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Lafayette Lion receives top award at district banquet
by Ruth Klossner In a surprise announcement during the Governor’s Banquet at the 5M-2 Mid-Winter Convention in Mankato Saturday, February 14, Lafayette Lion Tricia “Trish” Gieseke received the highest award presented. Gieseke was awarded the International President’s Certificate of Appreciation, the only such award conferred at the convention. The certificate is inscribed, “In recognition of…
Read MoreGFW Triple A Award recipients
GFW High School honored its Triple A Award recipients on Friday evening prior to the tip off of the Firebirds boys basketball game. Cole Jacobson and Keyden Buboltz were this year’s representatives from GFW. The Academics, Arts and Athletics Award, commonly known as the Triple ‘A’ Award, honors high school seniors throughout the state who have…
Read MoreCity, townships discuss fire and ambulance contracts
by Michael Mattison The City of Winthrop, surrounding townships and the City of Gibbon held their annual gettogether to discuss ambulance and fire contracts. The townships of Alfsborg and Transit as well as the City of Gibbon signed the ambulance contract following the meeting. Winthrop Fire Chief Adam Pagel and Winthrop Ambulance Captain Kristin McCue…
Read MoreOlson Rookie Champion for MSAA
by Maggie Buettner One could say, Lane Olson was born to be an auctioneer. He attended his first sale when he was three days old as his mom was a clerk at the sale barn. He spent a lot of time there when he was younger. Lane stated, “From there I started to kinda mumble…
Read MoreThen there was one
Last week was moving day from GFW Middle School/High School in Winthrop to the new school in Gibbon. Classes were let out at noon on Wednesday and moving and classroom setup took place on Thursday and Friday. For more photos of the move, pick up a copy of the February 18 issue of the Winthrop…
Read MoreSnow blower replacement approved by Winthrop Council
by Michael Mattison The Winthrop City Council approved the purchase of a snowblower at its regular meeting on February 2. The purchase cost is $55,000. It was formerly used by Carver County and has 871 hours of use. Public works has inspected the unit, changed oil on it and looked at the hydraulics. The attachment…
Read MoreWinthrop Ambulance receives $15,000 from Gibbon Lions
The Winthrop Ambulance received a generous donation from the Gibbon Lions recently. The Lions donated $15,000 which will be use to replace their Cardiac LUCAS Device. McCue explained, “The LUCAS device is a portable, battery-powered mechanical system that delivers automated, high-quality chest compressions to cardiac arrest patients. By providing consistent rate, depth, and 360-degree decompression,…
Read MoreReady, set, go!
For photos of the Slice and Slide with Cops event, check out the February 11 issue of the Winthrop News.
Read MoreLafayette jumpers ‘freezin’ for a reason’
by Ruth Klossner Temperatures were around 30 degrees and there wasn’t much wind when the 20th Annual Polar Plunge for Special Olympics was held Saturday, February 7, at St. Peter. It was a welcome change from the weather Minnesota had experienced just a few days earlier A total of 326 plungers took part and soared…
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