60 years ago
Thursday, Feb. 25, 1960
A deal was made here on Monday whereby Tom Probst of Pipestone purchased the Koopmann Jewelry store from Peter Koopmann who has operated the jewelry store since 1903.
Fulda 20¢ Wash to hold open house on February 26 and 27. The new automatic laundromat will have sixteen Frigidaire commercial washers and five (three load) dryers.
Mr. Fred Dorman, celebrating his 91st birthday, was honored to receive a card from Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower, wife of the President.
The First Presbyterian Church of Fulda will celebrate their Diamond Jubilee on Sunday, February 28th.
Mr. and Mrs. Loras Marco are saddened by the death of their infant son, Craig, whose death occurred due to a heart condition.
William Peters passed away Thursday morning at the age of 76 years old.
Oltmann O. Schmidt passed away February 18 at the home of his daughter in Iona.
Fritz F. Behr passed away after being sick with the flu for 10 days at his home on February 20th.
30 years ago
Wednesday, Feb. 21, 1990
Sixth graders Laura Wendorff and Stacie Sturm hand over the collection of pop tabs to Jerry Van Oort who will take them to the Ronald McDonald House in the Cities. The FLA Pop A Top campaign, which collected 18 and 1/2 pounds of tabs, to began as a small project to help families who stay at the Ronald McDonald Houses.
Warrior wrestlers held their Individual District Tournament in Ellsworth this past Saturday.
The Fulda-Slayton Warriors won the District 8 Title ended the decade-long domination of the Adrian Dragons defeating them 37-15.
Citizens of Tomorrow include Mitch Clark, Sarah Opdahl, and Tracy Reith.
Featured in Fulda High School Senior Profiles are Bobbi Jo Swenson, Melissa Baumgard, and Michael Olsem.
Celebrating birthdays at Maple Lawn this month are Mary Olson, Christine Jensen, Frank Kuehl, Marie Schuster and Elizabeth Heyen.
Mike and Lisa Peterson are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Tammy, born on February 16th.
Wilhelmena Zinnel passed away on February 11th at the age of 87 years old.
20 years ago
Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000
Tim Haberman, Tyler Paplow and Cody Nelson were happy to discard those heavy boots and coats and enjoy the sunny skies and balmy temperatures on Monday as they had a game of basketball around the puddles on the playground.
Fulda High School Speech team brings home first place in the Minneota Invitational tournament held on Saturday.
Fulda Schools will see three teachers retire this year; Ron Renneke, William Stolte, and Dennis Wilde.
Micheal Cowan, sixth grader in Mr. Carroll’s class, is the author of a book called “A Dragon for a Pet.”
Featured in Fulda High School Senior Profiles this week are Lindsay Appel, Justin Sieve, Jessica Surma, and Jessica Thompson.
Joel and Angie Ramerth celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in San Diego, California on January 9, 2000.
Tonya Thier and Gregory Erdmann announce their engagement. The couple plans a July wedding at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Worthington.
Ted and Melissa VandenBosch are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Kaitlyn, born February 19th. Grandparents include Ken and Rose VandenBosch and Jorge and Betty Duque.
Wendy Wildfeuer is the parent of a son, Alex born February 9, 2000. Grandparents are Roger and Melva Wildfeuer.
Mary Lanners passed away on February 17, 2000 at the age of 96 years old.
