Having the Bluff Country regional tourism locate an office in Caledonia will bring additional attention to the community. Pictured is Executive Director Brady Bergey.            Photo by Charlie Warner 

During the past decade a number of businesses have left the downtown Caledonia district to relocate along the Highway 44/76 business corridor. The reasons for the business relocations are numerous…larger lots to construct new buildings, more room for larger parking lots, more visibility and potential customer traffic because of the highway.

David, De Anna and Sheri Olafson will be familiar faces to guests at the Crest Inn and Apartments in Caledonia. The couple took over the business this past Thursday.
Photo by Daniel McGonigle

David and Sheri Olafson are the new owners of the Crest Inn and Apartments. The couple are learning the ins-and-outs of the business from former owners Harley and Joanne Meiners.

 Lambert Staggemeyer, left, driver for The Caledonia Argus, was given a token of appreciation by ECM publishers for his decade of service to the paper and its readers. Presenting Staggemeyer is General Manager/Managing Editor Daniel McGonigle.
Photo by Charlie Warner

Neither wind nor rain, nor snow, nor sleet can keep Lambert Staggemeyer from delivering the news.
Staggemeyer recently celebrated his 10th year as driver for The Caledonia Argus. Each Tuesday morning, while the majority of Caledonia sleeps, Staggemeyer climbs into his pickup truck and makes his way to the central printing plant in Calmar, Iowa. The purpose, to bring the news to the readers of The Caledonia Argus.

Employees of ABC Works of Caledonia got sick and tired of the teeth-rattling jolt they experienced when they were unfortunate enough to hit a very large pot hole located in the turn lane off of Highways 44 and 76 and onto Old Highway Drive in Caledonia. So they did something about it…they filled the pot hole with old T-shirts donated to the Twice As Nice Store.

"One of my employees just had new tires put on her SUV, had them spun balanced, and the front end aligned," ABC Works Director Roger "Mac" McCabe explained. "The morning she had the work done on her SUV, she hit the pot hole, which knocked the front end out of alignment. So we decided to do something about this until Mn/DOT can fix the problem."

In the picture above, Lori Stoen, Audrey Stadtler, McCabe, and one of the ABC Works clients, begin filling the hole. In the photo at left, ABC Works employees demonstrated just how deep the hole was before they began to fill it. 

Photos by Charlie Warner)