Lismore
- January 07, 2026Jerome Kraft, 74, of Willmar, formerly of Lismore, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, at CentraCare Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. His funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at First Reformed Church in Willmar. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Harvey Anderson Funeral Home in Willmar and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. Memorials are…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianDecember 03, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Dec. 18, 1941. The terrorizing crash of a frail sailing craft against an iceberg in the cold North Atlantic, and the sight of a broad, treeless, unsettled prairie from the open end of an overturned wagon box which served as a home are but two of the many memories in the mind of Mrs. Bertha Thompson, 82, Lismore’s oldest living settler. Mrs.…
By Mavis Fodness, reporterDecember 11, 2024Results from last month’s general election may have surprised many, but no one was more surprised than I was. Come January, my oldest son, Andrew, will be sworn in as the mayor in Lismore, and I couldn’t be more proud as he steps into a local government leadership role. He said that when he received his mail-in ballot, no candidate was listed for Lismore mayor. Concerned, he started asking…
September 04, 2024A memorial service for Bradley J. Schmiesing of Lismore, Minnesota, formerly of Chokio, Minnesota, was Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Chokio. Visitation was from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, at Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Visitation continued at the church one hour prior to the service. Inurnment was in Lakeside Cemetery…
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