Hendricks News

Earl O. Nelson, age 77, of rural St. Peter went to his home in heaven on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at ISJ Hospital in Mankato.

Syttende Mai is coming to Hendricks a little early this year. The festival of Norwegian independence is usually celebrated on May 17, but with commencement ceremonies at Lincoln HI High School scheduled that weekend, organizers are changing things around.

Ministers often talk about how Jesus Christ's light can shine through people. Those who knew Sarah Buller saw it and said it was readily evident in her smile.

For most farmers, garbage day is a simple routine. They grab the garbage bags, take them outside and light them on fire.

Mankato's search for a new superintendent has officially begun - by starting another search.

There has been talk of starting a fitness center in Hendricks for a number of years, said Hendricks city manager David Blees.

This past year was a year filled with pain, loss, heartache and significant changes in our communities.

Beatrice Hole lives in the Twin Cities suburb of Eden Prairie, Minn., which is a pleasant enough place to celebrate a Scandinavian Christmas.

I am, as usual, sitting at my computer. My eyes are roving from the computer screen to CBS Sunday Morning and its multitude of artistic renditions of a smiling sun brightening a blizzard blasted weekend.

Just in time for an old-fashioned Christmas - a very old-fashioned Christmas - comes the Nordic-American Psalmodikon Quartet and its new recording: "Psalmodikons Return to the Old Country Church." All together ...