Advertising and Styles in the Brandon Echo 1899

Tamble's Place

Brandon MN

Advertising in the Brandon Echo January 12, 1899

Our Lady of Seven Dolors Church decked out for Easter Sunday

Millerville, MN

Stowe Lake cleaned of 50,000 pounds of rough fish



West Douglas County Record  Thursday, March 15, 2012

The fishing was never easier March 7 at Stowe Lake as rough fish, 500 pounds at a time, were removed from the lake.  The Miller Fish Company of Browns Valley set up its fishing operation to remove an abundance of rough fish consisting of carp, buffalo and sheepshead.  The operation was sponsored by the Brandon Sportsmen Fin and Feather Club.  A total of 50,000 pounds of fish was taken out of the lake with 95 percent carp.  Any game fish hauled up were returned to the lake.   The rough fish are shipped to markets in the eastern part of the United States.  The company also harvested fish on Stowe Lake March 8 and had been to Red Rock Lake for a harvest March 6.   The last time Stowe Lake was seined for rough fish was in 1989.

Our Lady of Seven Dolors Church Millerville MN gets a facelift for Easter

Millerville MN

Scott Stewart of S & S Painting of our area, is painting the interior of Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church.  It was last painted in 1967 by Frank Eisenschenk of Richmond MN.  Information from the parish office tells us that Eisenschenk, also painted the pictures in the niches, of the Blessed Mother and St. Joseph.  On the side walls is Maria Goretti, the symbol of purity for young people.  On the south side wall is St. Isadore and his wife Maria de La Cabeza, the symbol of Christian farm family life.  Eisenschenk painted these pictures using the Bayronese art style.  The new church was dedicated in 1956. According to Norb Korkowski, color was added to the new plaster at the time of construction. The last picture is of the new glass doors which were installed in the fall of 2011.

Be sure to click on the link below to see a wonderful video of the Brandon Auditorium

Brandon Auditorium Video by Steve Henning

New water tower for Brandon in the Spring of 2012

 Construction of a 100,000 gallon elevated tank will begin in spring.  The new location of the well and water tower will be on the south-east corner of the block on which the liquor store is located, which is the corner of Front Street and Holmes Avenue.