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10/18/2024

The Verndale Pirates faced Hill City/Northland Friday, Oct. 11.

10/18/2024

Lois Riess shot her husband at their Blooming Prairie home before fleeing to Florida, where she killed a woman to steal her identity.

10/18/2024

"I am poignantly reminded that we live in a stream of time, and at no point do we get to freeze that stream, as much as we would like to."

10/18/2024

Wadena City Council considers utility rate increase for 2025

The city council heard from Tim Miller, director of rates from Missouri River Energy Services regarding a 2025 Wadena utility rate study.

10/18/2024

Staples-Motley, Wadena Deer Creek competed in the Section 8-1A Individual Tournament Saturday, Oct. 12.

10/18/2024

The Anoka native's pumpkin weighed 2,471 pounds and earned him $22,239 in prize money

10/18/2024

Property transfers and marriage licenses for the weeks of Sept. 30-Oct. 11.

10/18/2024

The League of Women Voters of the Park Rapids Area hosted a candidate forum on Oct. 14.

10/18/2024

The Stearns County Sheriff's Office said that Alexander Mick, 13, of Rice, was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident on Saturday, Oct. 12.

10/18/2024

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS can be seen in the western sky each evening.

10/18/2024

The Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines were scheduled to play Staples-Motley Wednesday, Oct. 16.

10/18/2024

Josh Minott has made Timberwolves coach Chris Finch’s life difficult in the best way possible.

10/18/2024

A Parkers Prairie man suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash, a news release said

10/18/2024

Halloween-themed attractions returning to the area during October include a funeral home-based costume party in Wadena, a haunted hollow in Staples and church trunk-or-treats like in New York Mills.

10/18/2024

Farm accident results in Vining man being extricated from under a tractor.

10/18/2024

He’s been dealing with a hamstring injury that he suffered a couple of weeks ago in London

10/18/2024

Alanna Smith left Game 3 on Wednesday due to a back ailment. But the Lynx big left no doubt Thursday that she has every intention to give it a go in Friday’s elimination game at Target Center.

10/17/2024

After just six months on the job, the Wadena County Board of Commissioners asked county administrator CJ Holl to resign from his position. Holl’s resignation became effective Oct. 1.

10/17/2024

It’s do-or-die time for Minnesota

10/17/2024

The deer population in northwestern Minnesota has recovered quicker from back-to-back harsh winters than their counterparts in the Arrowhead, per a DNR report.

10/17/2024

Jebb Willis, who serves as the interim executive director has been busy decluttering and organizing rooms within the museum.

10/17/2024

The team captain remains sidelined by issues related to hip and back surgeries that ended his 2023-24 season

10/17/2024

In this Weather Wednesday we look into why the fall colors aren't as vivid this autumn.

10/17/2024

A minivan reportedly hit the back of a horse-drawn carriage near New York Mills.

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