Gary Oldenburg guided the snow groomer over the Houston County landscape.
     Photo by Craig Moorhead

More snow came last week, followed by a biting wind. In La Crescent and other Houston County cities, snow throwers were tossing white plumes while shovelers labored. For snowmobilers, it was beautiful.

By Craig Moorhead
Special for the Argus
At a Jan. 14 meeting held one day after a mediation with teachers’ representatives, and one day before state fines would have been imposed for failure to reach an agreement, the ISD #299 board unanimously approved a two-year contract with teachers. High school music instructor Eliott Kranz  served as a one of the negotiators for the association. He explained at the meeting that on average, teachers will receive a little less than one percent in pay hikes during the contract. Thursday night’s action alleviated a state-imposed fine of approximately $23,000.

For the entire story, see the Jan. 20 issue of the Caledonia Argus. 

Kurt Cavanaugh, of Caledonia, left, and Henry Hershberger, of Brownsville, bait their jigs in preparation of an afternoon of fishing in the Mississippi backwaters.               Photo by Charlie Warner

“It came and went real quick. When we first had ice, the fishermen were really getting some nice sized blue gills, and lots of them. But they’ve been sporadic for the last couple of weeks,” DNR Conservation Officer Scott Fritz began last week when asked how the Mississippi River backwaters winter fishing had been going.