MELROSE — Stearns Electric Association employees shared messages of electrical safety with Melrose Area Elementary School fourth graders Jan. 31 at the school in Melrose. As part of …

“We have the most expensive part of the breakfast,” Lion Katelyn Duclos said as she beat eggs March 9 during the Freeport Lion Breakfast. Across from her, fellow Lion Kayla Harren …

The Freeport Fire Department 2026 budget will increase $9,000 — from $210,758 in 2025 to $219,772 in 2026.  Freeport Area Fire Service Association members approved the 2026 budget …

Rich and Dorothy Schlangen Rich and Dorothy Schlangen will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from noon-4 p.m. Sunday, April 6, 2025, at the Roadside Tavern in Roscoe. …

Growing up on a farm near St. Francis, Saturday was baking day in the Donald and Betty (Arceneau) Herzog family. “We’d make bars and cakes,” daughter Janet Herzog said. …

Jan Lefebvre’s bachelor uncles — Mel, Clarence, Ed and Ves Thelen — left a lasting impact on her life.   Her first novel, “Little Stars,” although …

David Johnson knows the secret to obtaining an Eagle Scout Award — persistence. David, a Holdingford High School senior and the son of Jessie and Carlena Johnson, received his Eagle Award …

As far as section finals go, this one was more matter-of-fact than dramatic — and that was just fine with the Albany boys basketball team. The Huskies once again made St. Cloud State …

CLOUD — Tree clearing along County Road 157 in Albany between Highway 238 and the western city limits will startMonday, March 17, instead of March 12. It will last about two …

Eric Koep has accepted the offer to be the next superintendent at Melrose Area Public Schools. By a unanimous vote, Koep was offered the position by school board members March 10 during a …