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The horses and riders of the Sherburne County Mounted Patrol appear at many events such as parades each year, but not many may know how those horses and riders come to be uniformed representatives of a local sheriff’s department.
Lots of people in the area know Roy Billmark and the delightful accordion music he plays at area senior-living communities.
• Flu vaccines have been updated to better match circulating viruses [the B/Victoria component was changed and the influenza A(H3N2) component was updated.
With the frigid winter months fast approaching, the thought of hunkering down is one of the first things that comes to mind for many.
Many farmers till during the fall. This year, we encourage you not to. Leave it be, let it g…
25 years ago - 1993
25 years ago - 1993
Thirty students from Milaca High School toured the Central Minnesota Renewables (CMR) plant …
If the fall season has brought a hankering for apple pie, local citizens are in luck because…
Shopping local helps keep dollars in the community
Each October, SPIRE staff choose to wear pink during Breast Cancer Awareness Month to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Since 2015, SPIRE staff have raised over $7,500 for the organization to help find cures and treatments for all types of cancer.
Xcel Energy, a national leader in using unmanned aircraft to inspect utility infrastructure, is now using drones at the company’s nuclear facilities in Minnesota. The company flew a drone at a nuclear facility for the first time at its Prairie Island plant in the summer and this week a drone…
When two organizations become one, they face the exciting and vital task of creating a name. Augustana Care and Elim Care especially wanted a name to echo the values and mission of both nonprofit eldercare providers. To make sure a wide range of stakeholders and employees were included, Var…
Democrat Tim Walz, the next governor of Minnesota, had 1,393,057 votes (nearly 54 percent) as he beat Republican Jeff Johnson who had 1,097,700 votes (about 42 percent) in the Nov. 6 election. That's a margin of 295,357 votes.
For some it was just a wide spot in the road.
I agree with Tim Poorker’s points wholeheartedly, but there is also strong community development and tax argument to be made about our schools.
The Tuesday, Nov. 6 election has an overwhelming national focus that may be obliterating views of important local issues. This fall, 35 Minnesota school districts are presenting their voters with critical property tax levy questions to fund school operations. In addition, 25 school districts…
The Tuesday, Nov. 6, election has an overwhelming national focus that may be obliterating views of important local issues. This fall, 35 Minnesota school districts are presenting their voters with critical property tax levy questions to fund school operations. In addition, 25 school district…
Minnesota’s next governor will need to unite a state divided over social issues and clashing rural-urban goals. He also will have the opportunity to build on the current economic boom, pulling from a vast store of natural and human resources.
For some it was just a wide spot in the road.
For the second consecutive season, Breanna Mehrwerth lifted her head above the water and looked towards the scoreboard, at the Class 1A Section 5A Championships, on Saturday, Nov. 10. She, and her 200-yard freestyle relay teammates Aubrie Vivant, Lexy Tesch and Avery Herbst, awaited the resu…
When Milaca’s prep athletes showed up to their weight room for offseason lifting in the center of the high school, last Wednesday, Nov. 7, many of them took one step onto the floor before exclaiming, “Wow!”
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