Caledonia News

Caledonia quilter Doris Klankowski and her husband Gordon displayed this patriotic quilt Doris recently completed, which was presented to Houston County Veterans Service Officer Rob Gross for the Quilts of Valor program.

Isiah Reinhart decided to try using a snow shovel to tackle the chore of clearing the leaves of this yard, while his sister Adrianna opted for the more conventional rake.

According to an article in The Rochester Post-Bulletin, a Caledonia man faces numerous felony charges for allegedly breaking into a Caledonia woman's house and physically and sexually assaulting her.

Icy conditions along with a white-out effect created by a passing semi led to a two vehicle accident on the afternoon of Dec.

The Caledonia Area Middle School vocal and instrumental music departments held their annual fall concert last week before a large crowd at the auditorium.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Technology continues to improve by leaps and bounds.

According to an article written by Lisa Brainard of the Preston-Lanesboro Republican-Leader, Fillmore Central School Board members decided by consensus to respond favorably to a request by the Caledonia School Board for a meeting to look at the potential for sharing a superintendent starting in the 2010-11 school year.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor "This certainly wasn't the way we were envisioning this.

Halloween isn't just for kids, as these folks can attest to. Semcac Senior Dining of Caledonia held its Halloween party last Friday and had a great turnout.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Approximately $2,080 in cash and credit card receipts were taken from the safe at the Caledonia Liquor Store sometime between closing time Friday night Oct.

Fourteen members of the St. John's Lutheran School kindergarten class took a tour of the Caledonia Fire Station last week.

By Craig Moorhead Special for the Argus At the Oct. 19 meeting of the ISD #299 Board of Education winter sports coaching contracts, snow removal and other seasonal issues were on the agenda, along with budget concerns.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor With the advent of fall comes later sunrises and earlier sunsets, which means we are spending more time driving in the dark.

Emergency units were called to the scene of a tractor-vehicle accident Oct. 18 at 11:29 a.m. According to Kelley McGraw of the Minnesota State Patrol, Thomas Osborne of Spring Grove was east bound on Highway 44 near the Tru-Gas tanks several miles east of Caledonia, when his Jeep Cherokee rear-ended a tractor driven by Richard Leary of Caledonia.

By Craig Moorhead Special to the Argus One wall of Lorraine and Lori Thillen's basement is a veritable country western music hall of fame.

Caledonia police will go trick-or-treating for impaired drivers this Halloween weekend through increased DWI patrols.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Sometimes the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

In the competition for students, not all school districts are created equal. In the past decade, declining enrollment has been a fact of life for most of the 34 school districts in southeastern Minnesota, but the pain has not been distributed evenly, a review of state data shows.

A metal pole shed containing 350 big round bales was a total loss following a fire at the Burdell Hahn farm in Yucatan Township.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Houston County continued to receive good news concerning construction costs of the justice center, which will be built in downtown Caledonia beginning next spring.