Volunteer fire departments across Minnesota are grappling with the challenges posed by new regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).The proposed changes to the Fire ...

A new program is providing free support to Minnesotans living with dementia and their caregivers.The Medicare GUIDE (Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience) program, which launched nationwide on July ...

The Meeker County Board considered a request from the Information Technology Department for approval of a quote from Marco Technologies, LLC for the purchase, installation, and configuration of Dell ...

Michelle “Micki” Kae Day, 82, of Big Lake, MN, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Big Lake at Cherrywood Assisted Living. Services will take place at 11 a.m. Monday, March 3, 2025, at Swanson ...

Diane Kathleen Blackwood, 78, of Dassel, MN, died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, at Lakeside Generations in Dassel. A funeral service will take place at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, at the Lake Jennie ...

For the past 33 years, Lynn Ketelsen has been a fixture on local radio stations as farm director of the Linder Farm Network. Stemming back to the network’s creation more than 30 years ago, Ketelsen ...

The Cokato City Council had a lot of items on their agenda during their meeting Monday evening.City Administrator Brad Potter has been working on formulating a Housing Trust Fund in collaboration with ...

Diane Kathleen Blackwood, 78, of Dassel, MN, died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, at Lakeside Generations in Dassel. A funeral service will take place at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, at the Lake Jennie ...

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, this is a perfect opportunity to express our love and care for our children by ensuing they are in the appropriate child safety seat. It is a sad reality ...

Wright County 4-H invites the community to discover all that 4-H has to offer. Member or not, and regardless of age, there’s always something new to try out. Come to Project Workshop and Cloverbud Day ...

There are dozens of local stories from the last 50 years in my book about newspaper work, Joseph Wore Tennis Shoes: Stories From Small Town Journalism, and I’d love to hear from you which ones you ...

This month, my husband and I, along with other church volunteers, are doing what we do periodically – delivering meals to elders in our community. The nutritionally balanced, home-delivered meals are ...