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Al Batt: Song of the songbirds

Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting A drought is a terrible thing. It said it’s going to rain on TV. Great! Now we’ll have a ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, October 10, 2023 5:20 pm

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Al Batt: The joys of pie

Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting The power was out in town for a few hours last night. Where were you when the lights went ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, October 3, 2023 6:36 pm

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Barbara Lee Monahan, 76

BARBARA “BARB” LEE (TALLEY) MONAHAN, age 76, of Waseca passed away on September 29, 2023 at her home. Born on October 29, 1946 in Owatonna, ... Read more

by Al Batt, Monday, October 2, 2023 3:03 pm

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William “Bill” G. Barnett, 88

William “Bill” Gordon Barnett, age 88, of Austin, Minnesota, passed away Thursday, September 28, 2023, at his home. Bill was born July 5, 1935, to ... Read more

by Al Batt, Friday, September 29, 2023 4:54 pm

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Al Batt: Dogs can’t whistle

Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Do you ever wonder why we can’t hear dog whistles? Yeah, why is that? It’s because dogs can’t whistle. ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, September 26, 2023 5:21 pm

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EST/FOX, N.

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF MOWER 50-PR-23-1655 THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION Court File No. 50-PR-23-1655 Estate of Nordean E. Fox, ... Read more

by Al Batt, Monday, September 25, 2023 12:03 pm

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7.11.23 SUMMARY

Regular Session of the Mower County Board of Commissioners Summary of Minutes July 11, 2023 The Mower County Board of Commissioners in and for the ... Read more

by Al Batt, Friday, September 22, 2023 10:41 am

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Al Batt: Yellowjackets on the move

Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I dropped my gym membership. Those memberships are hard to cancel. How did you do it? I gave my ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, September 19, 2023 5:47 pm

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Al Batt: Buttering that bread

Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I’m in a rut. Sometimes I wonder what I’m doing here. Oh, yeah? Do you ever wonder that? Sure, ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, September 12, 2023 5:37 pm

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Al Batt: When someone holding a flyswatter says, ‘Don’t move!’

Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting My wife is always correcting me. I told her, “Judy, quit correcting me.” I thought your wife’s name was ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, September 5, 2023 4:22 pm

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Al Batt: Naming our mouse relocation program

Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Hot enough for you? No, I wish it were hot enough to melt the soles of my shoes as ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 29, 2023 6:10 pm

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Al Batt: Picking up pebbles

Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Do you have mosquitoes around here? Big ones. See that eagle over there? I do. Well, that’s no eagle. ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 22, 2023 7:56 pm

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Al Batt: Featuring Big Tiny Little, Jr. at the Piano

Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I ate at the Eat Around It Cafe. They ran out of the special. I always order the special. ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 15, 2023 6:12 pm

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Al Batt: How did your hometown get its name?

Echoes from the  Loafers’ Club Meeting It’s nice to meet you, Alan. Please, call me Allen. I just went to the movie theater to see ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 8, 2023 6:36 pm

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Lavern C. Torrens, 88

Lavern C. Torrens, 88, of Decatur, IL, passed away on Friday, June 23, 2023, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. Vern, as he was known ... Read more

by Al Batt, Friday, August 4, 2023 5:19 pm

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