The Melrose Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated individuals and businesses for going above and beyond expectations Nov. 19 during its annual membership banquet at the Meadowlark Country Club in …

Diane Jesh has a passion for painting. A framed winter scene painted by Jesh depicting her daughters, Shelly and Amy, in their youth building a snowman near their pond painted is displayed in …

Traffic patterns at the intersection of County Road 13 and Kraft Drive in Melrose are inching closer to a possible traffic control measure by Stearns County. A second traffic study was completed …

Five years ago, during the pandemic, the Drive-Thru Light Display at Santa’s Pioneer Village was started at the Stearns County Pioneer Grounds in rural Albany.   It was a resounding …

Two died in I-94 crash near Albany ALBANY TOWNSHIP — Two people from Minneapolis died when two vehicles crashed on Interstate-94 in Albany Township around 2:30 p.m. Nov. 30. According …

Stearns Electric Association director Niehaus received certificate   MELROSE — Bob Niehaus, on the Stearns Electric Association Board of Directors, received the Credentialed …

During her two terms on the Melrose School Board, Lee Uphoff has never missed a school board meeting — until her final meeting in December, when she will be on a family trip.   She …