Tricia Manuel left Maple Lake to join the circus when she was 21. She toured with Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus ...

An 84-year-old gentleman (Mr. Kennedy — a stranger) called and wanted a history of a brother-in-law compiled. He was able to ...

Not quite two years ago, Angela and Daryl Timmerman bought their farm just three miles west of North Mankato, Minn. Named for ...

Coming up with a word to encompass an entire year is always amusing. It is challenging, engaging, fun, and stretches my ...

Two straight years of drought conditions are impacting the supply of Christmas trees for the Le Sueur Lions’ tree stand.

When you ask a local where Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church is in Gilman, Minn., and they say, “You can’t miss it,” they ...

Jonathan Taylor, Quenton Nelson and Zaire Franklin are headed to the Pro Bowl Games. But the Colts are facing another ...

Gads … the last column in 2024. I made the mistake of letting this one “sneak up” on me. What to write about? As I drove from the dentist’s office (having ...

Why the results surprised anyone is itself a surprise. After the state of California began testing dairy herds for highly pathogenic avian influenza (known also as bird flu or H5N1) in August, it ...

Sometime during the second week of December, between everyday life and fighting the strong want to hibernate, I managed to lug several totes of holiday décor up from the basement. We’re told Mary kept ...