FILLMORE & HOUSTON COUNTIES—The first newspaper printed in Fillmore County was the Fillmore County Pioneer in Carimona, a six-column broadsheet issued on Thursday, June 5, 1856. This was two years before Minnesota became a state and joined the union. The Pioneer called itself: A Family Newspaper, Neutral in Politics, Devoted to the News of the Day, Mechanics, Agriculture, Education, Morals, etc., etc.