It’s been 23 years since Brenda Ristau started working at Fillmore Central. She started out as a special education paraprofessional in 1994. Three years later, she moved into working with the hot lunch accounts and stayed in that job for four years. Finally, she accepted a position as an administrative assistant and has doing that for 16 years now. Brenda’s ability to know … [Read more...]

Umbelina Cremer of Harmony, Minn., spends her days and normally, part of her evenings doing whatever she can to take care of the children who attend Harmony Kids Learning Center, which she owns with her husband, Steve, and where she works as the executive director. Cremer has spent much of her life caring for youngsters, as she ran an in-home daycare for 25 years, which is … [Read more...]

President/CEO, Penny Solberg of Spring Valley Living, grew up on a farm near Harmony, Minn., and married a farmer. Even though she is well known throughout the state as a leader in the healthcare field and is an avid traveler - inside and outside of work - she still considers herself a just farm girl from Fillmore County. Perhaps her connection with those who work the land … [Read more...]