Violet Eunice Blomgren was born September 11, 1931, in Iowa. She was the youngest child of seven born to Elmer and Ida (Hermann) Blomgren. She attended school through the eighth grade. Instead of ...

Robert Allen Haug, age 87, of Shevlin, Minn., passed away on January 1, 2025, at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, N. Dak. Bob was born in Grafton, N. Dak., on May 17, 1937, to Selmar and Dagny Haug.

Joseph “Joe” Quentin Burg, age 73, of Caledonia, passed away at his home on May 10, 2025. He was born March 27, 1952, in Caledonia, to Quentin and Esther (Costello) Burg. He attended Loretto High ...

The Chatfield City Council sped through a very short agenda at their May 5 meeting. A grant (Grant Navigation Program) was accepted in the amount of $5,000 from the League of Minnesota Cities. This is ...

How have farms changed? Fifty years ago most were small compared to today. Most were 160 acres, like my family and they raised seven children; across the road four children were raised on 80 acres. In ...

Conrad was born June 11, 1944, to Tag and Irene Clement and grew up on the family farm in rural Newton, Iowa. Conrad died May 6, 2025, at his home in Decorah, Iowa.

Gordon Nepstad, 91, passed away peacefully during the evening of May 6, 2025, at Springbrook Assisted Living in Onalaska, Wis.

Wendell Paul Freiheit, age 86, of Wykoff, Minn., passed away peacefully at his home on May 9, 2025.

You can make good decisions without learning from your poor decisions. Beware of those who constantly tell you how smart they are. If they were that smart, they wouldn’t need to tell you.

Today’s graduates are part of Generation Z, or Gen Z (for short). In 2025, there will be 84 more high school graduates compared to 2024, a 20.6% increase over the previous year in our coverage area.

In the 1930s, Hokah businesses built a log cabin near Pilger’s Spring, which fed into Lake Como. The roomy cabin featured a fireplace and pine floor. It was an exceptional site for picnics and camping ...

Mabel-Canton softball moved its win streak to seven games by sweeping a pair of doubleheaders with SEC strugglers Lyle/Pacelli and Schaeffer Academy. Versus the Athletics, game one fell 11-0 in five ...