By Jill Fennema At the end of December, three long-time postal workers retired from the Edgerton Post Office. Wanda Landhuis, Wendy Evink, and Rod De Kam all turned in their keys and ushered in retirement on December 31, 2020. Wanda
By Skip Hunter – Last Tuesday Maren Nerem became the seventh player to become a 1000-point scorer in Eagle girls’ basketball history. She will join an elite group that includes Jazlynn Prins, Kara Van Dyke, Brooklyn De Kam, Jada Vander
By Jill Fennema – For many years, there has been talk around town about how it would be nice if Edgerton had an outdoor skating rink for locals to play ice hockey, broom ball, or just skate around and enjoy
By Jill Fennema – Pipestone County has a new assistant county attorney. Destiney Johnson was hired in October 2020. She replaces Cassie Loeffler, who resigned her position in December 31, 2019, after only three years. County Attorney Damain Sandy was
By Jill Fennema – Edgebrook Care Center has a new administrator. Sydney Roberts has replaced Michael Redinger, who left his position there in November of last year. Sydney is originally from Perham, Minnesota, which is in Otter Tail County, the
Pictured: Levi (left) and Max Van Hofwegen enjoyed a day of ice fishing with their grandpa, Jim Van Hofwegen, on Saturday. Jim says the best part of ice fishing is being outside in nature and the privilege that we have
By Jill Fennema – Everyone wants to give the perfect Christmas gift. Something needed. Something memorable. Something to make the recipient feel that they were worth the effort. That’s a tall order and often our expectations fall short. But for
Vicki Hulstein of Edgerton was the big winner in the Shop at Home drawing. She won $500 in Dutch Dollars. Her name was drawn during a live Facebook video on Friday afternoon. There was a total of 1,848 cards in
Pictured: Omar Kazem with his son Ali. Omar became a U.S. citizen in October. By Jill Fennema – Omar Kazem and his family have been living in Edgerton since 2013. In July 2017, his wife, Hamda, and children became citizens