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Are you interested in updating your farm’s food safety plan, considering getting a GAP audit, or want to make sure you are up to date with the FSMA Produce Safety Rule? Have you considered selling your produce to schools, food hubs or...
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If your farm needs to comply with the FSMA Produce Safety Rule, or your farm gets a GAP audit, you may have used the classic worker training video from the Produce Safety Alliance. This worker training video, which was originally available...
Last Saturday’s 7th annual meal packaging event at St. Francis Xavier School in Buffalo was a huge success, exceeding expectations by 8,000 meals.
A spokesperson for the event, Randy Bunting, who is a member at St. Francis, stated “our goal was 40,000 meals packaged this year; in 2023 we did around...
Mayor Teri Lachermeier opened the Buffalo City Council meeting on Monday, February 5, with an announcement of the passing of city employee, Nancy Stauffer, on Saturday, February 3. The mayor shared kind words and spoke to Nancy’s impact as a valued member of the Buffalo community, and extended...
Applications are now open for the Minnesota Farm Bureau Sesquicentennial Farm program, honoring Minnesota families that have owned their farms for at least 150 years. The deadline to apply is March 4.
To qualify, the farm must:
1. Be at least 150 years old this year (2024) according to the...
Buffalo United Methodist Church will be hosting the Ottie Otness Memorial Red Cross blood drive on February 29, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The church is located 609 8th Street NW (six blocks west of Perkins).
Duane “Ottie” Otness, a devoted member of Buffalo United Methodist Church, donated blood...
In last week’s article about the “Unity Walk” at Parkside Elementary, a statement provided by Kim Atkins and Jeff Lindstrom, both teachers and union reps at District 877, stated in part, “Last year, we lost 60% of our staff in the building—teachers and support staff.”
This week, Lindstrom contacted...
Buffalo Community Theatre is kicking off the year with shows of “Finding Nemo Jr.,” which opens February 9, and plays through February 18, at Discovery Elementary School, located at 214 1st Avenue NE, in Buffalo.
Tickets for the performances on February 9, 10, 16, and 17 at 7:30 p.m., and February...
Buffalo Community Theater is holding auditions for its upcoming production of “Enchanted April.”
Auditions will be held at Discovery Elementary School on February 12 and 13, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., in the music room. Call backs, if needed, will be held on Thursday, February 15.
Register and get...
Free Food Drop, February 27 (4th Tuesday of each month) Montrose Community Center (200 Center Ave S Montrose) at 3:00 p.m.
This is sponsored by FE-ED (For Each & Every Day).
For more information, please contact Kimberly Niska, 612-599-2229.
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The Antiques Appraisal Fair, hosted by the Hanover Historical Society, is back again! Join us Saturday, October 14 at the Hanover Area History Center, 1010 River Road, from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Doors open...
The City of Montrose will have their Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 30 from 1 p.m. – 7 p.m. The festival will be held at the Lions Park/Community Center, located downtown Montrose.
The day’s...
The Buffalo Police and Fire Departments have received information that a person has been visiting local businesses and stating he was with the fire department and asking to see their fire...
The Wright County Highway Department has been informed that Canadian Pacific Railway will close County Highway 12 at the railroad crossing south of State Highway 55 in the City of Buffalo.
The work...
The 7th Annual Rocktoberfest (Rocktoberfest VII) will be held on Saturday, October 7, in Riverside Park, Rockford, MN.
The Rockford Historical Society will have two beer tents, and the Rockford Fire...
Join the Friends of the Library for their fall book sale at the Buffalo Library.
The sale begins Monday, October 2, and runs through Saturday, October 7, during regular business hours: 10:00 a.m. to...
The ECFE (Early Child-hood Family Education) Fall Festival will be held on Saturday, October 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Sturges Park, 401 Lake Blvd S., Buffalo.
Special guest, Hooperina,...
Our goal is to collect hundreds of coats in the hope that no child will have to be cold this winter! Please help us succeed by dropping off NEW COATS or gently-USED COATS of all sizes (adult &...
Starting this week, anyone wanting to get free COVID-19 tests can go a website set up by the federal government. Shipping is free and each address can receive up to four free COVID rapid test kits....
On October 9, the Wright County Horticultural Society will host Stan Tekiela at 6:30 p.m. at the Buffalo Covenant Church, 1601 Hwy. 25 N, Buffalo.
This event is free and open to the public. Stan...
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