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Archive - Article (News)

November 22nd, 2023

Death notice: Ricardo Stiles

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 2:50pm

Ricardo “Rick” Stiles, 68, of Glencoe, MN, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, at The Gardens at Winsted in Winsted, MN.
A memorial service will take place Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, at 11 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Glencoe.
A gathering of family and friends will take place Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, from 9 to 11 a.m., two hours prior to the service at the church.
Military honors are by the Glencoe Military Honor Guard.
Arrangements are with the Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel in Glencoe. Online guestbook is available at www.mcbridechapel.com.

November 15th

GACC welcomes new president

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/15/2023 - 2:39pm

Lakeside Veterans Day Program

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/15/2023 - 2:35pm

GSL Veterans Day Program

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/15/2023 - 2:34pm

GACC welcomes new president

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/15/2023 - 2:32pm

There is nothing like starting a brand new job and having some of the organizations biggest events happening within your first couple of weeks.
That is where Becky Edwards found herself when she began her role as the new Glencoe Area Chamber of Commerce president Oct. 23.
She jumped right in taking on the finishing touches of the annual chamber banquet that was held Nov. 1 and the upcoming Seasonal Sampler Nov. 17 and Holly Days isn’t too far behind.
Edwards is ready to take on the challenge head on. She is excited for the new opportunity.


City wages fall behind the average

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/15/2023 - 2:15pm

Hiring quality employees and keeping them is a constant battle for any employer and the City of Glencoe is no exception.
Over the last months, the Glencoe City Council and staff have discussed the best ways to attract quality candidates and retain them once they are hired. Competitive wages in one of those wages.
City department heads have heard that employees leave for higher wages elsewhere.
Earlier this year, city staff recommended do a wage study to identify where Glencoe sits in comparison to other communities in the wages. The cost of the proposed study was around $6,000.


11/15 Happenings

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/15/2023 - 2:13pm

The Glencoe Study Club to meet
The Glencoe Study Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 20 at Christ Lutheran Church in Glencoe.
The topic for the evening will be "40 Countries in 40 Minutes", a presentation by Chris and Dennis Davis and Kerry Davis.
Visitors and potential members are welcome. Members who are unable to attend should call Nita at 864-6121.

Community Thanksgiving Dinner
All are welcome to the Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner, on Thursday November 23, 12 noon, at First Congregational Church, Glencoe (1400 N Elliot Ave., Glencoe).


GSL Alumni Spotlight: Malayh Metcalf, Cross-Country/Track and Field, St. Thomas

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/15/2023 - 2:08pm

Malayh Metcalf ran her way
into the record books at GSL. The
five time cross-country and track
All-Conference honoree smashed
GSL school records in the 800,
1600, and four by 200 meter
races. She was also a five time
state qualifier in cross-country
and took 5th place in the 800-meter
dash at the track and field state
tournament her senior year of
2022.
In the fall of 2022, Metcalf
took her running prowess to the
newly minted division I St.
Thomas to compete in both cross country
and track. As part of St.
Thomas’s transition from division


Panther Senior Spotlight: Eli Ehrke, football and basketball

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/15/2023 - 2:07pm

On Wednesday morning this
past week Eli Ehrke officially
signed a letter of intent to play
basketball for division II University
of Sioux Falls. “I’m relieved,
now I can focus on the season,”
Ehrke said of the official commitment.
The University of Sioux
Falls was Ehrke’s top college
choice because of the colleges emphasis
on business management,
which will be Ehrke’s area of
study. In fact, a majority of
Ehrke’s future basketball teammates
at USF are also business
majors.

Check out the full story in the 11/15 edition of The Chronicle.

GSL Panther tennis: three decades, one coach

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/15/2023 - 2:05pm

This fall marked the GSL
tennis programs 30th year in
existence. The program started
in the fall of 1994, which was
the first year that Glencoe and
Silver Lake consolidated.
Head coach Robert
DeCorsey has been at the helm
for all 30 of those years. You
could call it an accident though,
as DeCorsey was only supposed
to be the assistant coach
when the new program was
formed. Then athletic director
Kathy Olson had another person
lined up to be the head
coach, a name now forgotten to
time, but as the fates would
have it, the other coach flaked
and GSL tennis would fall into