SMSU pulls ahead of Bemidji early behind hot shooting
BEMIDJI — The Southwest Minnesota State University mens basketball team scored 10 unanswered points to start its Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference matchup ...
Swanson leads WWG past HLOF
WWG 77, HLOF 47 WESTBROOK — Drew Swanson’s 26 points, eight rebounds and six assists led the Westbrook-Walnut Grove boys basketball team ...
Minnesota politicians face belt-tightening decisions
The State of Minnesota’s November Budget and Economic Forecast was released last week. According to the Minnesota Management and Budget, the budget for fiscal year ...
Support local retailers
Christmas is just weeks away and millions of Americans will be perusing for bargains at their favorite retailers. For those of us who have chosen ...
What is happening to our America?
To the editor: When I was in high school and college, I remember reading about the KGB breaking into the homes of Russian families in the middle of the night, guns ...
Show up to Republican caucuses to stand up and be heard
To the editor: On Tuesday, Feb. 3, Republicans across Minnesota will be gathering in their neighborhoods for precinct caucuses. The future of ...
Country School Kids — Verlane Willard Ross and Lois Willard Giles — ‘Growing Up in Sodus Township’
This series arises from a February 2025 interview with two Willard sisters, Verlane and Lois, and a subsequent visit to their former country school. Lois passed away ...
Longer mortgages wouldn’t pay off in the long run
No garbage found on this trip — just smiles
Janet Hart
FULDA—Janet Hart, 92, of Fulda, MN, died at the Maple Lawn Senior Care in Fulda, MN on January 5, 2026. Funeral services will be on Friday, January 16, 2026, at ...
