Ralph Beastrom, Mary Lou Zombory, and Cliff Johannessen from the Harmony Area Historical Society were present at the October 9 Harmony City Council meeting to update the council on their progress on various projects. They began by speaking about the walking tour signs. “We’re pretty happy with the way it turned out,” Beastrom said. He thanked the city for their help on the … [Read more...]
Harmony Gardens and Floral grows with addition of chickens
Andrew and Lisa Kingsley run Harmony Gardens and Floral as a family business with their four children in tow. Grace (eight), Charity (eight), Liberty (seven), and Charlie (four) spend their days playing and helping with chores, which allows them to spend lots of time with their parents. It’s been working out great but towards the end of the last school year, Andrew and Lisa … [Read more...]
Harmony bloodmobile exceeds goal by four units
The blood drive held in Harmony on September 18, 2018, succeeded in collecting 48 units of blood which was four over their goal. There were 49 donors that presented and one first-time participant. Congratulations to these 10 donors who reached the following milestones: KatieAnn E. Hershberger, one gallon; Mary Hershberger (Dennis), three gallons; Mary Hershberger (Harvey), … [Read more...]
Wayne William Warnke
Wayne William Warnke passed away September 17, 2018, from kidney failure, at the age of 89. He was born September 2, 1929, to William and Gladys Warnke. Wayne married Thelma Bigalk on August 14, 1958. Together they had two children, Glenn of Onondag, Mich., and Arlo of Harmony, Minn.; and four grandchildren: Sarah, Scott, Rebekah, and Lydia. He was preceeded in death by his … [Read more...]
Wayne Stensgard
Wayne Stensgard, 78, of Harmony, went home to be with Jesus Tuesday, September 25, 2018. Wayne was born February 22, 1940, near Choice in Fillmore County, Minn., to Elmer and Stella (Hoff) Stensgard. He attended country and Rushford Schools and from there attended and graduated from Peterson High School in 1958. On April 11, 1959, he married Marian Thoreson at the Arendahl … [Read more...]
Bike Share bikes moved to Harmony Visitor’s Center
The City of Harmony owns six bikes that can be “checked out” on a “bike share” program for free by residents and visitors to Harmony. The bikes are currently located at the library, but the council requested that the Chamber of Commerce move the bikes to the visitor’s center where they will be more accessible and easy to find. Six members of the Golden Happenings Senior Group … [Read more...]
Bloodmobile coming to Harmony on September 18
Harmony will be hosting a bloodmobile at the Harmony Community Center from 1-7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 18, 2018. All donors will be required to provide identification before donating, so please remember your donor card or driver’s license. Donors are encouraged to use RapidPass, redcrossblood.org/RapidPass, which is a tool that allows the donor to complete the reading and … [Read more...]
Doris Daskam
Doris Daskam, age 97, of Harmony, Minn., passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2018, at the Gundersen Harmony Care Center in Harmony. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, September 7, 2018, at the United Methodist Church in Harmony, followed by burial in State Line Methodist Cemetery, rural Harmony. Friends may call from 1 p.m. until time of services at the church. Doris was … [Read more...]
A fun new game for game night
If you’re from Harmony and love board games, you’re going to want to add Harmony-Opoly, a limited edition real estate trading game, to your collection. Melissa Vander Plas, who sits on the board of directors for the Harmony Chamber of Commerce, first brought up the idea of creating a game based on the City of Harmony during a chamber meeting last year. She had heard of … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central teachers prep for new school year
The Fillmore Central school board reviewed the preliminary enrollment numbers for K-6 at their August 28 meeting. Currently, there are 48 students signed up for the kindergarten class, 32 for first grade, 50 for second grade, 65 for third grade, 45 for fourth grade, 48 for fifth grade, and 59 for sixth grade for a total of 346 students. At this same time last year, 351 … [Read more...]
Phyllis M. Hageman
Phyllis M. Hageman, age 85, of Harmony, died Saturday, August 25, 2018, at Harmony Healthcare in Harmony. Phyllis was born May 23, 1933, in Bristol to John and Bernice (Scrabeck) Fishbaugher. She graduated from the Harmony High School. In 1951 she married Oral Johnson. They had two children, Milford and Peggy. They later divorced. On March 16, 1973, she married Gene Hageman. … [Read more...]
Helen (Bates) Scheevel
Helen (Bates) Scheevel passed away August 23, 2018, in Donna, Tex. Helen was born to Granville and Delia Bates on April 24, 1929. She married Harland Scheevel February 21, 1947, in Harmony, Minn. She is survived by two sons, David (Maleana) of Donna, Tex., and Dan of Litchfield, Minn.; along with grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Helen was preceded in death by her … [Read more...]
Reg Rhodes
Reg Rhodes, 47, of Grand Lake, Colo., died at home unexpectedly on Sunday, July 29, 2018, after a courageous struggle with debilitating, chronic, clinical depression. Reg was born on March 27, 1971, to his parents, Jon and Carol Rhodes of Harmony, Minn. Reg graduated form Harmony High school in 1989 and joined the Army National Guard for six years of service. He attended … [Read more...]
Harmony resident asks city to pay her back for bills
At the August 14 city council meeting, Harmony resident Cindy Berge asked the city to cover her bills that have accumulated due to the sewer backing up into her basement. She said that when the road and utility project was done on her street, the wrong size of pipe was installed to connect her sewer system with the city’s and as a result, it has needed to be augered out … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Matson Foster
Elizabeth Matson Foster died on February 20, 2018, surrounded by her loving family in Honolulu, Hawaii, after a brief hospitalization for complications of influenza pneumonia. She was 75. Liz was born in Decorah, Iowa, to Walter and Hazel (Fairbanks) Matson on May 23, 1942. Her earliest years were spent in Butte, Mont., where her father was serving in the Army Corps of … [Read more...]