West Concord News

During the past year the Burke County Board Of Education sometimes held as many as five meetings in a month.

 CLAREMONT -- Summer was too cool for corn, October was too cold and wet to harvest it, frosty late November mornings make it impossible to pick corn and then Bill Smith came back to his rural Claremont farm late Friday to find his dryer wouldn't dry the corn he had picked.

WEST CONCORD -- You are invited to celebrate the life of Quinn Justman at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov., 22, at Trinity Lutheran Church in West Concord.

Walter E. Laue 1934 - 2009 FARIBAULT - Walter E. Laue, 75, of Faribault, died Monday, Nov.

KENYON a ' The former manager of the Kenyon Subway Restaurant is charged with the theft of $35,588 from the restaurant.

"Step ... step ... step," called out the firefighter in the middle. A team of firefighters inched their way closer to a ball of flames artificially produced for a training exercise Saturday morning in the parking lot at Mantor Field.

Four area men were injured Friday morning near Kenyon when the pickup they were in slid on icy bridge pavement and rolled.

Arlene Hueman and Barb Foss hopped on their motorcycles July 15, ready to embark on a cross-country adventure.

Now that the U.S. military has opened the door, a company here hopes to clean up.

Lori and Alan Callister of West Concord have been running an organic poultry operation for more than 20 years.

Before football practice on Friday, Triton seventh-grade students Alex Finne and Dakota Hester got a sneak peek at their new school.

Callister Farm is hosting a very wholesome sounding chicken dinner this Sunday, with a covered wagon ride and everything.

Less than two weeks after the Burke County Board of Education approved a 2009-10 calendar with once-a-month meetings, Board Chair Tracy Norman has called a second August session.

The Burke County Board of Education at its AUg. 10 meeting will hear reports on three topics that attracted community attention this month a ' the school budget, an accreditation review team's visit and schools' progress toward meeting the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act.

The Burke County Board of Education at its AUg. 10 meeting will hear reports on three topics that attracted community attention this month a ' the school budget, an accreditation review team's visit and schools' progress toward meeting the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act.

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has extended the severe thunderstorm warnings for Dodge County until 11:45 a.m. The warning for Steele County expired at 10:45. The warning for Dodge County also includes northwestern Fillmore, northeastern Mower and southern Olmsted counties in southeast Minnesota.

After several special sessions this month, mostly dealing with an on-going budget dispute with the county commissioners, the Burke County Board of Education will have its single regular July meeting Monday.

It seemed like a steal. But when Barbara Erler ordered cut-rate bridesmaid dresses for her daughter Vanessa's wedding at a now defunct Owatonna bridal shop, she got more than she bargained for.

WEST CONCORD -- Ruth Mildred Miller, 88, of Edina, Minn., died Saturday, June 20, 2009, at Fairview-Southdale Hospital.

Mike and Joni Walerak of Zumbrota, a daughter. Ana Sujey Pulido Garcia and Edgar Humberto Felix Perez of West Concord, a son.