Harmony News

Two more "met" (meteorological) towers for the EcoEnergy wind power company were given initial approval by the Fillmore County Planning Commission during its monthly meeting Aug. 28 and will be passed along to the Fillmore County commissioners with a recommendation for approval.

One tower will be located on property owned by Dick Boice, in Section 7 of Harmony Township and the other on Rick Morem property in Section 20, also in Harmony Township.

The requests sailed through the Planning Commission process as EcoEnergy representative Don Miller, of its new Harmony office staff, explained some project details and answered questions. He noted that the office would have another local staff person starting on Sept. 11.

When guests check in at Hillcrest Hide-Away Bed and Breakfast, chances are that owner Carol Eggert is looking for the answer to one question: "What would this person want to eat for breakfast?" Cookbook Carol ...

Safety was the first concern after last August's flood. Before the water had receded, many of the towns hardest hit by the floods were already starting to plan how to get up and running again.

For Richard and Mindy Gullickson, the words farm and family always have been intertwined.

Bikers and non-bikers are invited to a music, riding and camping fundraising event Saturday at Riverbend Campground south of Austin.

Rochesterfest is over. The fireworks have come and gone. With an unusually cool spring, maybe you have felt like you blinked and missed June altogether.

After last week's rain and flooding, the rainfall totals are finally in.

Reno, in Houston County, topped the list with 10.10 inches for the week of June 6 to June 13, according to the National Weather Service office in La Crosse, Wis.

Second on the list was Harmony, in Fillmore County, with 9.43 inches. Lanesboro rounded out the top three with 7.32 inches.

La Crescent, Rochester and Austin landed in the middle of the pack with 6.40, 6.09 and 6.08 inches respectively. Winona recorded 4.82 inches.

Since heavy rain this weekend, Fillmore and Houston county residents have had to adapt to rising floodwaters.

Joanne Szuch of Preston had five feet of water in her basement after the South Branch of the Root River spilled from its banks Sunday night, but she's not complaining.

A rug, an electric fan and paint cans floated overtop furniture halfway up Deb and Gary Danielson's basement stairs leading into their kitchen.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation closed U.S. Highway 52 in Fillmore County from Highway 44 to the Iowa border because of flooding near Decorah, Iowa.

For the second time in a week, an Amish child has died in an accident in southeastern Minnesota's Fillmore County.

A 10-year-old boy from rural Harmony was killed when his wagon rolled out from a driveway into the path of a car.

An 18-year-old man was killed today when the vehicle he was driving crashed while going around a curve on a highway in rural Harmony.

Three people have died in a rare string of car wrecks on Fillmore County roads in the past 10 days, leaving officials puzzled about the bizarre streak.

Another fatal car rollover in Fillmore County is the third fatality there in just ten days.

“I think they feel good about coming back to the same lifestyle”

Nineteen members of the Elderhostel group quieted when they heard the hymn coming from Drucilla Milne's computer. via Post-Bulletin

“I'm going to marry that school marm and never work another day in my life”

The ladies that taught in the one-room schools were to be admired. They taught in remote areas under hard circumstances. via The Fence Post

Mara Winston, a 2002 graduate of Fillmore Central High School who now sings with operas nationwide, will perform at 2 p.m. Saturday at Greenfield Lutheran Church in Harmony. via Post-Bulletin

“Everybody that tasted the water said, 'You should bottle and sell this,'”

Sometimes an opportunity hits you like a wave. What is artesian water? "A well drilled through a 'confining layer' such as clay, which due to hydraulic head pressures rise up the well casing with great pressure ... via Post-Bulletin