Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Churches - Benton Zion Lutheran - Cologne |
Rev. Osterman declines call of Benton Zion Lutheran Church |
Religion: Churches: Lutheran |
Waconia Patriot |
8/5/1943 |
1 |
|
| Schwanke, Albert |
Killed in car/truck collison |
Death Records: CC Index |
LP |
8/5/1943 |
1 |
2 |
| Taubert, George |
Killed in car/train collison |
Death Records: CC Index |
LP |
8/5/1943 |
1 |
2 |
| Churches - Benton Zion Lutheran - Cologne |
Rev. Rottman of Green Isle called by Benton Zion Lutheran Church |
Religion: Churches: Lutheran |
Waconia Patriot |
8/12/1943 |
1 |
|
| Churches - Benton Zion Lutheran - Cologne |
Rev. Rottman accepts call of Zion Lutheran Church in Benton |
Religion: Churches: Lutheran |
Waconia Patriot |
9/2/1943 |
1 |
|
| Happ, George, Mrs. |
Jewelry of Pres. Lincoln's wife now owned by Chaska woman |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/9/1943 |
1 |
4 |
| Churches - Benton Zion Lutheran - Cologne |
Rev. Rottman to be installed as pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Benton |
Religion: Churches: Lutheran |
Waconia Patriot |
9/16/1943 |
1 |
|
| Churches - Benton Zion Lutheran - Cologne |
Impressive installation service at Zion Church for new pastor |
Religion: Churches: Lutheran |
Waconia Patriot |
9/23/1943 |
1 |
|
| Corbin, Leonard W. |
Married Ellen Jean Driscoll |
Marriage Records |
Waconia Patriot |
10/7/1943 |
3 |
0 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Knotz Cafe - New owner |
Business & Industry: Restaurants |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/27/1944 |
10 |
1 |
| Businesses - Watertown |
Halgren Drug, Collection spot for pictures of pioneers |
Business & Industry: Pharmacies |
Carver County News |
2/3/1944 |
1 |
3,4 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Knotz Cafe - Mr. & Mrs. Knotz retire |
Business & Industry: Restaurants |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/24/1944 |
8 |
1 |
| Businesses - Chaska |
American Crystal Sugar Co: Wall collapse, leaves big gap in warehouse in sugar plant |
Business & Industry: Food Preparation Industries |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/9/1944 |
1 |
6 |
| Businesses |
Gehl Ranch: New turkey colony of 30,000 |
Animal Husbandry: Poultry |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/16/1944 |
1 |
2 |
| Deetz, Lincoln |
awarded Gold Star |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/30/1944 |
6 |
4 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Cologne co-opertive creamery Asso. - Erwin Hukrieds resigns at creamery |
Business & Industry: Creameries |
Waconia Patriot |
3/30/1944 |
5 |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
Cologne Milling Co. Bldg, damaged by fire |
- Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring
- Disasters: Fires |
Waconia Patriot |
5/25/1944 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Cologne |
Fire does great damage to Mill at Cologne |
Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring |
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/25/1944 |
1 |
6 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Cologne Mill Fire - $12,000.00 damage |
- Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring
- Disasters: Fires |
Norwood Times |
5/26/1944 |
1 |
2 |
| Churches - Chaska/Guardian Angel's Catholic Church |
Queen of May honored Sunday, in colorful pageant |
- Religion: Churches: Catholic
- Entertainment: Fairs & Pageants |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/1/1944 |
5 |
4 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Picture of Cologne Milling Co., Fire |
- Business & Industry: Mills, Flouring
- Disasters: Fires |
Waconia Patriot |
6/1/1944 |
1 |
|
| School |
Cologne - St. Bernards - 16 graduates from the 8th grade |
Education: Private Schools |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/22/1944 |
5 |
1 |
| Heger, Godfrey John, Rev. |
Celebrates first high mass at Cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/29/1944 |
1 |
1 |
| Columbro, Margaret N. |
Married Donald Light (S.K. 3/c U.S.N.) |
|
Carver County News |
8/10/1944 |
1 |
5 |
| Light, Donald (S.K. 3/c U.S.N.) |
Married Margaret N. Columbro |
|
Carver County News |
8/10/1944 |
1 |
5 |
| Collins, Baby boy |
birth |
|
Norwood Times |
8/11/1944 |
4 |
4 |
| Schools - Carver County |
County school children provide 3,000 life-saving jackets in Milkweed Pod collection campaign |
Economics: Charitable Fundraising |
Waconia Patriot |
10/5/1944 |
1 |
|
| Driscoll, Edith E. |
Died Nee; Edith E. Hill |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/23/1944 |
1 |
|
| Klobe, Arthur |
Promotion to Lieutenant Col. |
|
Norwood Times |
11/24/1944 |
1 |
3 |
| Henke, Alvin O. (Corp) |
Married Alice Elizabeth Colton |
|
Waconia Patriot |
11/30/1944 |
1 |
|
| Klobe, Arthur H. |
Minnesota's youngest Lieutenant Colonel with First Army. |
|
Waconia Patriot |
11/30/1944 |
8 |
|
| Arnst, Orrin |
Cologne Sailor Reported Dead |
- Reference Sources: Death Records
- Military Activities: World War, 1939-1945 |
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/7/1944 |
1 |
5 |
| Klobe, Arthur H. |
Minnesota\'s youngest Lieutenant Colonel with First Army. |
|
Waconia Patriot |
12/7/1944 |
1 |
|
| Hesse, Arthur, P.F.C. |
Another Cologne man killed in Pacific combat. Killed at Layte |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/4/1945 |
1 |
|
| Hesse, Arthur, P.F.C. |
Many at services. Memorial services at St. Bernard's Church, Cologne |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/11/1945 |
1 |
|
| Gehrig, Stanley |
Cologne man discharged from military. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/8/1945 |
6 |
4 |
| Businesses - Cologne |
Lambert Wirtz Liquor Store - Ed Schepers buys Wirtz Liquor Store |
Business & Industry: Bars & Taverns |
Waconia Patriot |
2/8/1945 |
5 |
|
| Jacques, Alfred |
Cologne man receives medical discharge from military. |
Military Activities |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/8/1945 |
6 |
4 |
| Deetz, Lincoln Franklin |
wed Dorothy Jane Sell |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/22/1945 |
1 |
3 |
| Sell, Dorothy Jane |
Married Lincoln Franklin Deetz |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/22/1945 |
1 |
3 |
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