Thank you Thank you to our family and friends for sharing our special day with us. Thank you for the cards, gifts and well wishes. We are so grateful for all of you and all the love and …

The Avon City Council approved the 2025 payable in 2026 property tax levy of $1,635,000 during its Sept. 22 meeting at the city hall in Avon.  That compares with the final levy approved …

For author Leif Enger, the rewrite is often the most rewarding part of a story. Rewriting has shaped both Enger’s stories and his evolving career. When Enger returns to Central Minnesota …

The Sauk Centre and Melrose Lions Clubs joined forces for their annual Fall Tasting Event at the Sauk Centre Civic Arena, drawing a record 305 attendees. “It takes us not quite a year to …

Firefighters fight storage unit fire in Melrose  MELROSE —  The Melrose Fire Department responded to a structure fire around 1:40 p.m. Sept. 28 on the 400 block of Kraft …

German Günter Buschenlange, surrounded by Meire Grove band members, played the trumpet as they performed the German national anthem Sept. 14 at Meire Grove City Hall in Meire Grove. That was …

Albany — The respective boards of Mother of Mercy Senior Living and Benedictine have agreed to transfer membership of Mother of Mercy Senior Living to Benedictine. The effective date of the …

Two-pronged issues — driving golf carts and parking vehicles on lawns — were discussed during the Sept. 18 Melrose City Council meeting at the city center in Melrose.  Councilor …

Lawrence Sand and his niece, Pam Ritter, are the “can-tab duo.” For close to 25 years, Sand has collected cans as he traveled down roads in and around Freeport on his three-wheel …

A prayerful woman filled with faith, a social person who loved children — that is how Benedictine Sister Suzanne Slominski, who died Aug. 24, is being remembered.  “She had a …