Hello,” says a kid, startling me. She’s appeared on the back patio of the Bluenose Gopher; since I’m sitting down and she’s standing, her large eyes are roughly at the level of my own. Her gaze is ...

With the help of multiple guest writers (see below) and whimsical stranger children (see “This Happened Here”), this week’s ...

Crews will be fog sealing paved shoulders along Highway 212 from Granite Falls to Danube this week, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Fog sealing is done to preserve and extend ...

August is National Breastfeeding Month! At Countryside Public Health, we’re here to support you on your breastfeeding journey ...

The Chippewa County Fair is scheduled this year for Wednesday, July 30th through Sunday, August 3rd. Merriams Midway Show returns to host the carnival each day. The Texas-based company has been in ...

On August 16th and 17th, the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum is hosting “Victory at Sea” in honor of the Navy and Marine 250th ...

America believes in second chances. It’s the land of reinvention. The country that invented brunch, rebooted Batman eleven times, and gave Paul Giamatti a leading man phase. And now, it has done the ...

Geologists in the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Aggregate Resource Mapping Program have completed a new map showing the potential for sand, gravel and crushed stone resources in Yellow ...

Twenty-six WISSOTA Hornets came to Fiesta City Speedway for the increased purse. Plus the Pure Stocks are raced for an increased purse.

The Poetry Bus is a quartet of touring poets promoting “poetry is for everyone” while typewriting poems on demand and giving poetry readings at farmers markets, cultural centers and a brew pub in ...

Question: I was driving in the metro area the other day and I witnessed a bus driving on the shoulder. Is this allowed?

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ latest ruffed grouse counts found Minnesota’s spring 2025 population is lower statewide than last year. Ruffed grouse drums per stop were 1.8 statewide, ...