.

Boys strike early, outscore Cardinals, 63-38

Published by Herald on Wed, 10/24/2018 - 12:36pm

The outcome was as most expected, but things did not develop as most in Spring Grove expected.

With the 63-38 victory, state-ranked No. 1 Spring Grove (8-0, 7-0 sub-district) did complete an undefeated regular season, wrapped a second consecutive outright sub-district championship, cemented a No.1 section playoff seed and finally took a lead in the series with LeRoy-Ostrander. 

The program-record 22nd straight win came along with individual records for a couple of SG seniors.

Trap team shoots back into league lead

Published by Herald on Wed, 10/24/2018 - 12:36pm

The Spring Grove clay target team edged ahead in the conference standings by an extremely slim margin as the fall season enters the fifth and final week.

After two weeks with the third best team score in 1A - Conference 7, the Lions fired their best team total of the season - the conference's top-scoring squad in week four (1095 points) as they had been in week one (1012).

After a week in second place, Spring Grove is back atop the league standings - but only by a perilously thin 3.5-point margin (3773 to 3769.5) over Rochester Mayo.

Feehan understands farm economy

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 3:58pm

Dan Feehan understands the importance of a strong and growing farm economy. Farmers grow food crops and raise livestock, which we all need to live. Food is not a bargaining chip to be used in trade wars with other countries!

Incumbent best person to represent House District 28B

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 3:53pm

State Rep. Greg Davids understands that we want to keep more of our paychecks. That’s why he battled Gov. Dayton on tax relief, and prevailed. Because of Rep. Davids’ hard work, many of us are experiencing that tax relief. Farmers, small business owners, working families, and senior citizens on Social Security are among those of us who benefit from Greg’s plan.

When Minnesota had another mammoth budget surplus this past session, Greg insisted that those in the middle class get their fair share of taxes returned to them.

Public libraries unlock many assets in rural communities

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 3:51pm

 

During my lifetime, I’ve been locked out of a few places, including stores that had closed before I arrived and even my own home when I got back from a vacation many years ago. I was out of luck at the businesses since workers had already left, but a handy, friendly hardware store owner got me in my house, which made me wonder if I should change my locks. The thought wasn’t because I was worried about him — he is well known for coming up with solutions, not causing problems — but because he made breaking into my home look relatively easy.

CWD tests mandatory in southeast Minnesota

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 3:46pm

Hunters in central, north-central and southeast Minnesota need to bring their harvested deer to be tested for chronic wasting disease on the opening weekend of firearms deer season, Saturday, Nov. 3, and Sunday, Nov. 4. 

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is requiring the testing to determine whether CWD may have spread from captive deer to wild deer in central and north-central Minnesota.