What started as a conversation between a hairdresser and her client during a routine appointment Feb. 14, 2023, ended up as a new business venture. Dawn Blattner and Christina Lehner …
Melrose Area Elementary School Principal Terryl Pearson believes in guiding students and staff with a servant leadership style. “I want to lead by example,” she said Jan. 27. …
Jeremiah Sims of Brook Park has been making American flag-themed wooden spool tables with benches for about four months. It started when he was able to purchase wooden spools that …
Jim Poepping was ready to retire when he walked out of Pep’s Pork Inc. Dec. 31, 2024. He was leaving management of the family-run business he and his wife, Helen, started in 1982 on the …
A loud crash around noon Jan. 28 had people in downtown Melrose wondering what was going on. An investigation that started earlier that morning when the Stearns County …
Thank you The family of Lyle Hoffarth would like to express our thanks for your thoughts and prayers at the difficult time of his death. Thank you to Father Edward and Father Julius and the …
The Melrose Area High School speech team captured first place at their Jan. 25 and Feb. 1 meets. They earned first place out of six teams at the Laker Legends Varsity Tournament Feb. 1 at …
Freeport, Albany, Holdingford departments fight Feb. 1 house fire KRAIN TOWNSHIP — Freeport, Albany and Holdingford fire departments responded to a house fire in Krain Township Feb. 1 …
Auditions Feb. 17, 18 for Melrose Stages spring show MELROSE — Melrose Stages spring community theatre production auditions will be at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, and Tuesday, Feb. 18, at …
Being able to spell “ambulatory” and “meticulous” paid off for Itzel Chisco Guerrero Jan. 14 in the Melrose Area Public Schools’ Spelling Bee at the Marit Elliott …
Holdingford Middle School sixth grader Eva Lancour earned top honors at the Holdingford District Spelling Bee Jan. 24 in the high school theater in Holdingford. She correctly spelled the word …