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March 5th, 2022

Dorothy Voigt, 84, of Glencoe

Dorothy M. Voigt, 84, of Glencoe, passed away Friday, March 4, at Glencoe Regional Health.
A memorial service will be held Friday, March 18, 11 a.m., at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Glencoe with interment in the church cemetery.
A gathering of family and friends will be held Thursday, March 17, 4 to 7 p.m., at Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel in Glencoe and will continue Friday one hour prior to the service at the church.

March 4th

Michelle Reinert, 62, of Glencoe

Michelle Louise Reinert, 62, of Glencoe, passed away Wednesday, March 2, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel in Glencoe is handling the arrangements. Its website – www.mcbridechapel.com – includes obituary and guestbook information.

March 2nd

Janet Kelley, 85, of Barrett

Janet Kelley, 85, of Barrett, Minn., died Monday, Feb. 28, at Barrett Care Center.
A memorial service was held at noon Thursday, March 3, at Erickson-Smith Funeral Chapel in Hoffman, with a visitation one-hour prior.
The Erickson-Smith Funeral Home of Hoffman handled the arrangements. Its website – www.ericksonsmithfh.com – includes obituary and guestbook information.

Studying erosion

Lincoln Elementary students Stella Busse and Brody Fillbrandt and their classmates in Heather Peirce’s science class studied the impact of water and erosion. The students built a hillside of sand and used rocks and plastic trees to try and prevent erosion when water was poured into the model.

FFA Week

Members of the Glencoe-Silver Lake chapter of FFA celebrated National FFA last week. While a snowstorm interrupted plans for fun activities early in the week, the FFA students served breakfast to teachers and staff during the week. With over 80 members, FFA students learn about the critical role of agriculture, food, manufacturing, science, and technologies needed by the communities of our school district. FFA encompasses these industries and the leadership skills it takes to be world-changers.

GSL speech team off to solid start

The GSL speech team includes (back row, from left) Lindsey Juarez-Ramirez, Lizzie Schmieg, Trevor Kirchoff, Ava Elias, and Nicole Washburn, (front row, from left) Carly Major, Faith Geiken, Linette Munoz, Lucia Beste Zehnder, Megan Becker, Kimberly Ruiz, and Ashton LaPlante, (not pictured) Sawyer Guerrero, Riley Spears and Rachel Anderson.

On a mild winter day . . .

With temperatures nearing 40 degrees Sunday, Feb. 28, Jenny Aretz and her son, Deacon, worked on a snow fort in the back yard of the house at North Chandler Avenue and East 16th Street. The potential of a snowball fight between mom and son was a looming possibility.

City-county eyeing road work, turn-back

The city and county are working on a road turn-back plan involving County Road 2/North Ford Avenue in Glencoe.

High school bands perform

The Glencoe-Silver Lake bands held a concert Monday, Feb. 28. Pictured the symphonic band performed the Spanish march, “Zia, Zia!,” by Claude T. Smith. Both the symphonic and concert bands will perform in the large group contest Wednesday at Le Sueur-Henderson, before heading to Orlando, Fla. Friday.

Glencoe, area should expect plenty of road work in 2022

Minnesota’s other season – road construction – is about to impact life for Glencoe area motorists.
There are three major road construction projects on the docket beginning this spring and running through the fall. Two include J-turns on Highway 212 and the other will run through the heart of downtown Glencoe. To top it off, reconstruction of the pedestrian-bike trail along County Road 33 (East First Street near the golf course) also is being planned.
Get ready for some detours.