Eagle Bluff Nature Preschool gets the whole family outside! As a part of our preschool, families are invited to participate in outdoor, nature based activities year round. In the fall, we start the year with a family campfire to celebrate Fire Safety Month! This event helps to build our school community and gives children and families a hands on experience with the visit of … [Read more...]
Where Learning Meets Adventure: Semcac Head Start Partners with Eagle Bluff to Inspire Young Children
Every morning at Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center in Lanesboro, children in the Semcac Head Start partnership classroom step into a learning experience like no other. As sunlight filters through the trees and leaves crunch beneath small boots, preschoolers ages three to five begin their day connected to the natural world around them. This partnership blends Semcac Head … [Read more...]
Mabel–Canton Early Childhood Programs Have a Lot to Offer
Happy Week of the Young Child! We are celebrating by hosting a movie at Spring Grove Cinema on Saturday, April 11 at 10:30 a.m. Doors will open at 10 a.m. and concessions will be available for purchase. Mabel–Canton Community Education offers many opportunities for our young children and their families. Our Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) classes and events are … [Read more...]
R-P Early Childhood Programs Where We Play to Learn and Learn to Play!
Rushford-Peterson offers many opportunities for early childhood aged children and their families. Our ECFE classes are open to birth to 5-year-olds. Parents and children attend themed classes together! Classes meet on Thursday evenings from 5-6:15 p.m. and Friday mornings from 8:15-9:30 a.m. Mrs. Heather Grigg also takes her ECFE on-the-go and shares her amazing activities at … [Read more...]
Learning in Lanesboro for All Ages
Lanesboro Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) offers two weekly programs for children (birth-age 5) and families/parents/guardians meeting weekly Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in the preschool classroom at Lanesboro Schools. Each class is 90 minutes long. Classes begin with a family circle-time led by child educators Karlee Spande and Hannah Terry. … [Read more...]
Clarification
In the article “Data Center Ordinance Discussion Continues in Harmony,” beginning on page one of the March 23, 2026, issue of the Fillmore County Journal, Katrina Hurley was noted as the EDA coordinator. She is actually the EDA coordinator for St. Charles, Minn., and is serving as the facilitator of the data center ordinance drafting discussion meetings in Harmony. Chris Hahn … [Read more...]
Correction
In the March 23, 2026, issue of the Fillmore County Journal, the “Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson boys wrestling tribute” on page 21 incorrectly listed Owen Lange as the Section 1A runner-up. The caption should have identified Owen as the section champion. A corrected tribute is printed in this week’s issue on page 17. We apologize for the error. … [Read more...]
Pastor Devotions – Living the Resurrection Now
By Pastor Kris Hertsgaard Kincaid Christ Lutheran Church Preston When the earth shakes and the tomb stands empty, God reveals that resurrection is not only something we witness but something we live – here and now – as a community raised with Christ, learning to walk through a fearful world with great joy. Easter begins with a tremor. In Matthew’s telling of the … [Read more...]
Rural Voice Conversations Lead to $25,000 in Grants for Youth Mental Health
OWATONNA, MN, March 11, 2026 – Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) recently approved five grants totaling $25,000 for projects that support youth mental health in rural Minnesota. SMIF awarded the grants based on ideas shared by southern Minnesota residents during the 2025 Rural Voice conversation, a discussion on mental health in rural communities. Participants … [Read more...]
SEMAC Announces Recent Grant Awards
On March 10, 2026, the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC) Board of Directors awarded 12 Project Support for Individual Artists & Culture Bearers grants, eight to emerging artists and four to advancing artists, for a total of $53,955 in funding to individuals throughout southeastern Minnesota. Grants were awarded to the following individuals, listed by … [Read more...]