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December 2nd

Kathryn Young, 64, of Lester Prairie

Kathryn “Kathy” Young, 64, of Lester Prairie, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 1, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
A private family memorial service will be held Saturday, Dec. 5, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Lester Prairie.
A public graveside service will be held in the spring.
Memorials for the Young family can be mailed to P.O. Box 449, Lester Prairie.
The Paul-McBride Funeral Chapel in Lester Prairie is handling the arrangements. Its website - www.mcbridechapel.com - includes obituary and guestbook information.

Thanksgiving dinner pickup

The annual community Thanksgiving meal was prepared at First Congregational Church in Glencoe looked a little different this year than the previous 19 years the event has been held. While an indoor sit-down meal was not possible, volunteers turned the annual event into a drive through. The event sponsored by First Congregational Church, Christ Lutheran and Good Shepherd churches in Glencoe, served over 175 meals and took in more than $2,000 to the McLeod Emergency Food Shelf. Eli Kuehn (above) delivered meals directly to a waiting recipient of a holiday meal.

Glencoe native more than one of the guys on 'The Fan'

Barb Neren went into the iHeartMedia studio in Minneapolis Friday, Nov. 27, to record her radio segments for the weekend. People may know the Glencoe native as Barbara K on Cities 97.1 or Lil’ B on 100.3 KFAN’s The Common Man Progrum.

GSL basketball start virtual practice

GSL’s Mitchel Klockmann (32) and his teammates won’t be able to return to the court until later this month. Depending on the rate of the continued spread of COVID-19, the Panthers may have to wait until January to start their season.

GSL teacher makes FACS classes as normal as possible

Glencoe-Silver Lake family and consumer sciences teacher Krysten Dane was hard at work putting recipe and sewing kits together for her students last Wednesday. Some of these kits included ingredients for pancakes and caramel corn.

Seasonal decorating, unseasonal weather

Samantha Hussong and her son, Gabe, worked on installing Christmas lights on a tree in the front yard of the family home on North Louden Avenue Saturday afternoon. With temperatures in the low-50s, the job was easy. Many homeowners in Glencoe took advantage of the mild afternoon to complete the task before plunging temps and chilly winds blew through town.

Donald Thole, 86, of Glencoe

Donald F. Thole, 86, of Glencoe, passed away Sunday, Nov. 29, at GlenFields Living with Care in Glencoe.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Saturday, December 5, 2020, at 11:00 A.M. at Church of St. Pius X in Glencoe with interment in the Glencoe Catholic Cemetery.
A visitation will be held Friday, Dec. 4, 4 to 7 p.m., at Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel in Glencoe. Masks are required and social distancing guidelines will be followed.

A rite of fall?

The Glencoe Police Department has been giving out parking tickets in large numbers of late. City ordinance prohibits vehicles parked on the street overnight between Nov. 1 and April 1. Police issued over 200 warnings the first week of November, and people are still parking on the street overnight.

Anthony Posusta Jr., 91, of Silver Lake

Anthony "Tony" Posusta Jr., 91, of Silver Lake, passed away Nov. 30, at GlenFields Living with Care in Glencoe.
Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 4, at Maresh Funeral Home in Silver Lake. A memorial Mass of Christian burial will follow at 11 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church in Silver Lake with inurnment at Holy Family Cemetery after the Mass.
The Maresh Funeral Home in Silver Lake is handling the arrangements. Its website – www.mareshfuneralhome.com – includes obituary and guestbook information.

Glencoe, county, area cities, GSL prepare for tax meetings

While Glencoe, area cities and the Glencoe-Silver Lake School District are proposing what are arguably modest increases in the property tax levy for 2021, the schedule and approval processes are underway and will wrap up this month.