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“Any bride will want to have their wedding here,” said Susanne Wigginton, co-owner and designer for the Yogo Inn.

Wigginton has put into motion some big changes for the historic portion of the Yogo Inn. Once a train station for the Milwaukee Railroad, in 1963 the building was incorporated as the Yogo Inn hotel, with rooms for guests on the second floor and a ballroom on the first floor. Later additions included 62 more sleeping rooms, the Centermark and indoor pool and additional meeting rooms.

One year after Fergus County voters elected Rick Vaughn as their first Sheriff/Coroner, both he and the Fergus County commissioners agree combining the positions of sheriff and coroner is working well. 

“We felt it would work out because so many other counties have a combined sheriff/coroner and it’s working for them,” Commission Presiding Officer Sandy Youngbauer said. 

In hopes to prevent another catastrophic winter of water line freezes, Public Works Director J.R. Killham wants to share some tips with the public on how to be more proactive when it comes to preventing a frozen water line.

“If you’ve had a freeze-up, it’s probably going to happen again, unless you take precautions,” Killham said. 

And now is a good time to take those precautions.

“Any time it gets below 20 degrees there is potential of residential service line freezes,” Killham said.

Every sport has what is considered a perfect game. Baseball pitchers have the no-hitter. Hockey and soccer goalies have shutouts. Bowling has the 300 game, achieved by throwing all strikes.

While a goalie can get several shutouts in one season, most people go their entire lives without bowling a perfect game. Local bowler Jim Rasmussen recently bowled a 300 game in Laurel. It was his seventh perfect game so far.

Rasmussen has been bowling in league games since he was 11 years old. Now 68 years old, he has been bowling for over 50 years.