Large items needed for mercy trip to Mississippi

Minnesota Disaster Relief of Cokato is taking two trips (March 6 and 21) to Mississippi to help out with people still in need from Hurricane Katrina. If you have any items that would be useful, and would like to donate, please contact Brad Curtis at (320) 237-6815 and they can arrange either a pickup of these items or a drop off. In the past, these trips have attracted people from the local area and in general receive an outpouring of regional support. Read more

Winsted girl featured in WCCO slide show

A four-year-old Winsted girl, identified only as Hailey of Winsted, is featured in a slide show posted Friday by WCCO posted online of the recent snowstorm.  To view the slide show, click here.

Do you have interesting pictures of snow or ice formations?  Or just something pretty?  Please submit them to the newspaper at news@heraldjournal.com, and we’ll post them on the web.

Similarly, for those snow birds down south, do you have any “Ha ha, I am here in the sun and you are not,” pictures of a sunny location (with yourself in it)?  Please send them along, too, and we will post them online.

Comments continue to pour in about Lester Prairie cuts; 734 votes cast

Comments continue to pour into  the Forum regarding suggested cuts for the Lester Prairie School District.  A total of 734 votes have been cast so far (about 183 people picking the top four cuts to make).  As of Friday nights, comments continue to come in, with the special meeting set for 7 p.m. Monday, March 2 in the Lester Prairie School gym. To see an article about the most recent school board meeting as well as a complete breakdown of suggested cuts, click here. To email school board members directly, click here.

To view the Forum poll results, click here.
To view Page 1 of comments, click here.
To view Page 2 (more recent) of comments, click here.

Winsted Hardware named business of the year in Winsted

Tom Ollig, president of the Winsted Area Chamber of Commerce, presented Katy Born and Greg Gerhman of Winsted Hardware with the 2008 Business of the Year award. Katy and Greg were honored during the annual Winsted Chamber of Commerce banquet Feb. 21 at the Blue Note.

About 90 business owners, guests, and city officials attended the event, which also featured a roast of Bob and Don Bayerl, past owners of the Blue Note.

Bakebergs working on ‘Breakfast’ event

A morning of fun on the farm at Goldview Farms, owned by Butch, Faye, and Pat Bakeberg, is scheduled Saturday, June 20 from 7 to 11 a.m. All-you-can-eat pancakes and sausage will be served along with beverages. Speakers, activities, and tours of the farm will be provided, with the mission of educating the public about where dairy foods come from and how farms work.

How to sponsor the event
There are three levels of sponsorship for the event. For more information, contact Bakeberg at home at (320) 543-3848, or by cell at (763) 242-4520.
Contributions are due Friday March 20.
Checks can be made payable to “breakfast on the farm.”

Contributions should be mailed to Pat Bakeberg, 9156 Grover Avenue SW, Waverly MN, 55390.  Click here to read full story.

Lester Prairie country girl cuts CD

Lester Prairie resident Phyllis Hummel’s new CD, “Singing Country,” is available at the Dodge House, Angvall Hardware & Mercantile, the Hair Company, and Prairie Market in Lester Prairie, at Curves and Distinctive Dental Services in Winsted, and at Dostal Electronics in Hutchinson.

Hummel will donate 10 percent of the proceeds from CDs sold in Lester Prairie to the Lester Prairie Education Foundation (she will donate 10 percent of the proceeds from CDs sold in Winsted to Alpha programs in Winsted.

The CDs are also available by mailing a check for $11 to Phyllis Hummel, PO Box 494, Lester Prairie, MN 55354.

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