St. Olaf News

Posted on Dec 04, 2009 by Molly Rossiter . A northeast Iowa synod council is the first in the nation to defy the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Americaa s decision to allow clergy to be in committed same-gender relationships.

I mentioned last week that St. Olaf Political Scientist Dan Hofrenning had predicted on Almanac that Tim Pawlenty will be the 2012 Repub nominee.

Gov. Pawlenty will take his I'm-thinking-about-running-for-president campaign to New Hampshire in December.

My earliest memory or hearing a reference to Saint Olafa s was in a scene long ago on the now defunct but still very funny television show, The Golden Girls.

Rita Abens, age 75, of Osage, died Friday, October 30, 2009, at the Osage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Osage.

Title: Lutheran CORE Attendees Express Variety of Viewpoints ELCA NEWS SERVICE >September 27, 2009 Lutheran CORE Attendees Express Variety of Viewpoints 09-213-JB FISHERS, Ind.

Lutheran congregations across Iowa will avoid a mass exodus of members despite tension over the denomination's controversial decision to allow sexually active gay clergy, according to predictions on Saturday by church-goers, pastors and gay-rights activists.

Three newcomers and an incumbent will vie for three open seats on the West Des Moines school board in the Sept.

Theresa M. Nichols, 79, of Fort Dodge, died Friday, July 24, 2009 at the Trinity Regional Medical Center.

Alice Elizabeth Gwinner, 86, of Ankeny, formerly of Fort Dodge, died Wednes- day, May 27, 2009, at the Taylor Hospice House in Des Moines.

While her classmates donned their red graduation caps and gowns Sunday, Jennie Haden sat in a Minnesota hospital room, missing the crowning event of her years at Fort Dodge Senior High School.

St. Olaf College senior Ellen Goerss, missing since Thursday afternoon, was reunited with her family this evening, according to Police Chief Mark Taylor.