By Jason Sethre Publisher Fillmore County Journal jason@fillmorecountyjournal.com This past week, I heard the news that Mark Zuckerberg dropped from the third richest person in the world to sixth, watching his net worth decline by $29.2 billion. As his company Meta (Facebook) pivots resources to artificial intelligence, investors were left unsettled as the stock … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project – The Impact of Social Media on Youth
By Roland Bjerke Social media has been around since the early 2000s and has had many negative and positive impacts on young people. Common social media platforms that started coming in the early 2000s include MySpace (2003), Facebook (2004), and YouTube (2005). Since these platforms and others like them have been coming out, kids have become more and more reliant on social … [Read more...]
Klobuchar Statement on Weight Loss Drug Pricing Announcement
WASHINGTON – On November 6, 2025, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the following statement in response to Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk’s newly negotiated prices for weight loss drugs for Medicare beneficiaries. “Today’s announcement of lower prices for Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs is a direct result of the Medicare drug price negotiations bill that I led and was … [Read more...]
Letter about looking after each other…
To the Editor, Grocery prices have gone up for all of us, but hit limited budgets hardest. Recent suspension of SNAP and WIC programs total a loss of about $69,000/month for our neighbors in Fillmore County, mostly children and seniors. Prolonged food insecurity hurts more than those hundreds of neighbors. The effects of a parent not having food for their child, or a … [Read more...]
Farmers are Facing a Crisis of Uncertainty Reversing the Tariffs is the Only Way to End It
By Senator Amy Klobuchar Right now, rural America is facing a crisis of uncertainty. In Minnesota and across the country, farmers are having trouble making ends meet amid low commodity prices and increasing costs, and farm financial conditions are deteriorating. Farmer loan repayment rates continue to decline in Minnesota and across the Midwest, and small farm … [Read more...]
Letter about Fillmore Central vote…
To the Editor, Everyone please note this date: November 4, 2025. That’s when you should get out and vote for the children of Fillmore Central schools. You can vote in Preston at 700 Chatfield St. or Harmony Community building at 225 3rd Ave. SW. Polls are open from 3-8 p.m. Up for a vote is the following referendum. To increase the school district’s general education revenue … [Read more...]
Food and Folly: How Immigration and Tariff Wars Starve America
By Joel Lidstrom Caledonia MN An interesting document published by President Trump’s U.S. Department of Labor (“Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States”) cautions that there is now “the risk of supply shock-induced food shortages” in the United States. It warns that “The near … [Read more...]
Klobuchar and Cramer’s Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act Passes Senate
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the Senate’s passage of the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act as a part of the National Defense Authorization Act. This legislation now goes to the House of Representatives for a vote. The bipartisan legislation, which passed unanimously out of the Senate Judiciary Committee in May, will expand … [Read more...]
Letter about response to Brad Finstad…
To the Editor, Response to Congressman Brad Finstad’s statement regarding the government shutdown in the October 6 Fillmore County Journal. We elect our officials to be a part of a government for the people, by the people. The government shutdown continues because Republicans are against 1) an extension of expiring tax credits which make health insurance cheaper for … [Read more...]
Letter about the “Big Beautiful Bill” Threatens the Foundation of Rural Healthcare…
To the Editor, I am writing to express grave concern regarding the detrimental impact the recently enacted “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) Act is having on our already fragile rural clinics and hospitals. I am a retired nurse practitioner who worked at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Caledonia, Minn., for 28 years. I recently learned it will close this December along with … [Read more...]