A loud crash around noon Jan. 28 had people in downtown Melrose wondering what was going on. An investigation that started earlier that morning when the Stearns County …
Thank you The family of Lyle Hoffarth would like to express our thanks for your thoughts and prayers at the difficult time of his death. Thank you to Father Edward and Father Julius and the …
The Melrose Area High School speech team captured first place at their Jan. 25 and Feb. 1 meets. They earned first place out of six teams at the Laker Legends Varsity Tournament Feb. 1 at …
Freeport, Albany, Holdingford departments fight Feb. 1 house fire KRAIN TOWNSHIP — Freeport, Albany and Holdingford fire departments responded to a house fire in Krain Township Feb. 1 …
Auditions Feb. 17, 18 for Melrose Stages spring show MELROSE — Melrose Stages spring community theatre production auditions will be at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, and Tuesday, Feb. 18, at …
Being able to spell “ambulatory” and “meticulous” paid off for Itzel Chisco Guerrero Jan. 14 in the Melrose Area Public Schools’ Spelling Bee at the Marit Elliott …
Holdingford Middle School sixth grader Eva Lancour earned top honors at the Holdingford District Spelling Bee Jan. 24 in the high school theater in Holdingford. She correctly spelled the word …
The Melrose Area Development Authority is re-introducing the city’s Commercial Rehabilitation Deferred Loan Program in 2025, Sheila Hellermann, community development director, told council …
The revised fiscal year 2025 budget for Melrose Area Public Schools shows a projected $8,644 surplus. The revised budget was presented Jan. 27 during a regular board meeting at the Melrose High …
The first citizens to approach new Holdingford mayor Travis Harlander Jan. 13 during the Holdingford City Council meeting were Holdingford Girl Scout Troop 952 members. Girls …
A surge in respiratory illnesses is being seen at CentraCare-Melrose Clinic in Melrose. “There has been an increase in influenza A, the norovirus, COVID-19 and RSV (respiratory syncytial …
Jes Schlichting learned about radon during science fair experiments when she attended school in Little Falls in the 1980s. That information about the colorless, odorless gas that comes from the …