On September 6, the Minnesota House Bonding Committee made Harmony one of their stops on their bus tour of southeastern Minnesota to hear bonding pitches. About 20 House members made the trip and were able to tour Niagara Cave during their time in the Harmony area. They also discussed the proposed bike trail extension to the Iowa border. City Attorney Greg Schieber commented … [Read more...]
Articles by Hannah Wingert
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Local communities come together to adopt Texas classroom devastated by hurricane
After learning about the devastation that Hurricane Harvey had inflicted on Texas, Preston native Tracy Raaen knew she had to do something. “I’m a teacher, and I’ve seen how many kids this has affected. This is something I’m very passionate about,” Raaen said. Raaen got some direction for how to help when she came across the Sun, Sand, & Second Grade Facebook page. … [Read more...]
Lanesboro Child Care Center expands to accommodate more families
“It’s been really exciting for me to finally be able to say yes when people call,” Lanesboro Child Care Center Director Heidi Brown said. Until the recent expansion of the center, she had to answer inquiries for childcare by telling them that she’d put them on the waiting list. Before the daycare was expanded, it was licensed to care for 11 infants, 14 toddlers, 35 … [Read more...]
Lanesboro moves ahead with Park Road project
After the bid for the Park Road project in Lanesboro came in higher than anticipated at $350,000, City Engineer Brian Malm was able to work with the contractor to reduce the total project costs. He presented the changes to the original bid to the Lanesboro City Council at their September 5 meeting. By reducing the pavement thickness by ½ inch, changing from sod to seed, and … [Read more...]
Bike Share Program launches across Fillmore County
“It gives Fillmore County residents the ability to check out a bike to have some fun, have access to transportation, or get some exercise,” Fillmore County Public Health Educator Brenda Pohlman stated about the new Bike Share Program which allows people to “check out” bikes to use. When Pohlman heard of a grant to purchase bikes for public use through the Statewide Health … [Read more...]
Lanesboro Child Care Center remodel project nearly complete
Lanesboro Child Care Center’s Heidi Brown updated the Lanesboro school board on the daycare remodel. The project should be completed with all of the classrooms moved to their new locations by August 25. The staff and kids are eager to get into their new rooms. The daycare remodel will increase the capacity of the facility from 11 infants to 20, 14 toddlers to 25, and 35 … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central ready to start the school year
Fillmore Central is gearing up to start school on September 5. Numbers are up from the last school year at 351 students currently enrolled in kindergarten through sixth grade versus 345 last year. Open house for the high school and K-6 are on August 30 from 4-6 p.m., along with an open house for SAC and daycare. The open house for Pre-K will also be held on August 30, but … [Read more...]
Lanesboro EDA in need of new members
EDA member Michael Brown asked the Lanesboro City Council for their input at their August 7 meeting on the issue that the EDA is currently facing. “At the EDA meeting one month ago, we had a discussion about what is taking place to recruit new members of the EDA,” Brown said, adding that there are seven seats available, but only five that are currently filled. The EDA has … [Read more...]
Harmony City Council receives updates on street project
Stuart Morem from Morem Electric, Inc. was present at the August 8 Harmony City Council meeting to update the council on the street light issue. The street project has been going well, but it was discovered that the concrete bases on several of the street lights needed to be replaced. As they were holding up construction, Morem fixed them so that work on the street could … [Read more...]
Lanesboro school moves ahead with daycare expansion
Construction on Lanesboro Public School’s daycare expansion will begin at the end of July, with a projected completion date of August 11. The district is looking forward to growing the daycare program and continuing to meet the needs of the community. Superintendent Matt Schultz informed the school board that the district is one of the finalists for the $25,000 Monsanto … [Read more...]