Home health care offers options
Keeping loved ones home later in life is fast becoming more common for many families here in Minnesota and across the country.
Kurt Hildebrandt |
Man charged with attempted vehicle theft
A 40-year old Mankato man, who was arrested by St. Peter Police on August 25 for allegations he had attempted to steal a vehicle before being confronted by residents of that area, has been formally charged.
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Texas couple faces felony charges
An August 31 traffic stop for speeding escalated into something a lot more serious for a man and woman from Texas who have since been charged with multiple felonies in Nicollet County District Court.
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Gusties geared up to start 2010-11
Around 640 first year and transfer students moved into their new on-campus digs at Gustavus Adolphus College Friday morning. Welcoming the new students and their parents onto campus were the Gustie Greeters and the school mascots Gus and Gustina.
Kurt Hildebrandt |
Drenttel family donates porch for residents
Family members of the late Edward J. Drenttel gathered for the dedication of the new "porch" on Thursday at the Benedictine Living Community of St. Peter. See the Herald print edition Sept. 9 for more photos and information.
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Peaceful playground is here
Many St. Peter Public School and parochial school students will return to the classroom on Tuesday, Sept. 7 for the start of the 2010-11 school year.
Kurt Hildebrandt |
Locals setting record in Floatzilla
Adventurers Kenny O’Connell and Nathan Idso launched their kayaks into Floatzilla, a Guinness Book of World Record attempt at getting the most kayaks and canoes hooked together into one huge floatilla.
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Fake bills turn up at local restaurants
Counterfeit currency isn’t a huge problem in a city the size of St. Peter, but when fake bills do pop up they have a tendency to do so in waves, according to St. Peter Police Chief Matt Peters.
Kurt Hildebrandt |
Mankato man cited for attempted theft
A 40-year old Mankato man was arrested on allegations he attempted to steal a vehicle from a St. Peter woman outside her residence Wednesday evening.
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MSOP patient charged for threatening letters
A 24-year old patient with the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) at the St. Peter Regional Treatment Center has been charged with a felony for allegedly sending threatening letters to an Apple Valley woman in February.
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New musicians
St. Peter instrumental music instructor Lauren Shoemaker (photo above) helped start the budding music careers of several fifth grade musicians when she hosted band lessons for the newcomers over the previous two weeks at North Intermediate School. Left, The percussion and trumpet sections stay in tune with the rest of the new band members.
Kurt Hildebrandt |
Promoting friendship of U.S. and India
St. Peter students Maansi Bhakta and Nandini Bhakta teamed up with students from New Ulm and from Rochester to perform at the state capitol on Sunday, Aug 15.
Students promoted friendship between U.S. and India and to celebrate India’s Independence Day.
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Hugo teen crowned Princess Kay
Megan Herberg, 21, St. Peter, and Ashley Swenson, 18, of Nicollet represent Nicollet County’s dairy industry in competition for a sought-after position.
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Rural Courtland family honored at fair
Seventy-three families from around the state, one from each participating county, have been named a “2010 Farm Family of the Year” by the University of Minnesota.
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Woman cited for giving false information
An old saying warns of the “what a tangled web we weave, when we first practise to deceive,” and apparently Sir Walter Scott’s words were lost on one St. Peter woman.
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Accident on Rabbit Road
Kasota firefighters stand ready to extinguish any flames that might flair at a one-vehicle rollover along the Rabbit Road between St. Peter and Kasota on Friday afternoon. Also responding at the scene were Le Sueur County Sheriff’s Office, Nicollet County Sheriff’s Office, St. Peter Police, River’s Edge Ambulance and Von Essen Towing. As of press time, information detailing the accident was not available from the Le Sueur County Sheriff’s Office.
Ed Lee |
Pioneer Power celebrates 37 years
The LeSueur County Pioneer Power Association hosts its 37th Annual Show for three big days on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 27, 28, and 29.
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1996 SPHS grad wins 412-mile bike race
Good conditions aligned nicely for a 1996 St. Peter High School graduate to set a record time for bicycling a 412-mile race across South Dakota this month.
Ed Lee |
Top seniors praised
Two more of the top senior citizens in the Nicollet County were recognized on Friday at the Nicollet County Fair as being this year’s Senior Citizen of the Year.
Kurt Hildebrandt |
Local man faces felony drug charges
A 21-year old St. Peter man faces three felony counts for allegations that he sold marijuana to a confidential informant from his College View Apartment on May 18.
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Vandals target laundromat
St. Peter Police are investigating a criminal damage to property report from the Witty Laundromat, located on the 100 block of South Minnesota Avenue, which happened sometime between Aug. 5 and Aug. 12.
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Vintage baseball played
The St. Croix Base Ball Club, vintage baseball team, traveled to Lafayette on Saturday to take on a rag-tag band of St. Peter baseball misfits in a game won by St. Croix by a comfortable margin. Here, St. Peter’s Steve Baxa fouls this pitch off after taking a healthy cut. The game was played using rules that were used in the 1860s.
Kurt Hildebrandt |
Winners aplenty in Pedal Pull
A large group of kids took part in the Nicollet County Fair’s annual Kids’ Pedal Tractor Pull on Saturday morning with a large crowd of spectators also on hand to cheer the young competitors on during the event.
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Clean river group accepts award
A program designed to prevent pollution at its source has been awarded the Governor’s Award for Pollution Prevention. The Community Clean Ups for Water Quality program has been active in over 28 communities in the Minnesota River Basin and to date has prevented over 8400 lbs of phosphorus and nitrogen from entering the river from storm sewer runoff.
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Crash course at County Fair
Brandon Zabel (72) and Perry Liebl (24) duke it out in the Demo Derby at the Nicollet County Fair on Friday night to finish first and second in the second heat. See video on the right side of the home page.
Ed Lee |
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