Carolyn Lange

Zeke Dahl, Steve Peppin and Doug Reese are running for the top city office during the Aug. 9 primary election. The top two vote-getters will advance to the general election Nov. 8.

Faith Lutheran Church began a “Freezer Meal Ministry” in 2021, and the Spicer congregation has been recognized with the 2022 Servant of Christ Award for the Southwestern Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Winter will be celebrated in its full frigid glory the next few weekends during Spicer’s annual WinterFest. Due to COVID-19, event organizers curtailed some indoor events and are adhering to guidelines promoted by the Minnesota Department of Health for scheduled events.

Co-written by Kathryn Dahlstrom of Hector, a feature comedy film called “Magic Max” will be playing at the Century 9 Theater in Hutchinson next month. Following the 7 p.m. screening on Feb. 6, a Zoom question-and-answer session between the audience and cast will be held.

A facility that processed industrial hemp during WWII in rural Lake Lillian is taking on a new look as an open-air museum after being purchased by a St. Paul man who didn’t know — and initially didn’t care — about the site’s historic significance.

Seven acres of oats were cut, put into bundles and then stacked into shocks over the weekend in preparation for the Atwater Threshing Days Sept. 11-12.

The Renville County Economic Development Authority and the Renville County Parks Department are continuing efforts to spread a little kindness with a rock-solid treasure hunt for people who visit the parks this summer.

After being cancelled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual “Smokin’ for The Link Rib Fest” was back in business Sunday in New London. The event is a fundraiser for The Link, a non-profit organization that helps community members in need.

Eleven west central Minnesota dairy farms have made the top list of producers for producing milk with low somatic cell counts, which is an indicator of quality milk and good herd health.

Spring in Minnesota means the sap is flowing in maple trees. Whether you have access to hundreds of mature maple trees in farm country or a handful of trees on your residential street, tapping trees and cooking the sap into a sweet syrup makes springtime even sweeter.

Knowing that people who were tired of being cooped up during the pandemic would be looking for outdoor winter activities, the Powder Ridge ski resort in Kimball anticipated they’d be busy this season. Their expectations have been exceeded as more people hit the slopes.

Dakota artist Fern Cloud of Granite Falls has received a grant to recreate a design made over 100 years ago by a woman from her tribe. Cloud will use natural pigments and tools to create the design on a brain-tanned buffalo hide, just like her ancestors did in the past.

There were 929 new COVID cases reported in Minnesota Saturday, with eight new cases in Kandiyohi County and 11 new cases in Swift County. Most area counties reported increases.

The Jennie-O Turkey Store processing plant on Willmar Avenue is back in operation after both Willmar plants had been temporarily closed in response to the coronavirus. Last week operations resumed at the Benson Avenue plant in Willmar and the Jennie-O facility in Melrose.

New ag technology, new products made from ag products and new ways of telling the story of today’s farmers were showcased at American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual convention and trade show.

Mitchel Markkanen began skating with the Willmar figure skating club when he was 5 years old. Now he’s living his dream and performing with Disney on Ice.

Paisley Threads features quilting fabrics and place to have ‘threads of conversation’

Built in 2007 as a unique method of creating electricity by burning turkey manure, wood chips and other biomass products, the former Fibrominn/Benson Power LLC facility will be demolished in the next few days.

SPICER -- As a New London-Spicer School graduate, Michelle Olson said she wanted to do something to show community support for Brandon Zylstra -- another NLS graduate who recently made it to the NFL and his dream job playing with the Minnesota Vi...

WILLMAR -- A Willmar man was injured Wednesday afternoon when the pickup he was driving left the road and crashed into a row of farm equipment that was lined up in front of a Willmar business.