Chatfield News

Extreme hatred comes in all types of people

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 03/19/2019 - 10:36am

"Hello, brother. Welcome."

Those were the final words of Daoud Nabi, a 71-year-old worshipping at a New Zealand mosque Friday. The warm welcome was directed at the man alleged to have killed him and 49 other Muslims in a terrorist rampage that shocked the world.

Meeting set on proposed GEIS to study groundwater contamination

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 03/19/2019 - 10:31am

The Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (EQB) will hold a public meeting March 25 in Red Wing to gain public input on a proposal to study nitrate-contaminated water in the karst region of southeast Minnesota.

Primary election set in Fillmore County District 3

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 03/19/2019 - 10:29am

Fillmore County will have a primary election for the District 3 commissioner seat since more than two candidates filed for the position.

As of Monday 11 a.m., Kevin Beck of Spring Valley, Jordan Fontenello of York Township, near Greenleafton, and Larry Hindt of Spring Valley had filed for the open seat. Filing was to end at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, after this edition went to press.

Ordinance No._441

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Mon, 03/18/2019 - 2:52pm

Ordinance No._441 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO VEGETATION; PROVIDING FOR MEASURES WITHIN THE CITY TO PREVENT AND CON- TROL FUNGUS INFECTIONS OF ELM AND OAK TREES, AND, INFESTATION OF ELM AND ASH TREES BY CERTAIN INSECT PESTS; PROVIDING FOR ABATEMENT OF INFECT- ED AND INFESTED TREES; AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHATFIELD CODE, SUBPART A, CHAPTER 32, ARTICLE II, SECTIONS 32-19, 32-20, 32-21, 32-23, 32-24, 32- 25, 32-28, 32-20; REPEALING THE PROVISIONS OF SEC- TIONS 32-22 AND 32-27

THEREOF.

Ordinance No.440 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHATFIELD, MINNESOTA

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Mon, 03/18/2019 - 2:50pm

Ordinance No.440 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHATFIELD, MINNESOTA, RELATING TO ZONING; PRO- VIDING REGULATIONS GOV- ERNING ACCESSORY STRUC- TURES LOCATED IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS; AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHATFIELD CODE, SUBPART B, CHAPTER 113, ARTICLE IV, SECTIONS 182 AND 183; AND, AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHATFIELD CODE, SUBPART B, CHAPTER 113, ARTICLE VI,

DIVISION 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHAT- FIELD, MINNESOTA:

Chatfield Empty Bowls Project dinner set for Monday, preceding band, choir concert

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 2:15pm

“We hold events like these because we are a community. We care for one another. As I just read from Eleanor Roosevelt: ‘We are all doing well, when All are doing well.’ Sometimes we need help, and the food shelves in our communities help us get through those tough times,” said Chatfield Lutheran Church Rev. Mark Docken.

He invites the community to join together at the fourth annual Chatfield Empty Bowls Project dinner set for Monday, March 18, at Chatfield High School’s newly-renovated cafeteria that will feature a menu of soup in bowls made by Chatfield students.

Chatfield musicians ‘showcase’ talent during special event at Chatfield Center for the Arts

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 2:13pm

Jessica MacLeod showed off her Gophers with cups, frogs, rain, rocking years, the man in the moon, and the lion that sleeps tonight.

That was just part one.

“Awesome job!” MacLeod congratulated her students last Tuesday evening, March 5, during the rescheduled 2019 Chatfield Gopher Showcase. This was the second annual showcase for Chatfield Elementary School students to bravely stand front and center on the Potter Auditorium stage, giving their best performances of music they’d personally chosen to share with an audience of parents, grandparents, siblings and friends.

Chatfield family loses home to fire, community raising funds to help

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 2:08pm

A rural Chatfield family lost its home to fire on the evening of Wednesday, February 27.

Chatfield Fire Chief Ryan Priebe shared that the fire department was called to the Lori Janet home just off County 136.

“We got paged that there was a structure fire at the Janet residence. When we arrived, we found that there was no way we were going to get a fire engine up to the trailer,” he said. “We had to walk up the hill until our wildland pickup arrived to get some water up the hill, which was a couple of minutes, and by then, the trailer was a total loss.”

Chatfield knowledge bowl students heading to state meet

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 2:01pm

Janet Bren’s very proud of her knowledge bowl know-it-alls.

“The average person would not know 50 percent of what they need to know — categories cover all areas of study, including literature, math, science, history, business, mythology, theater, music, et cetera,” stated Bren, advisor for the Chatfield High School Senior High Knowledge Bowl team.

She is, to say the least, pleased to announce that one of the senior high teams will be competing at the Minnesota State Knowledge Bowl competition April 10-11 at Cragun’s Resort on Gull Lake, near Brainerd.

Snow, cold create challenges for Chatfield maintenance crew

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 1:48pm

Um, let it snow?

“For the most part, Chatfield has essentially operated in a continuous snow emergency this winter. It was a more mild January, but the month of February has been very busy,” stated Chatfield City Maintenance Foreman Brian Burkholder.

As he took a look around at the piles of snow on the boulevards and on each corner, Burkholder continues trying to figure out where his crew is going to put the next snowfall.