Fillmore County News

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address echoed in the words of Nathan Pike as he talked about how 155 acres in Preston could be dedicated in three years as the state's third veterans cemetery.

He was presented with a pontoon boat. 1962 - 50 years ago State Sen. Sandy Keith of Rochester won DFL endorsement for lieutenant governor at the state DFL convention in Duluth.

Members of the Fillmore Central Class of 2012 were honored last Wednesday evening during a senior awards night.

By Lisa Brainard The Fillmore County Board, meeting May 22, heard initial results from a study on consolidating county dispatching services in 11 southeastern Minnesota counties.

U.S. Reps. Jon Runyan, back to camera, and Tim Walz to the right, listen to testimony in a congressional field hearing held in the Fillmore County Board Room Monday afternoon, May 14.

By Debra J. Richardson Editor's note: In collaboration with several local organizations, the Fillmore County Historical Society is co-sponsoring a War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemoration on Saturday, June 16, in the village of Lenora.

"I remember the first time I came to the door to pick her up for a date... she came to the door, and I can't remember exactly what she was wearing, but it was a cute little dress.

If you have information, call the Fillmore County Sheriff's Department at 765-3874. "Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good." - From Genesis, quoted in Root Prairie Lutheran's thank you notes to those who helped in the church's rebuilding.

State Sen. Jeremy Miller, R-Winona, will deliver the Memorial Day address at Memorial Day services in Rushford on Monday.

He wrote Jerry Simon, Anton's brother, recently saying that even though they had never met, he has thought of his family almost every day for years, especially since April 3, 1945, when Anton was killed in action.

Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of Fillmore County, about 50,000 veterans living in southern Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin may soon have a closer-to-home option when it comes to choosing their final resting place.

A 50-year-old man from Gays Mill, Wis., was injured in a rollover on U.S. 52 in Fillmore County on Saturday evening.

Twenty-three arts groups in the region have received a total of $110,035 through money received from the Legacy Fund approved in November 2008.

Austin Fencing beings at planned dog park After a few false starts, setbacks, fundraisers and critics, Austin is on the verge of having a fenced-in park where dogs can run off their leashes.

State and federal employees with direct ties to the process of funding, constructing, operating and maintaining a veterans cemetery shed valuable information on the proposed state veterans cemetery project at Preston.

U.S. representatives Jon Runyan, back to camera, and Tim Walz to the right, listen to testimony in a Congressional field hearing held in the Fillmore County Board Room Monday afternoon, May 14.

Race director Chris Skogen congratulates Bob Gritman, who also owns Bicycle Sports in Rochester, after finishing the 100-mile race in 2010.

You approach the fourth hole, wondering how to play it, thinking about the wind, the roll of the land, how well your arms feel.

If everything goes right, it's possible the first veteran will be buried in a new state veterans' cemetery on the outskirts of Preston in the fall of 2015.

Fillmore County History Center honors Eickhoff FOUNTAIN - A man who repeatedly went to bat for the Fillmore County History Center now has his name attached to the renovated and expanded genealogy library at the center in Fountain.