An Open House and Story Celebration for the newly repurposed Historic Lanesboro Phone Booth is taking place at the Lanesboro Museum on Saturday, October 28 from 3-5 p.m. Participants will be able to use the handset to listen to the local stories installed in the phone booth while enjoying refreshments and having their photo taken inside the phone booth by a photographer. There … [Read more...]
Donald Curtis Haug
A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 28, 2017, at 10:30 a.m., at Grace Church in Algona. Inurnment will follow at Riverview Cemetery. His family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Donald Curtis Haug was born in Grafton, N. Dak., on August 18, 1933, to Selmer and Dagny (Bakken) Haug. He enjoyed raising cattle and farming … [Read more...]
Commonweal Theatre receives 2017 Nonprofit Award for Excellence
LANESBORO, MN — The Commonweal Theatre is pleased and honored to announce that the organization has been awarded the 2017 Minnesota Nonprofit Award for Excellence by The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and Propel Nonprofits. With a nearly 30-year history of providing high quality, live professional theatre, the Commonweal Theatre has been recognized for overall excellence and … [Read more...]
Dr. Edwin Sylvester (Sid) Brokken
Dr. Edwin Sylvester (Sid) Brokken Jr passed away Monday evening, October 9, 2017, at home in ColtsNeck, N. J. He was 82 years of age. The son of Edwin S. Brokken Sr. and Benita Murilda (Redalen) Brokken, Sid was born on July 27, 1935 in Lanesboro, Minn., the eldest of seven children. He attended the one-room Brokken School in Bristol Township, graduated from Harmony High … [Read more...]
Margaret “Marge” (Kumm) Johnson
Margaret “Marge” (Kumm) Johnson, former resident of Spring Valley, Minn., passed away at her home in College Park, Md., on Sept. 21, 2017, following a courageous battle against Stage IV lung cancer. A graveside service will be held at the Lanesboro Cemetery on Saturday, October 21 at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch in the fellowship hall at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in … [Read more...]
Loren David Tufte
Loren David Tufte, 80, of Lanesboro, Minn., passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, October 8, 2017. Loren was born in Fergus Falls, Minn., to John and Cora (Gorder) Tufte and lived most of his life in the Lanesboro area. He graduated from Lanesboro High School in 1954, enlisted in the Army and spent three years in Germany. He married Carol Ann Rasmussen in 1959. … [Read more...]
Semcac Senior Dining in Lanesboro has a new home
Semcac Senior dining has moved. Meals for seniors will now be available at Kenilworth Apartments, 607 Kenilworth Ave South in Lanesboro. Beginning Monday, October 2, meals will be served to senior citizens Monday through Friday each week. Serving time will be at 11:30 a.m. Meal reservations can be made by signing up at the Kenilworth Apartments or by calling the Rushford … [Read more...]
Lanesboro business owners disagree with proposed parking ordinance
“We’ve been here for 29 years, and we’ve done everything that the city has asked us to do, but this is an issue. We need that area to park,” Historic Scanlan House and the Little River General Store owner Kirsten Mensing said in response to the Lanesboro City Council’s proposed parking ordinance. A concern had previously been brought to the council regarding business owners … [Read more...]
Looking for Breast Cancer Awareness stories
To promote Breast Cancer Awareness, the Fillmore County Journal would like to publish stories of local people who have dealt with breast cancer and are willing to share their journey. If you know someone who currently has breast cancer or is in remission, please contact us by email us at news@fillmorecountyjournal.com or call 507-765-2151 by October 10. … [Read more...]
Rural Lanesboro fiber build to begin in October
The golden shovel kick-off event with Fillmore County and AcenTek representatives was held the morning of September 22 in Lanesboro. Construction to install the necessary infrastructure to bring wireline high speed internet to the city of Whalan and sections of Carrolton and Holt Townships is expected to begin in early October. It will be completed in 2018. AcenTek will build … [Read more...]