Donnie James Simonson, 76, of Grand Meadow, passed away peacefully on October 26, 2025, at the Spring Valley Care Center after a courageous battle with cancer. Donnie was born on August 28, 1949, in ...

Investigators determined that Petersen drove under the influence of methamphetamine when her vehicle struck a horse-drawn buggy carrying four of Menno and Sarah Miller’s children. The crash killed ...

What does this mean? It means that the deportation of illegal immigrants who do agricultural work in the U.S. threatens our food supply and will, without an immediate correction, cause food prices to ...

C. L. McNelly, born in 1883, was in his 66th year in 1949, Minnesota’s centennial year of statehood, when he authored remembrances of his life on Portland Prairie. The pines still stood in 1949 where ...

The Leiding family farOms on County Road 11, where Todd and Stacy now operate a crop and custom heifer-raising business on 350 acres across two properties. The family’s legacy stretches back decades.

Never shake hands with a great horned owl. The grip strength in those feet – 200 to 500 pounds per square inch – can be up to 10 times stronger than the grip of a human hand. And I’ve learned they ...

Student School Board Representative Dash Ranzenberger, shared “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” will be the fall drama with a cast of 15 students. Ranzenberger then informed that MnDOT ...

Marlene Wisland, 92, of Canton, Minn., died Thursday, October 23, 2025, at Green Lea Senior Living in Mabel.

King David reminds us in Psalm 34:9 that such abundance is the result of fearing Him: “Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack!” The trees, the animals, and the farmer ...

The Houston County Board of Commissioners held its regularly scheduled meeting on October 21, 2025. Chairman Eric Johnson called the meeting to order at 9 a.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Spring Grove City Council members met October 21 at 168 West Main Street in room #100. Council members present included Wilhelmson, Eric Ostern, Trent Turner, Mike Hagen and Morgan Buckland. City ...