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36th annual Fireman's Breakfast: 1,249 served!

Details: Published on Wednesday, 27 March 2013 11:58; Hits: 100

A near-record crowd again this year for the 36th annual Kimball Area Fire and Rescue Pancake & W-CIMG2488 Sausage Breakfast at the fire hall. 1,249 were served breakfast this year.
(The record stands at 1,282.) 4-H’ers helped out.
The great turnouts and donations each year prove that we here in central Minnesota appreciate all of our local volunteer fire and rescue departments!

Saturday State Wrestling Tournament update

Details: Published on Saturday, 02 March 2013 17:21; Hits: 159

Nine young men from Kimball and Eden Valley-Watkins made it to the Minnesota State High School League state wrestling tournament, as individuals. (Neither team is in the team competition.) Individual competition began yesterday, Friday, March 1.

Today, Saturday, March 2, is the final day of Individuals. Here's what we're looking at:

Blane Tschida (113#) will wrestle Spencer Jenniges (Wabasso/Red Rock); the winner will face either Joe Fischenich (WIndom/Mountain Lake) or Cameron Sykora (Border West) for the Championship.

Zach Blonigen (120#) has defeated Clem Gerads (Holdingford, by Technical Fall 16-1) and Landyn VanOverbeke (Minneota, by 11-4 Decision) and is still in the running for Third.

Quinten Berres (126#) will face Tyler Keller (Medford); the winner will face either Kyle Drehmel (Goodhue) or Tyler Tensen (BBE) for Champion.

Marcus Hamer (138#) has defeated Dylan Boettener (St. Clair/Mankato Loyola, by Fall in 4:10); he faces Alex Haffner (Chatfield) for Third.

Cain Renner (145#) has defeated Ryan Meeker (Chatfield, by 3-0 Decision); he now faces Trevor Scott (Holdingford) for Third.

Austin Peterson (152#) has defeated Zack Gleiter (St. James, by 9-1 Major Decision) and now faces Luke Norland (Jackson County Central) for Third.

Luke Kuechle (160#) lost to Alex jackson (Kenyon-Wanamingo, by 7-3 Decision).

Travis Wills (182#) beat Devin Wolle (St. James, by 12-6 Decision), but then lost to Dillon Card (Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale, by 2-0 Decision).

Tim Konz (285#) lost his first match yesterday to Tyler Jenson (Benson, by 2-1 Decision), and is not scheduled for other competition.

GOOD LUCK, BOYS!!

Vanessa Schluetter is on the mat (literally!) for us taking photos. Photos and a wrap-up will be in this coming week's Tri-County News and Eden Valley-Watkins News, and here at tricountynews.mn.

Huschle gets Purple Heart ceremony he waited 69 years for

Details: Published on Thursday, 17 January 2013 12:54; Hits: 477

Lawrence Huschle of Eden Valley enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Fort Snelling in March 1942, not long after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and Hitler declared war on the United States. He was trained as a waist gunner on a B-17-E bomber Flying Fortress. On his fifth mission, his plane was shot down over Bremen, Germany; that was June 13, 1943. Controls and electrical power were out, and they were 28,500 feet up. The order came to bail out, but the captain’s parachute got caught in the door. Huschle pushed him out, then got the ball turret gunner out; by then it was only him and the pilot left, and they both jumped. Huschle’s parachute was buffeted by air blasts caused by exploding shells in the air; this jerked and ultimately fractured his spine during the fall. He and his navigator landed in a swamp and were captured not long thereafter. “For you, the war is over,” is what their captors told them. They would hear this again and again. W-IMG 3060

Investigators find weapon in Officer Decker murder

Details: Published on Friday, 04 January 2013 00:14; Hits: 1005

Public’s Help Needed for Information on Person of Interest

The Stearns County Sheriff and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) held a press conference this afternoon to announce they likely found the weapon used to kill Cold Spring Police Officer Tom Decker. They said the person of interest in the case was found dead after hanging himself.

On Wednesday, January 2, BCA agents went to the home of Cold Spring resident 31-year old Eric Joseph Thomes to re- interview him regarding the shooting death of Officer Decker. When investigators arrived, Thomes ran out of his home and into an outbuilding on his property. After a several hour standoff, officers went inside the building and found him dead.

Gifts collected for Watkins family

Details: Published on Thursday, 03 January 2013 14:59; Hits: 408

St. Anthony Manor and Watkins Area Homes collected gifts for a family from Watkins. It was a very touching and great experience for all of the residents to give! In photo are, at left in front, Eileen Tollefson and Pat Boxell. In back are Peggi Gohman and Dorothy Ott. On couch from left to right are Rose Renner, Pat Robertson, and Iris Donnay. Submitted photo.

36th annual Fireman's Breakfast: 1,249 served!

Saturday State Wrestling Tournament update

Huschle gets Purple Heart ceremony he waited 69 years for

Investigators find weapon in Officer Decker murder

Gifts collected for Watkins family

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