12/30/2025
DNR to fly elk surveys in northwest Minnesota
Public can document elk observations using new elk sightings tool on the DNR website
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will conduct aerial elk surveys in the next few weeks when snow cover and other conditions allow. DNR staff...
12/30/2025
With a SWEEP of both Semi-Pro classes this weekend, local racer Kyle Grover of Shevlin took home $5,000.00 for both of his wins against a stout field of riders!
He raced at the Gerald Dyrdahl Memoiral Races on Pine Lake.
In the Semi Pro 600 Improved Stock he was first with a time of 36:38.267 over...
12/30/2025
Accident on December 30, 2025, MN Hwy 32 near milepost 112, EXCEL TWP, Marshall County. District Thief River Falls with Sgt. Jesse Grabow.
3200 Thief River Falls. Description: The Freightliner tractor truck and trailer was northbound on MN Hwy 32 when it left the road and rolled on its side and...
12/30/2025
Editors and reporters:
Here is a statement from Essentia Health regarding comments made by Fosston Mayor Jim Offerdahl during a Fosston City Council meeting in mid-December, which can be attributed to an Essentia spokesperson:
“Essentia Health’s commitment to Fosston and the surrounding communities...
12/29/2025
Contact: Sara Berhow, Parks and Trails Division public relations supervisor, 651-259-5627
Minnesota’s state parks and recreation areas offer fun and affordable winter adventures
Minnesota’s state parks and recreation areas are ready to welcome visitors for a full season of winter recreation...
12/29/2025
Making the Uncomfortable Comfortable
“My job is to make you uncomfortable. As you get better, the uncomfortable will become comfortable.” That’s what the coach said to the young basketball player standing before him. Her hippity-hop to the basket was developing some poor habits early on, and as...
12/29/2025
Dewey’s a community project. He’s our resident accident-prone guy who managed to get his dad’s pickup stuck in the county’s only mud hole during a six-year drought, release 300 steers from the feedlot onto the interstate, and create about a ton of tossed salad with hot oil dressing on the on ramp...
12/29/2025
Last year, Lexie Lofgren of WildheartLeads, began an annual WildheartLeads offering rooted in remembrance—honoring our loved ones who are lost, yet never forgotten. This offering came to life during the same year Lexie lost her last living grandparent, “Nanny.” Grief has a way of quietly reshaping...
12/29/2025
The Sons of Norway, Granlund Lodge #240, will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, January 8th, at 2:00 PM. This is an afternoon meeting. Members are invited to bring their "after-Christmas treats" to share. The meeting includes planning for the 2026 programs and all are encouraged to attend...
12/29/2025
Lynn Riggs, graduate of Bagley High School, Class of 1973.
Lynn had an interested in a career in the medical field. After graduation from high school she enrolled in the Medical Secretary program at Brainerd Vocational School and graduated in 1974.
Her first job after graduation was at St....