For 15 years, the Fillmore County Soil and Water Conservation District has hosted its annual Forest Field Day and Prairie Walk. This year’s event was held on July 29, at Steve and Diane Snyder’s property, outside Lanesboro. The event displayed forest management techniques, including buckthorn removal, cedar hillside clearing, and native re-establishment efforts. This year’s … [Read more...]
Meet Our Intern – Isaac Snyder
My name is Isaac Snyder. I’m from Lanesboro, Minnesota, and graduated in 2024. I am a summer intern at the Fillmore County Journal, and an upcoming junior at Iowa State University, majoring in marketing and minoring in Spanish. Being a student at Iowa State has helped prepare my business and sales skills – assets I look forward to utilizing in future careers and next spring … [Read more...]
Maximizing the Value of Local Agriculture; Beef Tallow Skin Care
From their home in Lanesboro, Brian and Sue Roelofs have turned a personal health mission for their daughter into a business. Brian grew up near Greenleafton, Minnesota, and went to high school in Preston. He went to college at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and moved several times throughout his career. Eventually, he ended up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he met Sue, … [Read more...]
James Loven, Veteran of the Oil-Misted Saudi Arabian Desert
If you live around the Preston area it’s likely you know or have heard of James Loven. His story spans from quiet farm fields in Peterson to the oil-misted deserts of Saudi Arabia. James was born in 1956 and was raised on his family farm outside of Peterson, Minn. He spent his years farming in the early 1980s – until the farm crisis led him to join the military for job … [Read more...]