Category Archives: Community News

Float Winners Awarded Prize Money

Pictured are Edgerton Dutch Festival 1st place float winners: AJ Brands, Mary Brands, Melissa Masselink, Greg Masselink, and Dutch Festival committee member Spencer Mesman. Last week, the Dutch Festival Committee awarded the winning float with their cash prize. The Greg

Summer Winds Down

There is roughly a month of summer break left before students return to school. However, colleges and athletic practices begin in mid August, which makes it hard to keep lifeguard staff at the Edgerton pool. The last day that the

Ag Program Receives State Recognition

Nathan Thompson and the Edgerton Ag Program was honored earlier this month by the Minnesota Association of Agricultural Education. Edgerton’s program was chosen as the Outstanding Middle School/High School Ag program in the State of Minnesota. This award comes after

Talsma Served in the Navy Seabees

Ray Talsma served in Vietnam as a member of the United States Naval Construction Battalion, or the Seabees. The name Seabees is a shortened form of “Construction Battalion” or “CB’s,” which became the Seabees. Ray’s draft number was 39, so

City Receives DNR Grant For Park Improvements

The city of Edgerton has been awarded a Minnesota DNR park grant for $169,000. This is a 50 percent matching grant to update the city park. The matching funds can come in the way of dollars and in-kind labor by

Reopening is Grand!

Vander Stoeps Furniture and Flooring held their grand reopening event on Saturday. They enjoyed a large crowd who came out to see the new store and shop for everything from carpet to lighting. The new showroom is very spacious and

Remember When…Blue Stamps and Green Stamps

Do you remember your parents getting green stamps and later Edgerton Blue Stamps from Edgerton (Hendriks) Produce when crates of eggs were brought to town on Saturday night? For many families, the money received for those eggs paid for the

Hanenburg Retires from Board

The Osborne Township Board bid farewell to Daryl Hanenburg at Tally Ho Koffie a couple of weeks ago. Pictured are (l to r): Nathan Stoel, Al Vander Lugt, Cody Top, Rod Spronk, Jeremy Van Essen, and Daryl Hanenburg. Daryl Hanenburg

From The Farm to the World Stage

Evan Bolt grew up working on his family farm near Edgerton, Minn, a son of Randy and Tammy Bolt. He is now he is working on the world stage, contributing to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource center at his

Evink Retires From DeBoer Chevrolet

By Jill Fennema – This Wednesday, June 30, Jerry Evink will retire from De Boer Chevrolet after 49 years of working in the car business. Jerry graduated  from Edgerton High School in 1972 and then went on to the Pipestone