Archive - Mar 2021

GSL girls’ basketball coach Jeff Monahan and his players celebrated with the net they cut down after winning the section championship over Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial Saturday, March 27, in Glencoe. Monahan and his Panthers opened state tournament play yesterday, Tuesday, March 30, against Minnehaha Academy at Chanhassen High School. Details of the game were not available when The Chronicle went to press.

(From left) Eli Kuehn, Kobe Boozikee, Nathan Warner and team captain Paul Sievert’s GSL Knowledge Bowl team is state bound. They came in first place against 17 other teams at the region meet Friday, March 19. A second GSL team is going, too.

Glencoe’s Jose Villanueva made sure his truck was thoroughly dried off after a washing at the car wash on North Chandler Avenue Sunday afternoon. He was one of dozens of people who took advantage of a mild, sunny afternoon to remove a layer of dirt and gunk from his vehicle.

Beau Brelje’s life took a turn for the worst March 2020.
He had suffered from headaches for about four years, and then a sore throat sent his parents over the edge. His mother, Brenda Brelje, brought him to the emergency room March 2, which then turned into surgery six days later at Children’s Minnesota.
Beau, a 9-year-old from rural Brownton, was diagnosed with a brain tumor called anaplastic ependymoma.
He’s now one of the seven Tim Orth Memorial Foundation recipients this year.

(For the complete story, see the March 31 print edition of The Chronicle.)

Solar gardens have become a hot topic in recent years, and with McLeod County’s denial of a proposal awaiting a court hearing, the county is looking for ways to handle this type of proposed land use moving forward.
Marc Telecky, the county’s director of Environmental Services, proposed a solar garden ordinance amendment at the county planning commission meeting Wednesday, March 24.

(For the complete story, see the March 31 print edition of The Chronicle.)