To qualify for the A honor roll, students must achieve a grade point average of 3.667 or above. To qualify for the B honor roll, students must achieve a grade point average between 3.0 and 3.666. The …

Eric Sundermann was excited to attend the Minnesota American Legion Boys State session June 8-14 at St. John’s University in Collegeville. “It’s a great opportunity for me to …

In their time on the Student Angler Tournament Trail, Holdingford’s Devon Engebretson and Grant Donabauer reeled in their greatest performance to date. Catching seven fish in total, the …

History is important to Jeff and Sue Burg, who have owned the 130-year-old Holdingford Mill for nearly a decade. Still more important, though, is meeting their customers’ feed and farm …

In their 45 years of family-owned operation, Hoeschen Auto Repair in downtown Freeport has looked under the hoods of thousands of cars to get them up and running again. Vehicles may have changed …

Roger Paschke has his wife, Jean, to thank for his involvement in the Melrose Area Historical Society and Melrose Area Museum.  In the late 1980s, Jean started attending meetings for the …

It was not Pete Schleper and Dan Zimmermann’s idea to lead the Avon community in celebration as the grand marshals of the Avon Spunktacular Days parade. And yet the duo is stepping forward …

Avon city leaders’ recent discussion of banning short-term rentals attempted to balance two key issues. The council addressed lodging needs and protecting residential concerns in a …

Father and son, Tom and Austin Dobmeier, completed another yearly milestone May 13 on their farm south of Albany. They finished planting corn that Tuesday, now having all their seed in the …

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 …