Skip to content

Gibbon Council orders utility improvements

by Michael Mattison A hearing for the 2024 utility improvements project that will bring infrastructure to the new GFW Schools site was held by the Gibbon City Council at its March regular meeting on Wednesday. After the hearing, the City Council passed a resolution ordering the improvements and considered soil boring proposals. Bryan Petzel of ISG…

Read More

Code 3 continues to thrive 

by Maggie Buettner Code 3 Bowling & Party has been busy the past year. Not only participating in the city festivities, they host Lions BINGO on Tuesday evenings. They have many food options and even host a catered meal monthly. They host the GFW High School bowling league as well as Senior, Mens, Co-Ed, and…

Read More

Bond sale process for Second Street initiated

by Michael Mattison At its regular meeting in February, the Winthrop City Council began the bidding process for the competitive negotiated sale of general obligation bonds for the Second Street project. Shannon Sweeney of David Drown said the estimated project cost is $9.655 million with Sibley County participation of about $3.4 million, $1 million cash…

Read More

GFD chicken dinner a huge success

The Gibbon Fire & Rescue Department held its annual grilled chicken dinner on Sunday and served a ton of chicken. Over 2,000 pounds of chicken was grilled and over 1,100 meals were bought in three hours. Photos by Maggie Buettner

Read More

Thunderbirds advance to Sub-Section finals

by Michael Mattison With a double digit victory over BOLD in the quarterfinals and an overtime win over Sleepy Eye in the semifinals, the GFW Thunderbird boys basketball team earned a spot in the Sub-Section championship against Lester Prairie. The game was contested Monday evening in St. Peter. BOLD kept the game tight throughout the first three…

Read More

Public Notices March 13

Winthrop City Council Meeting Minutes Monday, January 22, 2024 A Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Winthrop was called to order at 7 p.m. on January 22, 2024, in the city council chambers of the City Hall, for the purpose of conducting city business. Councilors Present: Mayor Trebelhorn, Councilors O’Connor, Wickenhauser,…

Read More

Classifieds March 13

Real Estate Sales 3 Bed, 3 1/2 Bath House: Sitting on 20.24 acre lot with tillable land. This house features a main floor master with hardwood floors along with 2 additional bedrooms upstairs, an open floor plan with well-maintained oak woodwork, a 4-season porch, multiple outbuildings, and many mature trees. 29295 441st Ave. Gaylord, MN…

Read More

Bernadotte Township man serves far beyond the area

by Ruth Klossner Even though no one in his family had served in the military when he was a child, Greg Peterson was exposed to patriotism in many ways. He watched a lot of parades as a kid, especially when his uncle Teddy Manderfeld carried the flag. “I was exposed to patriotism at the New…

Read More

Winthrop Police Department dedicated to keeping citizens safe

by Michael Mattison It was a busy year for the Winthrop Police Department last year and 2024 continues to see the Department very active. The local department made 1,155 traffic stops during 2023 which include moving violations. “We don’t write a ton of citations,” said Police Chief Logan Anderson. There were only 120 citations were…

Read More