Fires Have Been Plentiful; Structures Lost So. Of Flaxville

As you’ll see throughout this issue fires have been keeping local volunteers from their day jobs the past weeks.

At right, a fire that is believed to have been caused by lighting striking a power pole destroyed several small out buildings (top photo) and a barn (lower photo) on property owned by Jens and Jessica Winge-Petersen. The farmstead is about 10 miles south of Flaxville on...