By Tyler Trieglaff

Notes from the Chief

Notes from the Farm…48 calves on the ground as of press time. We should be over 70% calving in the first three weeks of the season. Hopefully, the majority will be in the next three-week cycle and there will always be a couple of stragglers that may be a month or more away from calving.  

Now onto some not so happy news…I will be without an ice cream maker this coming winter as my Sweet Aunt Betty (Bigger) passed away last week. The DA and I were lucky enough to visit with this sweetheart of a woman shortly before she passed. She has been the matriarch of the Trieglaff and Bigger families for the last several years, hosting many Sunday birthday dinners just like Grandma Eleanor did. We will definitely miss her and the small family/social gatherings that happened around her kitchen table.

Now, as for the ice cream, the DA and I may have to invest in an ice cream machine before the winter. Crushed ice works well too, but snow works better. The last time we had ice cream was a month or more ago and there were many family and friends there.  The only thing that was missing was the hot chocolate sauce.  

Someone, (not Betty) forgot to make that delectable delight that evening. It was a struggle, but I choked it down without hot chocolate sauce that evening. I have talked about how her ice cream with the little extra bit of vanilla flavoring mixed with the hot homemade chocolate sauce combines to make something so delicious that one can not get enough. That creamy melted mixture could be poured over a plate of horse apples, and it would still taste good. I’m pretty sure she is using the same small pot to cook the chocolate sauce and the same Tupperware small pitcher to serve it in all these years.  

Friday, April 25

7:05 a.m. Assist with a traffic stop on US Hwy 10.

2:09 p.m. Female reporting that she is breaking up with her partner and is worried about his possible repercussions. Info only.

2:33 p.m. Complaint of a couple vehicles that keep parking in a residential area for multiple days. Caller had talked to one of the drivers who told her they were having lunch. Another neighbor said the vehicle occupants were door to door salesmen.  Unable to locate.

6:11 p.m. Traffic stop with warning for speed and loud exhaust.

8:03 p.m. Assist with a cat that figured how to open the automatic doors at the grocery store.

10:35 p.m. Verbal domestic between male and female.

Saturday, April 26

2:59 p.m. Assist with high school prom picture on Main Ave E.

11:30 p.m. Report of a wrong way driver on US Hwy 10 between Frazee and DL.  Unable to locate.  

Sunday, April 27

12:10 a.m. Report of juvenile kids at the new pavilion at Town Lake Beach. Officer and deputy found 7 kids ages 8-12 in the area. Kids were brought home and parents notified about curfew violations.

1:19 a.m. Alarm at the high school due to post prom activities.

2:59 p.m. Assist with a medical.

10:33 p.m. Assist with a medical.

11:24 p.m. Suspicious vehicle in the Lions Park after hours.

Monday, April 28

12:43 p.m. Report of a domestic issues between male and female.

1:48 p.m. Male party calling for information on his roommate who he has not heard from since she was arrested for domestic assault.

3:55 p.m. Assist with a medical.

5:58 p.m. Report of a black labradoodle that took off from a residence. Reporting party posted on Facebook and was contacted by a resident across town as the dog was playing with two dogs there. Reporting party retrieved her dog.

9:57 p.m. Assist with a stalled vehicle at Lake and Main.

Tuesday, April 29

9:56 a.m. Assist with a traffic stop on US Hwy 10.

3:24 p.m. Parking complaint on Lake St. N. Owner was located and vehicle moved.

5:36 p.m. Disturbance between property owner/landlord, tenant and neighbors.  

11:55 p.m. Doors and lights left on at the concession by the ballfields. Officer closed and secured the building.

Wednesday, April 30

10:23 a.m. Report of a car parked on a street for a few days.

2:47 p.m. Driver’s license turned into the PD.

5:12 p.m. Report of littering on Co Rd 118 in the county.

Thursday, May 1

6:56 p.m. Resident calling to report that someone is using his deceased mothers social security number to try to open accounts.