Litchfield Blues picked up a pair of big North Star League wins last week, which helped them avoid the Region 12C play-in tournament. Litchfield’s 11-3 win over Howard Lake Friday at Optimist Park sealed the Blues’ playoff standing, ensuring they will finish no lower than seventh in the league.
Nancy Black, Tribune Content Agency TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (07/18/24). Consider the big picture this year.
ALL SAINTS LUTHERAN 118 First St. N., Darwin 320-693-5778 Pastor Joe Midthun Sunday — 10:30 a.m.
Probably the most famous verse of the Bible is John 3:16. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.” It is an important verse that tells of God’s great love for us; some call it the gospel in a nutshell.
It’s fair to say that the United States has never seen an election year like this one. We face a presidential choice between a convicted felon bent on dismantling the institutions and norms that we’ve developed over nearly 250 years, versus a sitting president whose debate performance and general age concerns have stoked calls from within his own party to step aside.
There’s a lot going on in the world. The Far East is bad. The Middle East is worse. The political landscape of this country feels like a post-apocalyptic Cormac McCarthy novel. Thus, in these very serious times, Beyond Reason will now consider potato salad.
From the files of the Litchfield Independent Review 20 YEARS AGO: NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF JULY 22, 2004 On Sunday evening, Jerome Rossell sat outside his Grove City apartment building chatting with a guest of another resident of the complex. Just hours later, Rossell witnessed the arrest of that same visitor and was chased from his apartment by a fire allegedly set by the man.
Litchfield’s construction project managers recently received the first bids on the Litchfield Area Recreation Center project. The City Council on Monday awarded the lowest of seven pre-engineered steel building bids to Nor-Son, a construction company with offices in Wayzata and Baxter, for $2,152,000.
As their city counterparts awarded first bids for construction of the new Litchfield Area Recreation Center at a meeting across town, Litchfield School Board members spent much of their Monday meeting reviewing and debating a use agreement for the facility. Business manager Jesse Johnson reviewed a red-lined version of the agreement, which he said has been developed with the city and includes input from the Minnesota Department of Education and other state officials.
Michael ‘Mike’ D. Thomas, 76, of Litchfield passed away at his home on Friday, July 5, 2024. A funeral service was held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at First Lutheran Church in Litchfield. A visitation was held from 5 7 p.m. on Friday at First Lutheran Church and continued one hour prior to the service. Interment was held at Ripley Cemetery. Military Honors were provided by the Litchfield Military Honor Guard. The service was livestreamed at www.johnsonhagglund. com. Michael Delbert Thomas, the son of Delbert and Adeline (Herr) Thomas, was born on May 3, 1948, in Litchfield. During his high school years at Litchfield High School, Mike found an interest in rodeo and won awards for Bareback Bronc Riding and bull riding. Unfortunately, his rodeo days were cut short due to multiple concussions. He graduated from Litchfield High School in 1966 and continued his education at Worthington Junior College. While at Worthington, Mike was a member of the men’s basketball team, where he quickly coined the nickname, “Seven Bounce Thomas.” This was given to him due to the fact that he would bounce the ball seven times every time he was at the free throw line. After two years of college, Mike was drafted into the U.S. Army and served our country during the Vietnam War. While serving, Mike quickly moved up the ranks, and was promoted to SGT of his company. He was wounded on two separate occasions and was awarded a Purple Heart. After being discharged in 1971, he returned to college and graduated from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D., with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. While living in Sioux Falls, he taught special education, where he eventually would meet his future wife. He also coached basketball at O’Gorman High School. In 1977, Mike’s father called to tell him about an opportunity in Litchfield. Litchfield Livestock Shipping Association was going to be auctioning off two of their trucks. Mike ended up purchasing those two livesto