Southern Minnesota fishing could be a good bet for opener
It s a tradition for many anglers to head north for the fishing opener, but last year s COVID-19 pandemic led many to stay close to home. There s good reason to stick with that strategy this year as well, as lakes in southern Minnesota offers lots of good fishing. 3:49 pm, May 14, 2021 ×
An angler tries his luck from the shore of Ringo Lake during the 2017 fishing opener. Ringo Lake remains a good bet for walleyes during the 2021 opener as well.
West Central Tribune file photo
NEW ULM, Minn. It’s a Minnesota tradition to head north for the fishing opener, but last year’s COVID-19 pandemic kept many anglers closer to home.
Southern fishing could be a good bet for Minnesota fishing opener
It s a tradition for many anglers to head north for the fishing opener, but last year s COVID-19 pandemic led many to stay close to home. There s good reason to stick with that strategy this year as well, as lakes in southern Minnesota offers lots of good fishing. 2:57 pm, May 14, 2021 ×
An angler tries his luck from the shore of Ringo Lake during the 2017 fishing opener. Ringo Lake remains a good bet for walleyes during the 2021 opener as well.
West Central Tribune file photo
NEW ULM It’s a Minnesota tradition to head north for the fishing opener, but last year’s COVID-19 pandemic kept many anglers closer to home.
Lyon County Museum
LCHS has a book in its collection that is a great resource for finding out the origin and historical significance of place names in Minnesota. The book, Minnesota Geographic Names by Warren Upham was first published by the Minnesota Historical Society in 1920. A reprint edition was published in 1969, and the copy the museum has is a second printing of the reprint edition in 1979.
The table of contents in the book lists the counties in Minnesota in alphabetical order. In 1922, Lake of the Woods County was the last county in Minnesota established. When the book was first published in 1920, Lake of the Woods County was a part of Beltrami County.
Bill Palmer
We’ve been learning about MaryAnn (Kack) Blanchette, who was born and grew up on the family farm near Lake Marshall south of Marshall.
Her mother, Anna, died from a heart condition when MaryAnn was 11, forcing MaryAnn into the role of homemaker for her father, Theodore Kack, and older brother, Ted, Jr., who had been her farm chores partner growing up.
MaryAnn, the child homemaker, continued attending her country school, District 6, which was conveniently located immediately to the west of their farm. She smiled as she recalled, “I could get up at a quarter to 9; eat breakfast; and run to school and be at school [before] school started at 9 o’clock.”
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Photo by Deb Gau
With emerald ash borers causing damage to trees in communities as close as Worthington, the city of Marshall is planning to gradually replace ash trees planted on public property like municipal parks. At Independence Park (above), there are a total of 198 ash trees, or about a third of all the trees in the park.
MARSHALL Â An invasive insect that feeds on ash trees is already causing damage in southwest Minnesota, and Marshall needs to be proactive to protect its green spaces, city staff said.
On Tuesday, members of the Marshall City Council approved a plan to gradually remove and replace hundreds of ash trees at risk from the emerald ash borer.