Harold A. Kiecker, 77, of East Lake Lillian Township, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. Graveside funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, at Peace Lutheran Cemetery in Cosmos. Visitation will be 12-2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, as walk up style through the glass of the west […]

Hutchinson High School graduate Morgan Julius is among the Minnesota State University Moorhead graduates recognized for the fall 2020 semester. She earned her Master in Science in educational leadership.

MNSCU Report Steven Rosenstone, vice president for scholarly and cultural affairs, and professor of political science at the University of Minnesota, was recently selected as the next chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities in a 14-1 vote by the Board of Trustees. I am excited that we have found a leader who is […]

Deadline is April 1 Minnesota families who have owned their farms for 100 years or more are encouraged to apply for the 2011 Century Farm Program. More than 9,000 Minnesota farms have been honored since the program began in 1976. Locally, two family farmers were recognized in 2008 as Century Farms. At that time, Milton […]

Loren Orville Stevenson, 61, of International Falls, Minn., died Monday morning, Feb. 7, 2011, at his home, of natural causes. Loren was born Feb. 23, 1949, in Walhalla, N.D., to Orville and Florence Stevenson, and moved to International Falls in 2000. He married Katherine Swede Jackson in 1972 in Sandstone, Minn. Loren worked in the […]

Visiting Meeker County in November felt, in some ways, like going home for Andrew Letson. Letson, who began his new position as Meeker County Administrator last week, said his trip to Minnesota to interview for the position gave him a good feeling. I visited 10 towns that day, Letson said. What really struck me was […]

Reprinted from Session Weekly, Minnesota House of Representatives By Brenda van Dyck It should come as no surprise to anyone who’s witnessed the spread of new housing developments in the outlying Twin Cities metropolitan area that these places are among the fastest growing in the state. Some areas even lead the nation in their growth. […]

DNR Staff Report A ripple spreads when a bobber plops in calm water. Waves of economic impact roll over Minnesota when all its anglers do the same Though often perceived as a pleasant pastime, fishing is more than that, explained Dirk Peterson, fisheries chief of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. It’s an economic engine […]

Hutchinson City Council has called for a public hearing regarding an extended timeline for Uponor to meet the stipulations of a $450,000 forgivable loan from the Minnesota Investment Fund. The loan from the city came about in 2018 when Uponor was considering expanding into Hutchinson. In return, the international manufacturer of water delivery, heating and […]

25 YEARS AGO Pat Bartlett and Kathy Stish Brokaw received honors in the Eighth Annual Press Women of Minnesota Communications Contest. A poem by a former International Falls poet has been selected for the fall, 1986, American Poetry Anthology. John P. McPartlin, a retired Michigan and Minnesota weekly newspaper editor, is the author of Mortimer […]

The 60-member Minnesota Valley Community Band will perform Friday, June 24, at the City Square Park gazebo in Chaska. Featured numbers include selections from West Side Story, The Imperial March, Yoda’s Theme, Star Wars main theme and Entry March of the Boyars. Traditional patriotic favorites such as America the Beautiful and The Stars and Stripes [R...

One of Borderland’s state lawmakers rejected his July 1 paycheck as the state government shutdown began, while the other has accepted it. According to payroll offices in the state House and Senate, 62 Minnesota state lawmakers deferred their July 1 paycheck. Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton is also declining his paycheck during the shutdown. Minnesota Rep. […]

Jack Eugene Murray, age 89, of International Falls, Minn., died Tuesday June 28, 2011 at his home. He was born July 28, 1921, to Patrick and Alice Murray. He was born and raisedtwo blocks from his current home. As a youth growing up in International Falls, he took up boxing and became a Golden Gloves […]

Answers to each clue for the February 7, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

This year marks the 100th birthday of waterskiing. The sport was invented in Minnesota in 1922 in Lake City on Lake Pepin. In the Southwest Metro there are many ways to enjoy the water sport. One of the intentions of the Minnesota Waterski Association is encourage people to get out on the water and get […]

A bipartisan group of five U.S. Senators is pressing a federal oversight board to increase competition in the rail industry so that the nation’s farmers and other small and medium-sized businesses aren’t forced to pay excessive shipping rates that raise operating costs and limit their ability to compete with foreign companies. Senators Al Franken, D-Minn., […]

Koochiching County 4-H held its annual special events day Wednesday, and organizers claim the day was a great success. We had a lot of kids who shared their talents, said Jan Derdowski, regional extension educator with the University of Minnesota. Derdowski, who was the emcee for Wednesday’s event, announced youngsters participating in a fashion revue, […]

The Hutchinson area received a share of $20.6 million the Minnesota Legislature dedicated to improve broadband across the state. The local grant, which creates a partnership between Nuvera Communications and the state, is for $169,369, with a project cost of $423,423 and a $254,054 local match. As part of the ongoing Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant […]

DNR Staff Report With Minnesota’s small game, waterfowl, and archery deer seasons underway, and the firearm deer season set to begin Nov. 5, conservation officers with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources report an increase in trespass calls from landowners. Hunters are reminded that there is one sure way to avoid problems associated with trespassing: […]

The Friends of High Island have been awarded a $396,100 Minnesota Conservation Partners Legacy grant to replace the dam on High Island Lake in New Auburn. The group is providing a 10% match of $39,610 toward the project. The funds will be used for the replacement of the existing dam on the south end of […]