At our meeting last Wednesday, we heard some good news: in addition to all the other pluses of having them around, our summer ...

The small town of Maynard put on a big display of fireworks on the 4th of July. The fireworks show was preceded earlier in ...

Due to the flooding on the Riverwalk, the July Makers Market, hosted by the Granite Area Arts Council, was held at Rice Park ...

I’m a fan of a phenomenon that I don’t believe has a name, though maybe my long-winded German ancestors had a word for it. Let’s call it “awe at surprise rural architectural gems.” For instance, I ...

At Monday evening’s meeting of the Granite Falls City Council, one of the topics of discussion was a potential riprap stabilization project along a pond area, located just across the bridge on the ...

Live music at Bluenose Gopher Public House 7-9 p.m. with SW MN Musician Sam Jeffrey. No cover charge.

I’m currently at my “big” summer vacation. My husband and I have national parks on our bucket list, and we will hit up three ...

He began with frogging. Then jigging. By noon, he said, he’d be hula popping. I kept nodding, as though these were natural ...

For the most part we had a nice Independence Day weekend. We did see some heat and humidity on Friday that sparked some ...

Cities, counties, Tribes and other government entities in Minnesota are encouraged to apply for matching funds for local transportation infrastructure projects that support economic development, the ...

Now that my oldest child has resumed his military work after his couple of month leave in Minnesota, and has returned to New York, that of course, means my grandmother has resumed her cookie baking ...

At last Friday’s Kilowatts Baseball game, a special ceremony was held to honor the legacy of local baseball legend Don Betzen ...