55–PLUS SENIOR ACTIVITES
The following schedule is for Sept. 20-26: Friday, Sept.
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Dassel man dies from burns suffered in gas explosion
A Dassel man died Saturday from burns he suffered in a gas explosion. According to a Meeker County Sheriff’s Office news release, Jeffery Holmquist, 46, died from injuries he suffered when there was an explosion inside a fish house in the 70000 block of 178th Street in Collinwood Township.
LOOKING BACK
125 YEARS AGO: 1899 An uncommonly large acreage of sorghum cane was planted this year and, as the crop is a fine one, people hereabouts can, if it comes to a pinch, snap a cane and sweeten their systems with sorghum and saccharine. A citizen begs the Leader to make “The hardest kind of kick” on the people who leave their wagons in the alleys, which he says are often so blockaded that it is next to impossible to drive through them with a load of hay.
Ridgewater Foundation reunion looks ahead
Reconnecting was the goal of the first Ridgewater College Foundation Board Member Reunion Sept. 11 in Spicer.
Rural residents struggle to adapt to nursing home closures
Paulette Johnson described her brother John’s move from one nursing home to another as “traumatic.” John Johnson had lived in the Meadow Lane Restorative Care Center in Benson for about five years before he had to leave when the center announced its closure last summer. Since the COVID pandemic, nursing homes across Minnesota have been closing at alarming rates, due to financial stressors.
BACK THEN
20 YEARS AGO: NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF SEPT. 23, 2004 This was supposed to be a non-election year for state Sen. Steve Dille. But less than two months before the general election, the Dassel Republican finds himself in campaign mode, not fending off a challenge from a Democratic opponent, but making a pitch to members of his own party instead. Dille said Monday he will run for Senate minority leader in the wake of the announcement that Sen. Dick Day of Owatonna this past weekend that he would step down from the position when Republican caucus elections are held Nov. 4. “I believe I have the right temperament, legislative experience, leadership skills and the correct balance between partisanship and bipartisan legislative problem solving to do the kind of job the public wants,” Dille said. “The public wants legislative leadership that gets our work done in an efficient and moderate to conservative way with a minimal amount of partisan bickering and with a level of bipartisanship to achieve necessary compromises so work can be finished on time.”
Ridgewater Foundation reunion looks ahead
Reconnecting was the goal of the first Ridgewater College Foundation Board Member Reunion Sept. 11 in Spicer.
Glencoe Regional Health employee reunion
Retired employees of Glencoe Regional Health are invited to attend a reunion 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.