Fair Week Entries and Events Pan Monday to Sunday
Calendar outlines Monday through Sunday activities for 4H and FFA at the fair. Entries and judging cover livestock poultry horticulture crops crafts and home arts. grandstand shows include gospel, concerts, and demolition events. Admission gates open from early evening into the night with seniors and kids 18 free on designated days.
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FFA
South Arena
North Arena
Midwest Market
Archie Campbell
Fire destroys barn near Osage Iowa farm Sunday
A large wooden barn on the Lawrence Rogers farm four miles west and two south of Osage burned Sunday afternoon with 3000 bales of hay and 1000 bales of straw inside. A calf died, 10 milk cows were moved to safety, and a nearby garage with oats tools and a feed grinder were also lost. Firemen aided by Rugg dept and neighbors fought the fire into the night.
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Osage
Iowa
Lawerence Rogers
Rogers
Rugg Fire Dept
Rogers Farm
Theft of six pigs from McNutt farm near Sargeant
Mower County Sheriff detectives probe the theft of six Yorkshire and Hampshire Cross gilts from the Mace McNutt farm after 9 30 p m Saturday. The pigs valued at 252 dollars belong to Kermit Lyngans of Hayfield and were taken from the farrowing operation located half a mile west and one and a half miles north of Sargeant. They are white with possible gray spots and priced at 42 dollars each.
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Mower County
Mace McNutt
Kermit Lyngans
Hayfield
McNutt Farm
Sargeant
Yorkshire and
Hampshire
Death Riders To Perform At Mower County Fair
The Death Riders, famed motorcycle thrill show, headline the Mower County Fair Grandstand at 8 p.m. Tuesday. New acts join classics like precision riding and leaps over cars, plus dangerous stunts such as the Human Bomb and a burning hay filled car dive.
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Mower County
Community College to offer environment course
Austin Community College announces final approval for an Environmental Technology associate degree program. Planning began in 1971 under Bryan Toney and Eugene LaVine with a broad Advisory Committee from Hormel Institute, Austin sewage disposal, Mower County Sanitation, USDA SCS, local attorney, Hormel company, and others. The two year curriculum emphasizes pollution control and uses area sanitation and conservation resources.
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Austin Community College
Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Committee
Curtis MacDonald
MacDonald
Austin
Bryan Toney
ACC Department of Biology
Eugene LaVine
Environmental Technology
Jacques Chipault
Hormel Institute
Leon Johnson
Larry Landherr
Mower County
Norman J. Nelsen
U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service
Robert Tuveson
Albert Lea
Cape Cod’s growing Seashore Expansion and Holiday Boom
Bruce Lindquist surveys Cape Cod Massachusetts noting over four million visitors annually. Park officials plan land purchases to expand the National Seashore to 44 600 acres and curb commercial intrusion while trails and rental services proliferate from Eastham to Provincetown. Describes evolving landscape since Thoreau era and a four lane highway replacing old paths.
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Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Cape
America
National Seashore
Wild America
Eastham
Provincetown
Henry Thoreau
Cape Cod vistas and a college plan amid environmental quest
A narrative describes walking along a desolate Cape Cod beach near Nauset Lighthouse and distant shoals. It then outlines Austin Community College's environmental technology program, its cooperative work experience, projected job demand, and fall classes beginning Sept. 6, with contact for admissions. Police report theft of two tires and rims from a 1973 Ford in Jim Lehen's Fordtown lot between Saturday night and Sunday evening, valued at $150 with $35 damage.
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Nauset
Atlantic
Cape
Cape Cod
Austin
Ford
Jim Lehen
Fordtown
Hwy
Glenville Youth Hurt in Car Train Crash Near Gordonsville
A 17 year old Glenville resident is listed in fair condition at St Mary's Hospital Rochester after a car train collision near Gordonsville on Friday. Scott Hendrickson was first taken to Naeve Hospital Albert Lea then transferred to Rochester. He was alone in his vehicle at the time of the crash near the Iowa border.
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Glenville
Minn
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Gordonsville
Scott Hendrickson
Naeve Hospital
Albert Lea
Lowa
Cars Collide Near Elkton In County Road Crash
A two car collision at 3:20 p.m. Sunday on CSAH 7 twelve miles north of Elkton was investigated by the Mower County Sheriff’s Dept. Damages are estimated at 400 dollars to Jeffrey Hegge of Grand Meadow and 75 dollars to Gay Longergan of Dexter.
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CSAH
Elkton
Mower County
Grand prize winners named in County Fair Art exhibit
The Mower County Fair fine arts show awarded top honors to Carol G. Guskey of Austin for Mexican Woman and Palmer Hegstad for Sunset among the fine arts. Josephine Houdek won best in photography for Delphinium and Madonna No. 11, and Dr. Roger Huebner took slide competition top prize Bavarian Church.
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Mower County Fair
Carol G. Guskey
Austin
Palmer Hegstad
Josephine Houdek
Roger Huebner
Tom Humnker
Edythe Griebel
Gayla Bjork
Karen Plantikow
Maybelle Johnson
Betty Pint
Margaret Stearns
Carol Guskey
Mary Johnson
Joseph Groth Sr
Frances Ries
A. P. Kuhn
Jo Houdek
Fran Ries
Marion Hoban
Mrs. W. Malone
Norman Ekedal
Jo Houde
Carol
Lou Guskey
Marcella Hoban
Mower County
Palmer Herstad
Pool Side Rock Fest At Municipal Pool
The Austin Park and Recreation Dept sponsors a Tuesday pool side rock fest featuring Snowy Wood from 9 30 to 11 pm at the Municipal Swimming Pool. Attendees 16 and older must wear a swimsuit to access the pool area. A $1 entry helps cover band expenses. If turnout warrants, more concerts will follow.
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Snowy Wood
Austin Park and Recreation Dept
Deputy Sheriff Norman Retires After 21 Years of Service
Captain Everett Norman of the Mower County Sheriff's Civil Process Serving Dept retires after more than 21 years in county law enforcement. He began as a deputy on May 1 1952 and served under sheriffs Reinartz, Lindahl, and Halstenson before being honored at a dinner at Oak Leaf Restaurant.
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Everett Norman
Mower County
al Reinartz
Norman
Albert Reinartz
Doyle Lindahl
Carmen Halstenson
Sheriff's Dept
Oak Leaf
Two Dogs Taken In By Austin Pound After Weekend pick up
Two dogs welfare is in the City of Austin pound. A black and brown small female mutt was found on the 100 block of 20th St NW Friday evening. A tan male mutt with a black face was located on the 9060 block of W Oakland Ave early today. Adoption or identification inquiries should call 433-3401.
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20Th St. NW
Oakland Ave
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