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National Weather Service Confirms Funnel Cloud in Fillmore County
Spring Valley, MN (KROC-AM News)- The National Weather Service is now confirming that a funnel cloud was spotted in Fillmore County during Saturday’s severe weather outbreak across southern Minnesota. Two rounds of severe storms fueled by hot and humid conditions brought a tornado, damaging winds, heavy rain and large...
County Fair Forecast
It’s the middle of summer and county fair season is in full swing. The Fillmore County Fair is in its second day being held in Preston. In Minnesota, the Dodge County Fair beings on Wednesday in Kasson as well as the Wabasha County Fair in Wabasha. In Iowa, the...
Fillmore County Fair starts Monday
(ABC 6 News) — One of the oldest county fairs in Minnesota gets started on Monday as Fillmore County’s event kicks off. Monday is dedicated to 4-H as static project judging begins at 1:30 PM and goes until 7 PM. On Tuesday, attendees can check out The O’Hara...
Mabel To Follow County Cannabinoid Ordinance, Discusses Night Out
At the July 10 Mabel City Council meeting, the board unanimously passed resolution number 2024-07 concerning the public use of cannabinoids. This resolution aligns with Fillmore County’s ordinance number 20240423, which governs the use of cannabinoids in public places. Mayor Adam Wilder called the meeting to order at 6...
(UPDATED) Rochester Included in Severe Storm Warning
The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a. * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Olmsted County in southeastern Minnesota... Northeastern Mower County in southeastern Minnesota... Southeastern Dodge County in southeastern Minnesota... Northwestern Fillmore County in southeastern Minnesota... * Until 715 PM CDT. * At 623 PM CDT, a severe...
Our Towns Thrive When Everyone Is Welcome
I love the cultural and civic institutions that make our rural communities such a great place to live. From the post office, to restaurants, the county fair, local stores, to public schools, public libraries, and our newspaper. These institutions make our social lives richer. So, it was with great interest that I watched an editorial back-and-forth involving my two favorite institutions: public libraries in the Fillmore County Journal. For those of you who don’t voraciously read local commentary (you really are missing out) let me catch you up: In the middle of June, Ben Bisbach wrote eloquently about his experience attending a public meeting at the Harmony Public Library in which some residents petitioned the library to ban children’s books about gay people. The library declined to do so. Last week, Nancy Earndhardt responded to Ben’s letter, encouraging the library to ban books about homosexuality and generally indicated that she believed homosexuality should not exist.
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