By Bill Anderson

Nature seems to have exhausted its ability to super heat when it topped the 95 degree mark on Sunday, October 1, Uff-Da Day. Since then, the mercury has plummeted more than 65 degrees, bottoming out at a freezing temperature of 30 degrees for more than 2 hours on Saturday morning, October 7. The 2023 growing season was definitely put to rest on the morning of Tuesday, October 10, when the low for the night hit 28 degrees, and stayed there for 5 hours. The final nail in the coffin of summer ’23 was driven home by a low temperature of 26 degrees on the morning of Wednesday, October 11. Goodbye to green leaves, and hello to the lawn rake. The snow shovel is still on standby, confidently and patiently waiting for its turn on the front line.

Combines are grinding away on corn and soybeans, and some local growers are getting close to being done with the 2023 bean harvest. Joe Breker estimated that about 1½ days of soybean harvest remained on his farming operation as of Tuesday, October 10. Joe reported that the yield had generally been better than average, running from 45 bu. per acre to much better than that. No corn has been harvested on the Breker farm, yet, but Joe estimates that the 2023 corn crop will come in well above average, too.

Noah Breker, grandson of Joe & Patty Breker of this community, established an outstanding record in track while a high school student in Minnesota, but he is now a freshman at the University of North Carolina, and is getting ready to make his mark in big college, national track meets. Noah will be competing at the U of Wisconsin in the Honeycombe Classic this coming Friday, October 13. Joe & Patty are planning to be there to see their grandson compete. On their way back home they plan to stop to observe another grandson’s sports debut. Their grandson, Gideon Breker, will be playing football for Armstrong High School of Plymouth MN.

Wedding Bells were ringing from the hilltops on Saturday, October 7, when Jacob Mehrer and Courtney Stevens were married in an outdoor ceremony up at the Coteau des Prairies Lodge. The reception and dance were held at the Rutland City Hall. Courtney is the daughter of the late Lisa Stevens and Rian Stevens of Luck, Wisconsin. Jacob is the son of Hilary and Shannon Mehrer of Rutland. The bride and groom are currently making their home in Grand Forks ND where Jacob works for a property management company while finishing his college degree at UND, and Courtney works as a legal secretary for a law firm in Grand Forks. The Rutland community congratulates Jacob & Courtney on their marriage, and extends best wishes to them for a long and happy life together.

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