Due to filling our last class, Catholic Charities of Southern MN will be offering another Powerful Tools for Caregivers Workshop series beginning August 21. It will run for six consecutive Wednesdays through September 25. Powerful Tools for Caregivers is an educational program designed to help family caregivers take care of themselves while caring for a relative or … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Historical Society Museum welcomes two fresh faces
By Katrina Bergey The Fillmore County Historical Society Museum and Library, located in Fountain, Minn., has undergone some significant staff changes. Sara Sturgis was recently hired as the new director of the Fillmore County Historical Society along with Bretta Grabau who is the assistant director. Both women are thrilled about their new jobs and the goals they hope to … [Read more...]
Empty Bowls 2019
The community of Harmony will host its tenth Empty Bowls event this fall on Sunday, November 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Empty Bowls is an International Project to fight hunger. Bowls created by local potters and artisans are used to serve a simple meal of soup and bread. Guests/diners choose a bowl for the meal, which they then take home afterwards. Money collected from the … [Read more...]
Farm and Rural Stress brochure now available statewide
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) are teaming up to make copies of the Coping with Farm and Rural Stress in Minnesota brochure available at FSA offices in USDA County Service Centers across the state. The brochure highlights key resources that can help people struggling with financial, legal, emotional, and relationship … [Read more...]
Lanesboro arts organizations receive $108,000 in Minnesota State Arts Board Grants
SAINT PAUL, MN – The Minnesota State Arts Board has awarded two Operating Support grants, totaling $108,626, to the Commonweal Theatre Company and Lanesboro Arts. Both arts organizations will receive funding through the Operating Support grant program. Commonweal Theatre Company was awarded $58,833, while Lanesboro Arts received $49,793. Operating Support invests in high … [Read more...]
Minnesota adds 3,300 jobs in June Labor force participation rate increases to 70%
Minnesota gained 3,300 jobs in June and the state’s unemployment rate held at 3.3% according to figures released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The U.S. unemployment rate was 3.7%. May’s previously announced gain of 100 jobs was revised upward to 2,000 jobs. The state has now gained jobs in four consecutive months for the … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Fair Open Class results 2019
Woodworking Grand Champion: Loren Stene, St. Ansgar, Iowa Reserve Champion: Howard Brekke, Rochester Champion: Loren Stene, St. Ansgar, Iowa Fine Art Grand Champion Fine Arts: Cathy Groebner, St. Charles Reserve Champion Fine Arts: Diane Dungy, Harmony Champion Pre-school: Landyn Mathison, Preston Champion Elementary 1: Eliza Aggen, Harmony Champion … [Read more...]
College News
On May 11, 2019, Dustin Lee, son of Blake Lee and Mary Jo Lee, both of Mabel, received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. After graduating from Mabel-Canton High School in 2006, Dustin completed a six-year enlistment in the United States Air Force. Following his military … [Read more...]
Shirley H. Baker
Shirley H. Baker, 83, of Wykoff, Minn., walked through the gates of Heaven into the arms of Jesus on Saturday, July 27, 2019, at Mayo Clinic Hospital – St. Marys Campus in Rochester, Minn. Funeral services will be held at Fillmore Free Methodist Church Thursday, August 1, 2019, at 2 p.m., with Pastor Tim Ward officiating. Burial will be in Fillmore Cemetery, Fillmore, Minn. … [Read more...]
LaVern Curtis Knoepke
LaVern Curtis Knoepke passed peacefully on Thursday, July 25, with his family at his side in the very house he built in 1956. He lived with his wife Betty in that house for 63 years. LaVern was born August 15, 1928, to John and Margaret (Saxton) Knoepke in Minneapolis, Minn. He moved with his family to Fillmore County as a young boy, where he grew up in and around various … [Read more...]