Charles Milton Burmeister, age 91, passed away on Monday, February 12, 2017, at the Patty Elwood Center in Cresco, Iowa, after many difficult years with Alzheimers. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Friday, February 16, 2018, at Greenfield Lutheran Church in Harmony. Friends may call at the church from 1 p.m. until time of services. Lindstrom Funeral Home in Harmony is assisting … [Read more...]
Norris Arlen Storlie
Norris Arlen Storlie, 85, of rural Harmony, Minn., passed away on Saturday, February 3 at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital, La Crosse, Wis. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, at 11 a.m. at the Greenfield Lutheran Church in Harmony. Friends may call at the Greenfield Lutheran Church from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday and also one hour prior to services on … [Read more...]
Barbara (Kruegel) Dybvik
Barbara Ann (Kruegel) Dybvik passed into the eternal care of our Lord and Savior on January 28, 2018, at her home in Lake City, Minn. Barbara had battled lymphoma cancer since October 2017. Barbara was born in Preston, Minn., to Arnold and Marguerite (Campbell) Kruegel on January 16, 1950. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. She grew up on the family farm … [Read more...]
Frances Fried Wainwright
Frances Fried Wainwright went to be with her Lord on December 27, 2017. Frances was born on July 18, 1927, to Harry and Hilda McKay of rural Harmony. Frances graduated from Harmony High School in 1945 and then attended business college in Winona, Minn. While working as a bookkeeper at a department store in Winona, she met her future husband, Myron Fried. They were married … [Read more...]
Harmony discusses possibility of paving end of Sixth Street
Joe Hahn was present at the January 9 Harmony City Council meeting. He is thinking about building a home at the end of Sixth Street southeast. Currently, the city street ends before that point so he would have to extend the water and sewer service. As it’s a dead end street, he wanted to know if that would be adequate or if he would need to include curb and gutter. Hahn had … [Read more...]
Kathryn M. Fishbaugher
Kathryn M. Fishbaugher, age 94 of Harmony, Minn., died Tuesday, January 2, 2018, at the Harmony Care Center in Harmony. Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Saturday, January 6 at the United Methodist Church in Harmony, followed by burial in the State Line Cemetery, rural Harmony. Friends called on Saturday from 10 a.m. until time of services at the church. Kate was born June … [Read more...]
Micheal John “Mick” Stork
Micheal John (Mick) Stork, 65, died December 28, 2017, at Franciscan Skemp Medical Center, La Crosse, Wis. Mick had been residing at Caledonia Care & Rehab Center, Caledonia, Minn., for the 10 1/2 years due to poor health. Micheal (Mick) Stork was born on January 10, 1952, to Wm. B. and Junice (Rein) Stork of Harmony, Minn. He attended and graduated from Harmony High … [Read more...]
Harmony raises salt and sand rates
The City of Harmony currently charges $30 to salt and sand a small lot in town and $50 for a large one. The cost does not include plowing the snow. The maintenance department asked the council what their thoughts were on raising that price. “That seems really low,” council member Debbie Swenson agreed. The council approved a motion to raise each of the rates by $20 bringing … [Read more...]
Results of the Harmony Community Chest 2017 Charity Drive
The 2017 Harmony Community Chest Drive has been completed. Even without the door-to-door solicitations, we raised $6,200 in mailed-in donations. This is up from the $5,675 raised in 2016. Proceeds from the drive are given to local and regional organizations and charities. The disbursement of funds was as follows, plus expenses: • $2,200 Harmony Ambulance • $600 Harmony … [Read more...]
Harmony bloodmobile meets goal
The blood drive held in Harmony on November 28, 2017, succeeded in collecting 50 units of blood which was their goal. There were 50 donors that presented and one first-time participant. Congratulations to these four donors who reached the following milestones: Sylvia Leitzen – five gallons, Paula Michel – four gallons, Jane Montgomery – six gallons, Darrel Olson – three … [Read more...]