The right tool for the right situation. Melrose Police Officer Adam Schmidt used a nighttime optical thermal imaging camera —NOPTIC — to locate a missing person the morning of May …

The Greater Melrose Community Foundation is off and running when it comes to community-based philanthropy.   To date in 2025, the foundation has granted $6,000 back into the community …

Summer pickleball camp offered in Avo n  AVON — The Avon Pickleball Club will again be offering a youth camp this summer at the pickleball courts in Avon by Blattner Field. The camps …

Thank you The Eugene Breth family wishes to express their deep appreciation to those who have offered sympathy, support and comfort in our bereavement. A special thank you to Miller-Carlin …

Ryan Schmidt, of Schlenner Wenner & Co., told Freeport City Council members he only had good news about their 2024 audit during their May 27 monthly meeting at Freeport City Hall in …

C ameron “Cam” Atkinson figures, career-wise, he is where he is meant to be. Cam is a registered nurse at the CentraCare-St. Cloud Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in St. …

Mary Jane (Hartung) Boeckermann has a knack for numbers and helping people.   She put those skills to good use for 51 years, working for the Hennen family at their lumber and floor …

People who attended the May 21 groundbreaking for the Holy Family School renovation/expansion project in Albany had the opportunity to toss dirt with a golden shovel.  Three generations of …

Marcella “Sally” Hinnenkamp An open house to celebrate Marcella “Sally” Hinnenkamp’s 95th birthday will be held from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at the Greenwald …

Neighboring cities along Interstate 94 are searching for new city attorneys. Scott Dymoke, of Revermann Lund Ross in Melrose, formerly Revermann Law Office, announced during the May 14 Melrose …