Kingsland Community Education prides ourselves on our commitment to provide quality educational opportunities and getting your child off to a great start. Kingsland has a variety of programs to offer to families with children of all ages: Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE), preschool program, School Age Childcare (SACC), and a variety of enrichment activities. ECFE is a … [Read more...]
Lanesboro Schools focus on the whole child
The Lanesboro School community continues to make a strong investment in our youngest learners. Beginning with our strategic planning goal, “Deepen focus on the whole child beginning with well-aligned early childhood programming,” our Early Childhood Committee has developed a plan to meet that goal. Through the efforts of this committee, Lanesboro Schools has secured a grant … [Read more...]
St. Johns Preschool and Kindergarten Open House
St. Johns Lutheran School in Wykoff will be hosting their Preschool and Kindergarten Open House Monday, April 23, from 6-7 p.m. St. Johns provides students with a strong foundation in academic skills, social abilities, and moral values that they will take with them the rest of their lives. In today’s world a quality education is very important in helping our children succeed in … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central has a variety of offerings for children birth to age 5
Fillmore Central takes pride in the programs that are offered at all levels of child development. Children are continually developing and we know that there are a lot of questions to go with all of these stages. We are very fortunate to be able to offer a variety of programs for families with children birth to five. School Readiness The primary goal of the Fillmore Centrals … [Read more...]
Many early childhood opportunities offered at Rushford-Peterson
Rushford-Peterson Community Education offers many opportunities for early childhood aged children and their families. Our Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) classes are open to birth to five-year-olds. Parents and children attend the themed classes together. Clases meet on Monday evening from 6-7:15 p.m. and Friday mornings from 9:30-10:45 a.m. Along with offering classes, … [Read more...]
Mabel–Canton Early Childhood programs
ECFE (Early Childhood Family Education) Our ECFE program offers several Family Fun Night events during the month where parents and children come and interact together. Some of our most popular events have been Pajama Night at the Library, Pizza and Gym Night, Field Trip to the Fire Station, Scarecrow Night, Dad and Me Building Night, and also our Christmas Party and Egg … [Read more...]
Oakley brings smiles to customers’ faces
If it’s been a ruff day stop in and see Oakley at Granny’s Liquor and before you know it, you will be smiling and feeling more relaxed. Oakley, the store mascot at Granny’s Liquor in Lanesboro, Minn., has the type of personality that makes a person want to stop for a minute and soak it all in. Oakley is a two-and-a-half-year-old Tibetan terrier who has grown up in the store … [Read more...]
Stop by and say hi to Gus!
Thoughts of “pets” are generally connected with a person’s home, however, Tim Lanning has been known to share his family’s pets with those coming into his Spring Valley business. On January 2, 2004, Tim became the manager of T.J.’s Liquor right next to Sunshine Foods off Highways 63/16 on the north side of Spring Valley. Many area residents will remember the gentle English … [Read more...]
Wedding
Paulson ~ Caron-Frazer Erik Paulson of Preston and Susan Caron-Frazer of Spring Valley were united in marriage on February 14, 2018, in Farmington, Minn. Erik is the son of Laverne and Denise Paulson. He is a 1995 graduate of Fillmore Central High School and a holds a degree in history from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. He is employed as a custodian for … [Read more...]
Celebrating National Pet Day locally
On Wednesday, April 11, 2018, the world will celebrate National Pet Day. We have decided to embrace this opportunity in our newspaper in the Monday, April 9, 2018, issue of the Fillmore County Journal. For many of our readers, pets are an important part of their lives. In our household, we have an eight-year-old male Yorkshire Terrier named Baxter. We purchased him as a … [Read more...]