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Upon the anniversary of the Crossroads Clinic Shooting tragedy, we honor the victims and ask that you take a moment of silence. In the years since this tragedy, we, at Buffalo Strong reflect upon our continued mission of improving our community through services support, affordability funds for...
Join us at Ney Park (5212 73rd St. NW, Maple Lake) for a night of cross-country ski fun with a lantern ski event from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 31. This event was originally scheduled for Jan. 24 but was postponed due to dangerously low temperatures. The trails will be groomed and lit...
Precinct Caucus Night in Minnesota is Tuesday, Feb. 3. The caucus meetings start at 7:00 p.m. Visit (caucusfinder.sos.mn.gov) to find the location of your local caucus meeting.   What are Precinct Caucuses? Precinct caucuses are meetings run by Minnesota’s political parties. They are the first in a...
Eleven-year-old Taylin Schoenecker, of Buffalo, has a keen eye for fashion and an entrepreneurial spirit to match. She is the creative force behind T Boutique, a clothing retailer located inside Natural Roots Salon in downtown Buffalo, which is owned by her mother, Kelsie Schoenecker. Established...
Herbst joins Roehl in 125-win club; four champs in two tournaments   Senior Aiden Herbst became the second Buffalo wrestler this month to achieve his milestone 125th career varsity win. Junior Gabe Roehl accomplished the feat on Jan. 9 against Bemidji. Herbst’s accomplishment came 13 days later...
Victories at Tonka, Maple Grove push Buffalo to third in latest 4A rankings   For those who were waiting for this year’s Buffalo boys’ basketball team to collapse once the Lake Conference schedule kicked in are still waiting. Outside of a 91-60 road loss Jan. 6 against then No. 1 ranked Wayzata,...
Bison showed top-10 caliber play in loss vs. Minnetonka   Coming off two uncompetitive games in back-to-back lopsided losses against Edina and Hopkins, the Buffalo girls’ basketball team responded with one of their better efforts of the season in last Friday’s 79-51 home loss to No. 6 ranked...
Priscilla Bjorklund, 95 Priscilla Jeanne (Schmidt) Bjorklund, passed away on Thursday, January 22, 2026, at Lake Ridge Care Center in Buffalo. She was born on February 1, 1930, to Walter and Barbara (Dixon) Schmidt in Buffalo Township. Priscilla was baptized and confirmed at Immanual Lutheran...

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Fare for All, a local program to make fresh produce and frozen meats more affordable for local families will run from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., on Tuesday, Jan. 6, at Zion Lutheran Church in Buffalo (...
Republic Services will be picking up Christmas trees the week of January 13 - 15, on your regular scheduled trash day. All trees must be placed by your trash receptacle and be out by 6:00 a.m. on...
Save the date for the 9th annual Meal Packaging event at the St. Francis Xavier Education Center (219 19th St. NE, Buffalo) on Saturday, February 7. The activity is similar to Feed My Starving...
Every year, within a two-week window around Christmas day, I participate in a long-time traditional bird count, called the Christmas Bird Count, or CBC. This is a world-wide effort by volunteers to...
Bison Boys Soccer (See other top headlines of 2025 on Page 16 of the Journal-Press)   This past fall was a historic one for the Buffalo boys’ soccer team. The Bison capped off the program’s best...
Sophomore provides spark in 73-59 road win at Annandale; Buffalo defeats Delano   The Buffalo boys’ basketball team rebounded from a slow start – literally, to improve to 7-0 with a 73-59 road win...
Quale records first varsity shutout in 4-0 win over Stars   Senior goaltender Tessa Quale was gifted her first clean sheet as an early Christmas present. A 4-0 home win on Monday, Dec. 22, over River...
Buffalo wins 5-1 at St. Cloud; falls 4-3 to Jefferson at BIG   It didn’t take long for the Buffalo boys’ hockey team to turn the page after suffering a 3-0 home loss on Dec. 20 to Monticello.  Just...

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