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C. Wayne Lenz
C. Wayne Lenz. September 11, 2024 by Fillmore County Journal Leave a Comment. C. Wayne Lenz, age 92, of Harmony, Minn., passed away on September 9, 2024, following a short illness. Wayne was born on October 21, 1931, to Clarence and Marguerite (Galloway) Lenz in Clear Lake, Iowa. Wayne graduated from Lyle Minn., High School in 1949.
Harmony Council Sets 2024 Appointments - Fillmore County Journal
Jan 15, 2024 · The annual council appointments for 2024 were set at the Harmony City Council’s January 9 meeting. Domingo Kingsley will serve as mayor pro-tem, Kyle Scheevel and Jesse Grabau on the Street and Utilities Committee, Steve Donney and Kingsley on the Personnel Committee, Scheevel and Grabau on the Building Committee, Donney and Kingsley on the Budget Committee, Donney and Michael Himlie on the ...
Phyllis Mae Johnson - Fillmore County Journal
Phyllis Mae Johnson. February 1, 2024 by Fillmore County Journal Leave a Comment. Phyllis Mae Johnson, 98, died Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home where she had resided since September of 2021. Phyllis was born May 24, 1925, at her home outside of Harmony, Minn., to Ben and Olga (Helleland) Overland. Phyllis was ...
Homeschooling and Extracurriculars: What’s Legal?
Sep 9, 2024 · Photo submitted. In 1987, homeschooling officially became legal in Minnesota. At the beginning of 2020, the US Census showed that 4.6% of students in Minnesota were being homeschooled, but by October of that same year, that number had risen to 9.7% and continues to grow each year. Nationwide, 11.1% of students were being homeschooled at the ...
Fillmore County Flashback Flood Vacation
Sep 2, 2024 · Floods would occur when the ice on the frozen Root River started to break up or when heavy rains occurred farther upstream, or both. When an ice jam occurred, the city council would try to find someone to dynamite the jam. Once the ice jam was cleared and the water had receded, road graders were used to clear large chunks of ice from affected ...
Sonja Lee Venant - Fillmore County Journal
Sonja Lee Venant, mother, grandmother, sister passed away at the age of 78 on March 7, 2024. Sonja was the eldest daughter of Eunice and Gerald Flaby. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Lanesboro High School Class of 1964, and later that year was crowned Fillmore County Dairy Princess. She married Merlin Ardell Thoen in 1965, and ...
Matt Bruce Wingert
Matt Bruce Wingert, age 41, of Fountain, Minn., died at his family farm on Monday, September 9, 2024. Matt was born October 29, 1982, the son of Bruce and Tracy (Garden) Wingert. After high school, he did a harvest run in the southern states. Eventually Matt returned to his family farm and dedicated his life to dairy farming.
Independent feature film shot in Lanesboro
Jan 17, 2022 · The house is an 1870 brick Italianate two story brick home, built by James A. Thomson, and is located adjacent to the Lanesboro Dam. Owners of the house, David and Marti Gray, were the catalyst for most of the movie being filmed in Lanesboro. “Originally we were going to shoot in Columbia, then we decided to shoot in Minnesota,” says Bain.