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“Where Fillmore County News Comes First” Weekly Edition
Monday, April 6, 2015
Volume 30 Issue 28
Penny Wars!
Netanyahu and Obama
Veterans Cemetery announcement
Operation Round-up
High speed chase
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Canton l Chatfield l Fountain l Harmony l Lanesboro l Mabel l Ostrander l Peterson l Preston l Rushford l Rushford Village l Spring Valley l Whalan l Wykoff
• • • Look for Boots and Badges on page 8 of the Fillmore County Journal • • •
New Lanesboro business will lift your Spirits By Barb Jeffers barb@fillmorecountyjournal.com
The historic main street of Lanesboro, Minn. has taken up drinking - and granny is supplying the booze. Granny’s Liquor, LLC will soon be opening its doors at 113 Parkway Ave. N. in Lanesboro. David and Lori Bakke have owned the building for almost 20 years, purchasing it on April 13, 1995 to open “Grandma’s Garden” which was in business for almost 14 years. After closing that business, the building was leased for several years and when the building became empty again the Bakke’s had a decision to make as to what to do. The building was on the market for almost a year and had not sold, so David, Lori, and their sons Nathan, Chase, and Colin discussed opening a new business in the building. While many different business options were discussed, Chase came up with the idea of opening an offsale liquor store. They decided to keep the
building on the market until the end of the year and if it hadn’t sold by then they would discuss business options further. After spending a lot of time in Lanesboro during Buffalo Bill Days weekend last August, Lori said she realized “how much I missed Lanesboro”, and is now looking forward to being in town on a daily basis. Although they live in rural Lanesboro, and come to town quite often, it wasn’t the same as the time she spent in town every day running her business as she had in years past. When the building hadn’t sold after the beginning of 2015 the Bakke family had a meeting and said, “Should we do it?” and everyone said, “Let’s do it!” according to Lori. As they discussed it further, an off-sale liquor store seemed to be a good fit. Lori states that the family spent the month of January “doing a lot of research”, visiting approximately a dozen off-sale liquor stores to get a feel of what they thought they would like and not like for their See GRANNY’S Page 3
David and Lori Bakke have been renovating their building in Lanesboro, Minn., preparing to open Granny’s Liquor in late April 2015. Photo by Barb Jeffers
Mitchel Lentz wins a seat on the Fillmore County Board of Commissioners By Jason Sethre jason@fillmorecountyjournal.com
The ballots are in, which means the votes are in, as well. In the ripple effect that started with Tom Mitchel Lentz
Kaase winning the November 2014 election to be named the Sheriff of Fillmore County, Kaase’s seat as Commissioner for District 1 became an open seat up for grabs. A special election was held on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, with the write-in candidate Mitchel Lentz of Spring Valley claiming victory over Karen Reisner of rural Fountain and Michael Holzer of Wykoff.
With 567 of a the total 2,650 eligible voters in District 1, this election attracted 21.4 percent of all voters in the district. Of those 567 voters, Lentz captured 218 votes, Reisner earned 190 votes, and Holzer tallied 158 votes. There was one additional write-in vote to bring the total to 567. The full results from the election are broken down by territories within the district
on page 6 of today’s Fillmore County Journal. Within District 1, Lentz won the City of Chatfield, Jordan Township, Spring Valley Township and Sumner Township. Reisner won over voters in Chatfield Township, while Holzer dominated the City of Wykoff and Fillmore Township. Mitchel Lentz will be sworn into office to oversee District
1, working side-by-side with Randy Dahl, District 2; Harry Root, District 3, Duane Bakke, District 4; and Marc Prestby, District 5. Representing their five districts, the Board has overall responsibility in approving budgets, policies and procedures to govern county operations. Comment on this article at www.fillmorecountyjournal.com
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