Ilene Edwards
Freedom Honor Flight Fundraiser In Lanesboro
Spearheaded by students Brynn Howerton and Coy Pederson, a fundraiser for the Freedom Honor Flight will be held Wednesday April 26 at Lanesboro High School. The evening includes dinner served at 6 p.m. with a program to follow at 7:30. Eleven Lanesboro area veterans have been chosen to take part in the next Freedom Honor Flight on May 6...
April The Giraffe Live Stream Pulled
Apparently April the Giraffe has been an internet sensation for the past few months. I must live in a cave because I had not heard about April until last Friday when my friend Allie told me about her. By the time I tuned in to the live stream from Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York, April's baby boy was already born...
Special Tree Dedication Scheduled in Preston
Monday's meeting of the Preston Lions Club was an emotional one for me. Our special guest was Judy Lundy and her service dog, Pepper. Judy has a hearing impairment and spoke about her journey with hearing loss which ultimately lead to her obtaining Pepper...
Prescription Drug Take Back Day Information
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday April 29. Fillmore County Sheriff's Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) along with Preston/Lanesboro PD and Rushford PD will take part in the program. From 10 a.m. till 2 p...
Celebrating Twenty Years in Preston
I find it hard to believe; it seems like only yesterday. Twenty years ago today, April 17, 1997, I arrived in Preston. It was a long trip getting here. Exactly 997 miles door-to-door from my old house in Niagara Falls, New York to my new home in Preston...
Word Nerds Celebrate National Scrabble Day
I fall into that group. I'm a word nerd. I love Scrabble! Why celebrate Scrabble today? April 13 is the birthday of Scrabble inventor Alfred Mosher Butts. Alfred was born in 1899 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Poughkeepsie wow! If city names were allowed in Scrabble, that would fetch a lot of points...
MiEnergy Cooperative Warns of Local Scam
MiEnergy Cooperative has received notification of a phone scam in our area. A MiEnergy member contacted the Rushford office Wednesday morning after receiving a phone call from a person representing himself as a Tri-County Electric Cooperative employee and demanding immediate bill payment by credit card or disconnection of services...
Have You Seen This Lost Dog?
Weller is a beautiful lab mix and he's missing. Weller belongs to Dave and Lisa Stensrud. Weller and his dog buddy, Lily, went missing March 20 from their home near Greenleafton just outside of Preston. Lily returned later that day, but Weller is still missing...
There’s Some New Peeps in Town
I love Easter candy. I have two favorites - Reese's peanut butter eggs and black jelly beans. Most people turn up their noses at black jelly beans, but I love them! Except they turn my tongue black!
Grocery shopping today I spotted some new Peeps...
National Pet Day Celebrating My Feathered Friends
Today April 11 is National Pet Day. When people think of buying a pet, of course their first thought is a dog or cat. Throughout my life I've had several dogs - beagles, German shepherds, Spaniels, and a great husky-lab mix. Now I have three crazy birds...