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Because of the coronavirus pandemic, delegates will meet virtually to endorse a Republican candidate to take on longtime U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson May 2.
The delegates will choose between former Lt. Gov. Michelle Fischbach of rural Paynesville, Dave Hughes of Karlstad, Jayesun Sherman of Windom, Joel Novak of Alexandria and Noel Collis, M.D., of Albany.

(For the complete story, see the April 22 print edition of The Chronicle.)

A trend funeral directors have seen coming for the past decade has effectively pushed care of the Glencoe Cemetery on to the city’s budget.
Last month, Councilor Allen Robeck announced at a city council meeting the fund the city used to pay for care of the Glencoe Cemetery was effectively empty. The city of Glencoe uses money paid for funeral plot sales and interest earnings on that money to pay for ongoing maintenance of the facility. Interest income has been marginal the last few years, said Mark Larson, the city’s administrator.

It’s back to the drawing board for the Silver Lake City Council after voting to rescind an offer made to a candidate to be the city’s next police chief.
The council learned late last week the McLeod County Sheriff’s Office had recommended halting the background investigation of Evan Brown. The exact reason for the recommendation was not disclosed at the council’s meeting Monday, April 20.
Sheriff Scott Rehmann could not be reached for comment on the recommendation.

(For the complete story, see the April 22 print edition of The Chronicle.)

Edward Ewald Legion and Auxiliary Post 143 of Brownton has canceled its May scheduled meetings and Memorial Day service and gathering.
Post members encourage families to find ways to honor and remember Veterans Memorial Day, May 25. A visit to a cemetery or a time of sharing family history would be a way to honor them.

(For the rest of the story, see the April 22 print edition of The Chronicle.)

To the editor,
The GSL School District has been providing quality distance learning for our students over the past several weeks. This is something that we had in place mainly in the event that school would close due to weather.
The challenge that we had to meet is to do this for an extended period of time. Overall, things have gone very well. Our staff, students and families have all stepped up and have worked very hard to provide a quality education on a daily basis. You can be very proud of your school and the many people that are a part of GSL.