There’s a new unique store gracing Main Street in Harmony. Seed & Stone opened for business in August 2025 in the history-filled limestone building located at Thirty9Main. While the store is new, the actual building was built in 1907. The building first was home to the First National Bank. At that time, Harmony had a total of three banks. The Great Depression hit the … [Read more...]
Search Results for: Chatfield
Volleyball (11/24)
Standout Chatfield, FC, and Caledonia Players Head All-TRC Volleyball List The top four teams in the Three Rivers Conference in volleyball were Caledonia (10-0, 26-6), Fillmore Central (9-1, 27-7), Chatfield (8-2, 27-8), and Rushford-Peterson (7-3, 18-6) while Winona-Cotter (6-4, 25-8), Lewiston-Altura (5-5, 15-13), Dover-Eyota (4-6, 19-11), Wabasha-Kellogg (3-7, 9-16), … [Read more...]
Fillmore County District Court
On October 30, Daurice William Meyer, 27, of Red Wing, appeared before District Court Judge Jeremy Clinefelter. Meyer is charged with three felony counts of Domestic Assault; Inflicts or Attempts to Inflict Bodily Harm, Commits Act with Intent to Cause Fear, and by Strangulation. The first two counts carry maximum criminal penalties of five years in prison and/or $10,000 … [Read more...]
John Raymond Miller
John Raymond Miller, 85, of Chatfield died, surrounded by his family, on Monday, November 17, 2025, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Marys Campus. John was born August 24, 1940, in Rochester, Minn., to Allen and Ethelyn (Marsh) Miller. He graduated from Rochester High School in 1958. While in high school, on October 26, 1956, he married Kay Grubb at the Little Brown Church in … [Read more...]
Volleyball (11/17)
Volleyball: Chatfield Makes State Title Match, Falls in Five It was a remarkable season for Chatfield volleyball. Chatfield advanced further than any squad before it (and as far any school currently covered by the Fillmore County Journal ever has dating back to 1974). Chatfield got so close in the championship match, up 2-0. But the Gophers ended up as Class AA State … [Read more...]
Football (11/17)
Football: Cougar Dream Season Ends In No-Second Agony Dreams sometimes end agonizingly. After a fairytale season and the school’s first state berth in football since 1981, #3 in 9-Man Mabel-Canton (South 3-seed, 11-0) bowed out in the state quarterfinals at Buffalo High School. Versus #5 Hillcrest Lutheran Academy (South 2-seed, 10-0), it did not just come down to the last … [Read more...]
Fillmore and Houston County Police Reports
Caledonia Police Department Jarrod Joseph Blackburn, 40, Winneconne, Wis., 8/22/2025, Uninsured Vehicle - Owner Violation, Fine $50, Total Fees $200. Local Confinement - two days. Credit for time served: two days. Chatfield Police Department Mark Edward Smith, 47, Rochester, Minn., 3/28/2025, Theft - Value $1,000 or Less, Fine $50, Total Fees $135. Fillmore … [Read more...]
Veterans Experience A Welcome Home
When the North Star and Freedom Honor Flight delegations returned from their one day trips to Washington, D.C., crowds of people lined the airports of Rochester and La Crosse to welcome them back home. “That’s not the way it was when we returned from Vietnam,” remarked Mike Lane of Chatfield, “it took 50 years before I heard ‘Welcome Home’ after my time serving in Vietnam.” … [Read more...]
Football (11/10)
Football: Cougars Blank Lions 16-0 For First State Berth Since 1981 The year was 1981. Ronald Reagan was president. Dallas was a popular television show. “Raiders of the Lost Ark” introduced the world to Indiana Jones. The Oakland Raiders won the Super Bowl. Changing the channel on a television required turning a knob on the device. Current Mabel-Canton volleyball … [Read more...]
Volleyball (11/10)
Volleyball: #4 Chatfield Tops #5 Caledonia for 1AA Title The top two seeds in Section 1AA held true until the finals. The top two teams, #5 in AA Caledonia (1-seed) and #4 Chatfield (2-seed) squared off to go to state. Both won 3-1 in the quarters, 3-0 in the semis. Warriors Fend Off D-E, Avenge 2024 Loss to Cotter In a rematch of one of the two TRC matches in … [Read more...]