In Re: Estate of Solveig Scroggins, Decedent. NOTICE OF INFORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is given that an amended Application for Informal Probate of Will and Informal Appointment of Personal Representative was filed with the Registrar, along with a Will dated October 26, 2005. The Registrar accepted … [Read more...]
Labor and Industry Announces 2025 Youth Skills Training Grant Recipients
Seventeen partnerships across Minnesota will receive funding to develop and expand programs to offer meaningful career exposure and paid work experience for students 16 years of age and older. The grants are part of the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry’s (DLI) Youth Skills Training (YST) program that was signed into law in 2017 with bipartisan support to create and … [Read more...]
Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Awards $345,985 in Organizational Grants To Support Arts Programming Across Southeastern Minnesota
ROCHESTER, MN – On May 13, 2025, the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC) Board of Directors announced the awarding of $345,985 in arts programming grants to nonprofit organizations and schools throughout Southeastern Minnesota. These grants will support diverse arts and cultural programming and strengthen creative communities across the region. The funding includes: … [Read more...]
Fillmore and Houston County Police Reports
Caledonia Police Department Jackson Pete Fort, 25, Brownsville, Minn., 10/12/2024, Damage to Property - Third Degree - Reduce Value $501 to $1,000, Fine $300, Total Fees (including $3,371.50 total in restitutions) $3,746.50. Local Confinement - 364 days (stay 363 days for two years). Credit for time served: one day. Supervised probation for two years - Conditions … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Flashback – County Seat was Coveted Prize in the 1850s
By Joanne Hall, Preston Historical Society The Preston Republican article of July 24, 1958, carried the headline “County Seat Was Coveted Prize in 1850’s”. Minnesota was still a territory in the years 1851 to 1856 so government supervision came from St. Paul. The boundaries of early Fillmore County included parts of what are now Houston, Winona and Olmsted counties. … [Read more...]
Experiencing God Through Community and Nature
By Pastor Nissa Peterson Chatfield and Root Prairie Lutheran Churches One of the great joys of being a pastor during the summer is participating in trips with our young people. I want to share a particularly meaningful story from a trip a few years ago. On the second to last night of our mission trip to the Duluth, Minn., area, our group joined for supper with two other … [Read more...]
STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF FILLMORE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION Court File No. 23-PR-25-278
Estate of Normen Ernest Peterson, a/k/a Normen E. Peterson, Decedent NOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS It is Ordered and Notice is given that on September 16, 2025, at 9:00 A.M., a hearing will be held in this Court via Zoom, see notice of remote hearing, at 101 Fillmore Street, … [Read more...]
Mark Melvin Stutzman
Mark Melvin Stutzman, 67, passed away December 16, 2024, at Mayo Clinic. He was born October 9, 1957, at Ft. Bragg, N.C. to Fletcher and Harriet (Hall) Stutzman. He married Dianne Kelly on December 23, 1994. He lived in Canton, Minn., and enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping and boating. He also enjoyed working on lawnmowers at his small engine repair shop. He retired from … [Read more...]
Annette Polzin (Urban)
Annette Polzin (Urban) died on June 28, 2025, at the age of 92. Born on November 11, 1932, in Rochester, Minn., to William and Anna Hardtke, Annette spent her early years on the family farm north of Eyota, surrounded by the beauty of rural life. Annette cherished her family, including her late husband Luther Polzin, whom she married on May 10, 1952, and who passed away in … [Read more...]
Wendell Albert Watts
Wendell Albert Watts, age 98, formerly of Preston, passed away on June 23, 2025. He was born on September 17, 1926, to his parents Albert and Bertha Watts. He grew up on their dairy farm known as “Watts’ Brothers” close to Preston in southeastern Minnesota. He attended District 67 country school for eight years followed by high school in Preston, Minn., graduating at 16 years … [Read more...]