By Jason Sethre Publisher Fillmore County Journal jason@fillmorecountyjournal.com I don’t often endorse movies in my column.  But, when I do, it is with great conviction. One of my brothers-in-law recently told me about a Netflix movie titled The Social Dilemma. He said he sat down with his two teenage children and watched the movie, as he wanted them to see it as … [Read more...]

By James Gilmer Houston, Minn. I am a 65-year-old deer hunter who has never hunted deer with a gun. To steal a phrase, I am a “dyed in the wool” bow hunter. I have been hunting deer for 44 years. The last 38, I have hunted deer strictly with traditional equipment. For the uninformed, that means I hunt with the old fashioned long bow and recurve. I moved to Houston County … [Read more...]

Like any American who cares about this country, I have a deep interest in the results of this election. But as a politician (I think one never really retires from that job), I take a professional interest, as well. Not only for policy or partisan concerns, but because I’m always interested in how people make up their minds on how to vote. This is an occupational hazard, I … [Read more...]

By Jason Sethre Publisher Fillmore County Journal jason@fillmorecountyjournal.com Now that we’ve cast our votes in the 2020 election, there’s one more election that might be more important. This upcoming election is called Small Business Saturday, and it will be held on Saturday, November 28, 2020. I hope you’ll mark your calendar, and hold on to your holiday … [Read more...]

By David Webb, MD Lanesboro, MN There are now two conflicting strategies for dealing with it. One, advocated by the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization, and virtually all public health professionals is containment and mitigation. In the context of infectious disease, containment means readily identifying and isolating infected persons, tracing and … [Read more...]

President/CEO Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation Autumn, with its changing colors and temperatures that encourage us to move indoors, is a natural time to slow down and contemplate life. At Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF), we use this time each year to reflect on the partnerships that have resulted in a stronger southern Minnesota. We do this by … [Read more...]

To the Editor, We are having a reprieve with a week of stunning weather. Some call it “Indian Summer”; I call it a gift.  As I ride my bike around Harmony, Minn., I am seeing more political signs than I have in the 30 plus years I’ve lived here. This normally polite, private community is wearing their hearts on their sleeves. On my block alone, I counted over 20 signs. … [Read more...]

By Jason Sethre Publisher Fillmore County Journal jason@fillmorecountyjournal.com A few weeks ago, I was blessed with an opportunity write a story about Sam Bahl and Matson Kiehne taking a trip down The Root River. We intentionally placed that story on the front page, because I keep hearing that people are exhausted with what’s going on in the world and they want to see … [Read more...]

To the Editor, Replace Senator Jeremy Miller with Sarah Kruger who will actually negotiate for our jobs!  If we can peel our eyes off Trump and Biden there is a crucial battle to notice at the St. Paul Capitol. In a time of economic depression due to COVID, Minnesota elected Republicans have blocked 30,000 jobs in our state, according to Pioneer Press. This is the minimum … [Read more...]

To the Editor, At a recent forum held by the League of Women Voters, Senator Jeremy Miller was asked about his support for the LGBTQ community in our state. His response that “we should treat everyone equally and fairly” is beyond misleading. In 2013, Senator Miller voted against the bill authorizing same sex marriage. More recently, he voted against a state-wide ban on … [Read more...]

By Jeff Erding, Wykoff, MN And why do Radical Leftist Democrats hate her so much?  Wikipedia says Amy Vivian Coney Barrett is age 48, went to Rhodes College, majored in English Lit, minor in French. BA in 1994 from Rhodes, law school at Notre Dame, graduated first in her class 1997. Spent two years as a law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C., then for Justice … [Read more...]

By Stan Gudmundson, Peterson, MN What do Democrats believe in and what do they stand for?  To figure that out we could just review their history and examine what they are currently pushing.  But that method is not all that useful this year since, as polls show, most Democrats do not care about their candidates or its platform.  They will be voting against Trump.  Because … [Read more...]