Archive - 2013

Date

May 20th

Vera Belter, 88, of Glencoe

Submitted by editor on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 4:55pm

Funeral services for Vera Belter, 88, of Glencoe, will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, May 23, from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Glencoe.
Mrs. Belter died on Monday, May 20, 2013, ay Glencoe Regional Health Services long-term care facility.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 22, from the Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel in Glencoe. Visitation continues Thursday, one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in the First Lutheran Cemetery in Glencoe.
An online guest book is available at www.hantge.com.


Guido Lilienthal, 85, of Plato

Submitted by editor on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 1:51pm

Funeral services for Guido Lilienthal, 85, of Plato, will be held at 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 22, from St. John's Lutheran Church in Plato.
Mr. Lilienthal died on Sunday, May 19, 2013, at The Lutheran Home in Belle Plaine.
Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday, at the church. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Arrangements are with the Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel in Glencoe. An online guest book is available at www.hantge.com.


Robert M. Mikulecky, 88, of Ulen

Submitted by editor on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 10:38am

Funeral services for Robert M. Mikulecky, 88, of Ulen, will be held at 1 p.m., Monday, May 20, in Wright Funeral Home in Hawley. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church.
Mr. Mikulecky died on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at Viking Manor Nursing Home in Ulen.
Interment will be at 2 p.m., Tuesday, May 21, in Bohemian National Cemetery, Rich Valley Township, near Silver lake.


May 16th

Brownton clerk, deputy clerk to switch positions

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 3:21pm

A decision to promote Ella Kruse, Brownton’s deputy city clerk, to the full-time city clerk was nearly derailed over a salary debate at the Brownton City Council’s May 7 meeting.
Cindy Lindeman, who has been employed with the city for 32 years, first as the deputy clerk and then as clerk-treasurer, will officially retire May 31.
But Lindeman planned to stay working for the city, in essence taking on Kruse’s part-time job as Kruse is promoted to city clerk.


Audit: City’s cash balance is down

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 3:19pm

While the city of Brownton is technically in good financial condition, it may have trouble with cash flow this year.
Paul Harvego of Conway, Deuth & Schmiesing presented the City Council with the 2012 audit at its May 7 meeting.
Harvego said the city’s cash on hand is down because it paid off some debt and bought a payloader, but mostly because of its investment in the new Brownton Area Civic Center.


Stewart City Council proceeds with Hall Street improvements

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 3:17pm

The city of Stewart is proceeding with a $776,000 project that will continue to improve Hall Street and provide blacktop for a portion of Bowman Street. Also slated is a $24,500 project to pave a portion of Bowman Street between Powers Street and the railroad tracks, for a total cost of $800,500.
A public hearing was held regarding the proposal at Monday night’s City Council meeting, but none of the handful of people in attendance gave any comments or asked questions.


May 15th

Supermileage test run

Submitted by editor on Wed, 05/15/2013 - 10:38am

The Glencoe-Silver Lake supermileage team took its vehicle for test rides on the Panther outdoor track last week, and Mike Sundblad, high school industrial technology teacher, said the vehicle is averaging 250 to 275 miles to a gallon of gasoline. “Our goal is 500 miles per gallon,” Sundblad said. Team members fine-tuned the vehicle before testing it on the track. At right, Greeley was the driver. Sundblad said the first-year GSL team will compete in the state Supermileage competiion at Brainerd International Speedway on May 14-15.


Art Prowl on display

Submitted by editor on Wed, 05/15/2013 - 10:35am

The Panther Art Prowl was held in conjunction with the elementary music concert last Thursday and attracted a wide variety of participants, including Darin and Shania Thammavongsa, above, who put their drawing skills to the test. The Panther Prowl brought together the entire K-12 visual arts program under one roof. Participants also had opportunities to get some hands-on experiences at various work stations in the cafeteria.


1st grade performers

Submitted by editor on Wed, 05/15/2013 - 10:25am

Aaron Rodrigues and Hannah Schroeder were all concentration at Thursday night’s first-grade music concert at the high school. The youngsters were performing in the Helen Baker concert and also displayed heir talents at the accompanying art show called “Snapshot.” The youngsters were directed by Carrie Knott, music instructor, and the art instructor was Andrea Wigern.


True team events tough task for GSL

Submitted by editor on Wed, 05/15/2013 - 9:40am

At the Cambridge-Isanti true team invitational held on Friday, May 10, the Glencoe-Silver Lake boys’ and girls’ track and field teams discovered they have some work to do to be a true team champion.
The boys placed fifth out of eight teams with 634 points. The girls scored 467 points and finished seventh out of eight.
For both teams, events typically dominated by GSL athletes didn’t have the same results, except for a few.