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April 4th, 2024

Panther girls golf to begin season Monday, April 8

The GSL Panther girls golf team will tee the 2024 season off on Monday, April 8 when they host Waconia in a nine-hole dual at the Glencoe Country Club.
The Panthers will have to replace 2023 graduates Alyssa Radtke and Brooke Brown from last years team.
Alyssa Radtke finished 11th overall in conference during the regular season, and then made it to day two in section play, earning a Wright County all-conference selection for her terrific play as a senior.

Bergmann’s constructing new building in Hutchinson; to change name

Bergmann Interiors is constructing a new 12,000-square-foot building in Hutchinson where the business will move to in the summer.
Bergmann Interiors was sold by longtime owner Bruce Bergmann to current owner Brent Posusta in May 2023. The move will also coincide with a name change for the business.
Posusta says the business will still be in Glencoe until June as they wait for the new building which will be twice the size of its current building to finish construction. He says the reason the business is moving to Hutchinson is for “more space.”

City Council briefed on Emerald Ash Borer situation in Glencoe

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) detected an infestation of emerald ash borer (EAB) in Glencoe after MDA inspectors identified several infested trees while conducting early detection surveys in the area.

Proposed dog park at Oscar Olson Sunrise Park

The proposed dog park is expected to cost $51,570 to construct. $20,000 in donations would need to be raised for the project.

Glencoe Park Board earmarks $12,500 to the Rotary Club for dog park project

Glencoe Rotary Club President Julie Schmidt presented to the Glencoe Park Board during its March 27 meeting about the potential construction of a dog park at Oscar Olson Sunrise Park.
The park is expected to cost $51,570 to construct, with fencing alone costing $36,215. The Glencoe Rotary Club would like to contribute $15,070 towards the project and has requested a $12,500 contribution from the Park Board.

Find the full story in the April 5, 2024 addition of The Chronicle.

Glencoe City Council approves space needs assessment for police and fire departments

The Glencoe City Council during its Monday meeting passed a motion by a 3 to 2 vote to approve a space needs assessment for both the Police Department and the Fire Department at the cost of $9,800.
This comes after a motion to have the space needs assessments put on the department's 2025 budgets failed by a 2 to 3 vote. Councilors Cory Neid and Mark Hueser voted against the motion that ultimately passed with the former noting the two space needs assessments were not budgeted for.

April 3rd

Death notice: Maxine Haekenkamp, 95

Maxine Phyllis Haekenkamp, 95, of rural Winsted, MN, after a brief illness, passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, MN.
A visitation will take place at Holy Family Catholic Church in Silver Lake, MN, Wednesday, April 3, 2024, beginning at 9 a.m. until time of Mass.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Maxine Haekenkamp will take place Wednesday, April 3, at 11 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church in Silver Lake. Father John Hayes will be the celebrant. Alice Nowak will be the organist for the Mass.

Death notice: Donald Beich, 85

Donald P. H. Beich, 85, of Stewart, MN, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2024, at Glencoe Regional Health in Glencoe, MN.
A funeral service will take place Thursday, April 4, 2024, at 11 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Brownton, MN, with interment in the church cemetery.
Visitation will take place Wednesday, April 3, 2024, from 5 to 8 p.m., and will continue one hour prior to the service, all at the Grace Lutheran Church in Brownton.
Military honors will be by American Legion DeGree Fleisch Post 125 Honor Guard of Stewart.

March 29th

Death notice: Barbara Mathwig, 66

Barbara Lynn Mathwig, 66, of Brownton, MN, passed away Friday, March 22, 2024, at her home in Brownton surrounded by her family.
Visitation will take place Friday, April 5, 2024, from 5 to 8 p.m.
A funeral service will take place Saturday, April 6, 2024, at 11 a.m. at Immanual Lutheran Church in Brownton.

March 28th

Esther Wroge, 105

Esther Wroge, 105, of Plato, MN, passed away Friday, March 22, 2024 at GlenFields Living With Care in Glencoe, MN.
A funeral service took place at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 28, 2024, at St. John’s Lutheran Church (216 McLeod Ave. N.) in Plato with Rev. Tyson Mastin as officiant.
Visitation took place at the church Thursday, March 28, from 9 a.m. until the time of the service. Interment was in the church cemetery.