Zumbrota News

PINE ISLAND -- Neale "Shep" Sheppard, 89, of Pine Island died Thursday, July 02, 2009, at the Zumbrota Care Center.

Michael Johnson, whose "Bluer Than Blue" was all over the airwaves in the summer of 1978, will perform at 8 p.m. July 11 at Crossings at Carnegie, 320 East Ave., Zumbrota.

Hearing George Strait was going to be performing at Country Fest, Andrea Krause and Bonnie Berning of Plainview, Minn., knew they were going to attend the annual music festival near Cadott.

The modern rock band Ten Cent Pistol will play Friday at Kathy's Pub in Rochester.

A taste of New York comes to Pine Island when the Pine Area People for the Arts present the comedy "A Thousand Clowns" Friday through June 28.

When this city's annual grand parade kicks off today, a symbol of community pride will be restored to its rightful place: The Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School band marching down Main Street.

Art in East Park will be held Saturday in Zumbrota. There will be a juried art fair, youth art, live music by Patchouli and 2 O'clock Jump, and food vendors.

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

Ben Bedford thought he had his life mapped out when he left home for college. "I was one of those kids who knew what he wanted to do with his life," said Bedford, 27, who graduated from the University of Illinois.

I've come to believe there is no tighter fraternity in this nation than the one made up of military veterans, especially those who've served together during war times.

An estimated 25,000 turkeys died after a fire swept through a turkey barn on Friday afternoon in rural Cannon Falls.

Crossings art center and Zumbrota's Covered Bridge Task Force are sponsoring a plein-air painting event from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on June 13.

ZUMBROTA A Rochester man was seriously injured Sunday after he lost control of his motorcycle on U.S. 52 north of Zumbrota.

The southern gospel group Gone Fishin' will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Mantorville Opera House.

The Hiawatha Homes clients who live at Valkyrie House wanted a lap dog. Then they met Mo, a 65-pound black Labrador retriever.

A Zumbrota man faces criminal charges after police say he sexually assaulted an eight-year-old girl.

Goodhue County commissioners want staff to examine the cost of studying potential interchange locations along Highway 52 from Cannon Falls past Zumbrota.

A Lake St. Croix, Minn., man was killed Sunday morning in a head-on crash on Highway 52 near Zumbrota.

Wanamingo kicks off its annual Syttende Mai celebration with a lutefisk and meatball supper at Lands Lutheran Church, rural Zumbrota.

Linnea Raasch wanted to be just like her third-grade teacher and like her parents, too.