The three fall sports at WEM had tremendous seasons. The football team won the Blue Sub-District Championship. The volleyball team won the Gopher Conference and placed second in the Section 2A Tourney. The WEM/JWP girls cross country team won the Gopher Conference and the boys team placed second.
A recount for the second Elysian City Council position was held Monday, Nov. 26 at Elysian City Hall. The numbers remained the same as they had during the Nov. 6 general election. Bryan Suemnick has been voted into the council with 163 votes, one more than Bobby Houlihan. Suemnick will join newly elected Mayor Tom McBroom, re-elected council member Dennis Schnoor and Mary Opsahl on the city council. The fourth council position will be determined by the current council at a later meeting. For more on the Elysian Council check out the Nov. 29 edition of the LIFE/Enterprise.
Stage-four cancer doesn't stop him.
Jeff Dahle of Morristown is an Ironman.
The 56-year-old, who tipped the scale at 425 pounds just six years ago, completed his sixth Ironman in Tempe, Arizona, on Saturday, November 24.
“I’m not your normal triathlete,” laughed Dahle. “I used to be the one who would drive by a runner in and yell out the window, ‘Don’t you have something better to do?’”
But that all changed in 2012
Read more of Dahle's story in the November 29, 2018, edition of the Life or Enterprise.
Le Sueur County will be honored Monday, Dec. 3 during the Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust (MCIT) Annual Meeting in Bloomington.
MCIT announced last week that Le Sueur County has been selected as the 2018 County of the Year.
"The county has distinguished itself in the areas of loss control, risk management, claims administration, and responsiveness to MCIT," MCIT Executive Director Robyn M. Sykes said. "MCIT commends the county's commitment to managing exposures that jeopardize employees and citizens of the county to loss."
Raymond Allen Hansen, age 95 of Waterville passed away on Wednesday, November 28, 2018.
Le Sueur County has a furry, four-legged crime fighter.
The county’s newest K-9, “Jett”, started work on November 20.
The county secured Jett, a purebred German Shepherd, last autumn when he was around nine-weeks-old. Jett was bred locally from Kozie Shepherds in southern Minnesota and attended his K9 academy with Le Sueur County Deputy Joe Kern at Performance Kennels in Buffalo. Nationally Certified K9 Trainer, Steve Pearson, was responsible for training Jett.
Joanne ‘Jo’ Marie Workman (nee Goltz) of Burnsville passed away on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina.
Jo was born March 30, 1940 and raised on a turkey farm in Waterville, Minnesota. After high school, Joanne attended nursing school and entered the workforce as a Licensed Practical Nurse. She was a nurse for over 40 years, 26 of those spent at Oxboro Clinic in Bloomington.
Richard Chambers, Jr., age 70 of Waterville, died surrounded by his family at his home on Thursday, November 22, 2018.
Richard “Dick” Chambers Jr, also known as “Red”, was raised and lived in Waterville, MN. He was drafted and served in Vietnam. We won’t forget the sacrifice he made for his country and future family. Early on he worked for Komatz Construction and then made a career at Farm Bureau Insurance. Later in life he also became a hobby farmer. He loved to help my brother with the field work whenever he could.
A new meal option is available in Waterville for those ages 60 and older who would benefit from others cooking healthy meals for them.
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS) opened a new Senior Dining location at The Village in Waterville on Monday, November 12. The kitchen and dining site will provide hot, nutritious meals that will be available not only at the community center at noon, but also by delivery right to the doors of area residents, a service known locally as Meals on Wheels.
A Celebration of Life for Mr. Rolland “Rollie” Eugene Downhour, was held at Bayou Oaks Baptist Church in Monroe, LA Wednesday, August 15, 2018. Interment with military honors followed at Loch Arbor Baptist Cemetery in Monroe LA, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home.
As a child, Thanksgiving was magical.
We’d wake to the aroma of turkey roasting and a sparkling house smelling of Pine-Sol.
Little crystal dishes could be found throughout the house filled with nuts and those melt-in-your-mouth pastel mints, just in case someone couldn’t wait for the big feast.
The football game was on and pages of Black-Friday deals were passed.
Relatives’ shoes piled high near the door and big talk and laughter filled the house.
Folding tables and folding chairs crowded the fun, but everyone had a spot when the turkey was done.
Joyce Mae Wenker, age 72, of Morristown, died on Sunday, November 18, 2018, at her home in Morristown.
Funeral services will be at North Waseca Lutheran Church, Waseca on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. with the Reverend Kristen Anderson officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery, Morristown.
Visitation will be at the Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, from 4 to 7 p.m. and also for one hour prior to services on Wednesday.
Donna LaVonne Remiger, age 87 of Waterville died on Sunday, November 18, 2018 at Traditions in Waterville
A Le Sueur County judge has ordered the Le Sueur County Historical Society (LCHS) to turn over all of its financial records and books, hold a fair and democratic election for members, and allow the additional members to join the lawsuit against it, among other things.
This order was filed on November 8.
A lawsuit was filed against LCHS on February 21 by 16 members who allege the existing board of LCHS has mismanaged the society, has murky financial dealings, and followed anti-democratic processes, which, they state are contrary to Minnesota law and LCHS bylaws.
Her son was just two years old when she boarded a military plane bound for Afghanistan.
Leaving was hard. Really hard.
But, the young mother knew that her military service was important and embraced her one-year deployment.
Sara (Southard) Warner of Waterville enlisted in the Army Reserve shortly after earning her General Education Diploma (GED) in 2004. She was 18.
Edgar Eggers was a kind man. He was an honest man. He was a caring man. He was a man of impeccable integrity. He was a good man who led a good life. This was our father, Edgar Eggers, who passed away early on the morning of November 9.
Our father focused on what is important in life. He really emphasized faith, family and fun and he made sure he gave quality time to all three. Maybe this is why he lived so long. When we ignore any of those three, the good life will escape us.
