Eitzen News

The team members and riders of the Friendship Wagon Train are gearing up for their annual week-long trek to raise funds for children and adults with developmental disabilities who attend Camp Winnebago.

Despite the economic woes in many small towns, one small city in southeast Minnesota recently built a state-of-the-art movie theater.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Generous folks are alive and well in the Caledonia area, if the Lions Club Mother's Day Raffle is any indication.

By Greg Schieber Special for the Argus When life hands you lemons, make lemonade; or in the case of the Caledonia Ambulance Service, throw a Chicken-Q. State aid cuts have decreased the operating budgets of city, county, and state organizations across the board and the Caledonia Ambulance Service is not immune.

The Caledonia Argus is a weekly newspaper published each Wednesday by ECM Publishers, Inc., from our office at 314 West Lincoln St., Caledonia, Minnesota, 55921.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor "Normally by this time, we're starting to see some mushrooms coming in.

Longtime Caledonia-area businessman Richard S. Skauge 61, died Thursday, April 23 at his Spring Grove home.

Nearly all counties in the Tri-State area are currently under a burning ban. That includes Houston County.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor While not jumping headfirst into a potentially controversial issue, the Houston County Board approved the creation of a committee to review the pros and cons of offering police protection to municipalities within the county.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Landmark Environmental Services of Davenport, Iowa was hired by Houston County to clean up a "meth house" located in Eitzen.

A 26-year-old Caledonia man is refusing to say who stabbed him between 1 and 3 a.m. Saturday in Eitzen, Minn.