COVID-19

Getting married in a COVID-19 world

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 06/02/2020 - 6:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

Jordan Albrecht and Rachel Markgraf have been planning their May 30, 2020 wedding for a long time. Unfortunately, what they did not plan for was a pandemic. 

Renville County Fair 2020 has been cancelled

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 06/02/2020 - 6:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

In a facebook page posted on Friday, May 29, the Renville County Fairboard announced that they had decided to cancel the 2020 County Fair. 

“It is with great sadness that the Renville County Ag Society announces the cancellation of the 2020 Renville County Fair due to COVID-19 restrictions & guidelines,” the facebook post read.

City Council approves Emergency Temporary Ordinance allowing outdoor service at bars and restaurants

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 06/02/2020 - 6:00am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

The Fairfax City Council met for a special meeting on Thursday, May 28 at 8:15 am at the Community Center.

The purpose of the meeting was to consider adopting an Emergency Temporary Ordinance suspending certain sections of City Code to allow for outdoor service at bars and restaurants.

Hillmann shares her NYC experience

Published by fxstandardnews on Mon, 05/25/2020 - 7:31pm

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

Back in mid-April, we told you about nurse and Gibbon native Megan Hillmann, who was going to New York City to help treat COVID-19 patients and to help provide some relief for hospital workers there.

She is back home now and was willing to share her experience with us.

Governor’s Stay Home order allowed to expire

Published by fxstandardnews on Mon, 05/25/2020 - 7:28pm

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s ‘Stay Home’ order was allowed to expire as of Monday, May 18. The State transitioned from ‘Stay Home Minnesota’ to a ‘Stay Safe’ campaign.

So what does this mean for us? Well, that depends.

Area libraries move to ‘curbside’ service

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 05/05/2020 - 10:14am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

You never know what you’ve got until it’s gone.  That statement could be applied to many aspects of our lives right now, but something many of us have missed since the Stay at Home order was executed is our local library. 

Governor extends ‘Stay at Home’ order

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 05/05/2020 - 10:09am

By Denise Bonsack, Publisher

On Thursday, April 30, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz extended the ‘Stay at Home’ Executive Order until May 18, 2020. The original order, issued on March 25, would have expired on April 10. On April 8, it was extended, and set to expire on May 4.

There is push to allow businesses to resume regular operations, but the extension of the order postpones at least some of those operations for two more weeks. 

Governor Walz says distance learning will continue

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 04/28/2020 - 10:00am

On Thursday, April 23, Governor Tim Walz announced that he was extending the Distance Learning order through the end of the 2019-20 school year. 

This means students and teachers will continue to use the social media, online classrooms and zoom meetings or google meets, or other online collaboration tools to interact with students. Graduation ceremonies will look very different than what we are used to, though at this point, no one knows exactly how. 

Finding ways to celebrate from a distance

Published by fxstandardnews on Mon, 04/27/2020 - 2:33pm

Colten Miller, of Gibbon, has been planning his ninth birthday party since November. Unfortunately, a global pandemic messed with his plans, so his family improvised. On Saturday, the Millers, (pictured from left) Brayden, Colten, Ava, Amanda and Russ, held an impromptu party for Colten in the middle of Gibbon’s main street, complete with signs, balloons and party hats. The Gibbon Fire Department got in the act, driving by with their lights and sirens, and afterwards, the family drove around town dropping treat bags to Colten’s friends from afar.

School Lunches to go at Cedar Mountain

Published by fxstandardnews on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 8:59am

The Cedar Mountain lunch team, (pictured from left) Dawn Tietz, paraprofessional, Bev Christenson, Cook and Cindy Kopischke, Head Cook, prepare lunches of taco-in-a-bag, veggies and dip, apples and milk to be distributed to students.  

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