Holdingford is in waiting mode on the status of a request for state bonding money to help pay for upgrades to its lift station.   “We met with state representatives and asked for …

Samantha and Patrick Jonas made a key point about business involvement when presenting a $10,000 Avon Economic Development Authority redevelopment loan. Over 90% of the work to improve the …

For about a century, the bell of the South Elmdale Congregational Church has called its faithful to worship. Now, 20 years after the congregation’s move to their Community Country Church site …

Santa will make his annual visit to Melrose Friday, Nov. 24, when children can visit with him from 1-4 p.m. at Coborn’s-Melrose.   The Melrose Area Holiday Kickoff, which dates back …

The Brickweg sisters, Mary and Amy, returned to their hometown of New Munich for a special dedication at 11 a.m., Nov. 11. And they weren’t alone. The New Munich Area Veterans Memorial was …

Bryan Borstad is especially thankful this Thanksgiving. “Without these guys, I would be dead,” he said Nov. 16, looking around the Melrose City Council chambers at Melrose police, …

Jenn Tschida has worked at the Melrose medical campus since she was 15 when she was a candy striper at Pine Villa Nursing Home, when the facility was owned by the city of Melrose.   On Oct. …

George Bieniek and his five brothers, Andrew, Aloys, Blaise, John and Thomas, were all veterans. Like George, Andrew, Blaise, Thomas and John were all in the Army. Aloys was in the Navy. And they all …

The city of Avon has hired a Sartell-base service cooperative to complete fire hall asbestos testing. Council members approved a $1,092 quote from Resource Training & Solutions earlier this …

Avon council members have approved a parking lease agreement for Central Park. The agreement includes the Church of St. Benedict and the Avon Lakers Baseball Club. The city will contribute …

The Worn-A-Bit Sale in Spring Hill is 50 years old.   For more than 20 of those years, Amy (Heinen) French has volunteered in the dining room at St. Michael’s Church basement in …