Remembering 2025

Posted 12/31/25

IMG 0346: Colleen O’ Connor Toberman (center) from Friends of the Mississippi and Evan Hanson (right) listen to Rep. Rick Hansen at the HERO Center presentation by Holcim US on the proposed Nelson …

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Remembering 2025

City staff and council joined with others to cut the ribbon on the city’s new utilities and engineering building Thursday, Feb. 13.

Image courtesy City of Cottage Grove

City resident Jack Lavold nominated former Mayor Roger Peterson (shown above) and wife Myra Peterson to be the namesakes for a new park on Jamaica Avenue near Lochridge.

Image from 1975 Bulletin photo.

Colleen O’ Connor Toberman (center) from Friends of the Mississippi and Evan Hanson (right) listen to Rep. Rick Hansen at the HERO Center presentation by Holcim US on the proposed Nelson Backwater Mine.

Photo by Joseph Back

Workers with Juxtaposition Arts collaborated with attendees, library staff, and county officials for feedback on a Park Grove Library redesign March 29.

Photo by Joseph Back