Members of the Harmony community joined the Falcon’s Nest on Friday, June 7 for a ribbon cutting and grand opening. The Falcon’s Nest is located at 51 Main Ave. North in downtown Harmony, and menu items include pizza, pizza by the slice, burgers, wraps, salads, pies and Chocolate Shoppe ice cream. Current business hours are Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. - 6:30 p.m., Friday … [Read more...]
Relays, Hurdlers and More Headed to State Track
Each of the counties four track and field programs is sending multiple athletes to the state meet. Six relays and seven individuals have qualified. LFCMC’s Emma Breitsprecher is the section’s top hurdler, as she set the pace in the 100-meter (15.45) and 300-meter (45.62) prelims, then won each final (15.31, 44.99). Both times were under state qualifying standards. Her … [Read more...]
Scheevel, Falcons Six-Peat For State
It wasn’t the ideal title season. A would-be scoring golfer (Keanna Weedman) missed the year per injury. Star Madison Scheevel shot a 50. The team had four losses and won neither a TRC regular season nor meet title. Nonetheless, Aaron Mensink’s Fillmore Central girls golf, for the sixth straight year, are 1A Champs and headed to Becker for the State Class A tourney. In a … [Read more...]
Hot Shot
FC’s Jake Fishbaugher took second at the Section 1A golf meet to qualify for state. LARP’s Jacob Anderson tied for seventh at the Section 1AA Meet, missing the state cut by one stroke. … [Read more...]
Golf (5/28 – 5/30)
(B) 1A Meet (Bethlehem Academy (350, 337 > 687) beat BP (358, 355 > 713) for the boys team title. Kingsland (383, 367 > 750) and Lanesboro (387, 373 > 760) made the Day 2 cut, taking third and fourth. FC’s Jake Fishbaugher (77, 75 > 152 = +12) was second after Day 1, and finished that way behind Southland’s Max Schmitz (73, 77 > 150 = +10). Kingsland’s … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central providing free meals to children during summer
Fillmore Central Public Schools #2198 is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and meet nutritional standards established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The meals will be served at Fillmore Central Elementary, door #17, 702 Chatfield Street, Preston, Minn. Breakfast and lunch will be served … [Read more...]
Softball (5/6 – 5/11)
AC/GE 8, Houston 3 (H: Alyssa Rostad 3-4, R; Gretchen Hill 3-4, RBI; Beverlee Hahn 2-4, RBI) FC/L 2, La Crescent 5 (FCL: Adeline Peters 2-4, 2B) M-C 5, Cal/SG 6 (M-C: Kenidi McCabe 2-4, 3B, RBI, 2 R; Payton Danielson 1-2, 2 RBI, R. Warriors won with walk-off single) Southland 3, R-P 13 [5] (R-P: Karissa Eide 2-3, 3B, RBI, R; Peyton Hoiness 1-2, 3 R, 5 IP, 6 H, 3 … [Read more...]
Golf (5/6 – 5/11)
(B) G-E 273, Houston 261 (H: Owen Gaustad 52*); (G) G-E 284, H 255 (H: Lilli Carlson 56*. Valley High GC) (B) St. Charles 244, Chatfield 193 (C: Riley Mulhern 46*; Colton Johnson 47; Tadyn Burnett 49); C Inc., SC 217 (C: Mollie Henry 52. SC: Emma Cage 48*. Chatfield CC) (B) Lanesboro 187, Kingsland 189 (L: Hayden Lawstuen 42; Cale Anderson 43; Clay Schwichtenberg 48. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
FC/L softball had a 4-1 week with four one-run wins. The Falcons beat R-P twice 4-3, Southland 10-9, and D-E 4-3. Hope Sexton had a ninth inning walk-off RBI suicide squeeze in game two versus the Trojans. Eighth-ranked Chatfield softball (6-1, 7-2), after scoring one run in nine innings versus L-A, responded by scoring 29 in nine innings versus FC/L (12-0) and C/SG (17-0). … [Read more...]
Golf (4/29 – 5/3)
(B) Kingsland 193, GMLO 210 (K: W. Pruter 44*; Nick Wernimont 48; Nathan Lund 50. Cedar River GC) (B) Chatfield 220, D-E 213 (C: Sam Rudlong/Colton Johnson 49’s. DE: Caleb Sand 47*); (G) C Inc., D-E Inc., (C: Mollie Henry 54. DE: MaKenna Nelson 47*. Each girls team had just one golfer. Chatfield GC) (B) Caledonia 224, LARP 175 (LARP: Jacob Anderson 40*, Zach … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central Schools
Melissa Andering 20 years, 6th Grade Matthew Anderson 14 years, 6th Grade Sara Baskett 2 years, Elementary Art/3rd Grade Reading Connie Berg 26 years, Early Childhood Special Education Paula Birch 26 years, ECSE Speech Pathologist Heidi Brown 3 years, HS Special Education Megan Brown 1 year, Agriculture Jeanette Burns 14 … [Read more...]
Whitacre honored with 2019 Teacher of the Year
As students and faculty began streaming in to what had been a quiet gymnasium at Fillmore Central High School in Harmony, Minn., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, the excitement seemed to echo through the gym as everyone wondered what was about to happen. Jason Sethre, editor of the Fillmore County Journal spoke initially, explaining to the crowd that they were all in attendance … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
FC’s Madison Scheevel opened the year shooting an even-par 38 at Ma-Cal-Grove, including nailing a 73-yard eagle chip. Wyatt Pruter medaled twice (boys’ low rounds of 36 and 38) as Kingsland’s guys (2-0, 4-0) went 3-0 on the week. RPH’s Kaleah Davis won her sixth shot put competition (season high 35’7 ¾”) at the La Crescent Invite. Ben Wieser took second at the boys shot. … [Read more...]
Golf (4/22 – 4/26)
(B) Kingsland 180, Chatfield 210 (K: W. Pruter 38*, Nick Wernimont 44, Nathan Lund 45. C: Riley Mulhern 43, Colton Johnson 50); (G) K Inc., C Inc., (C: Mollie Henry 57*. At Chosen Valley GC) (B) FC 227, Caledonia 229 (FC: Jake Fishbaugher 45. C: Riley Augedahl 44*); (G) FC 201, C 195 (FC: M. Scheevel even-par 38* (73-yard chip in eagle at par-four 7th hole). At … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central gets technology upgrades
Aaron Janssen reported that the new virtual trophy kiosks from GoToKiosk are presently being tested at the company before being shipped to the school. The kiosks will allow people to look up and view all of the school’s trophies without taking up all the floor space that traditional trophy cases do. One kiosk will be placed in each of the Fillmore Central buildings. Janssen … [Read more...]