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BUFFALO SCHOOL BOARD   Barrett Chrissis When Chrissis heard of a desperate need for substitute school teachers five years ago he became licensed and employed by BHM Schools immediately.  “It’s been a total joy on my days off from my real job to substitute for our District getting to work with...
Wayne Hillstrom, 81 Wayne D. Hillstrom, age 81, of Buffalo, passed away on September 26, 2022. Funeral services will be held on Saturday October 1, 2022, at 11:00 A.M. at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Delano, MN.  Interment Lewis Cemetery in Maple Plain.  Visitation at the church on Saturday,...
Spoilers ahead and trigger warning: topics of murder, etc. mentioned   Over the weekend, I watched the new Netflix series “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” The new series on Netflix is a biographical crime drama based on the life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, played by Evan Peters, with a...
Academic Honors   The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth (3.75-4.0)      The following student was named to the Dean’s List for the summer 2022 semester.      Monticello - Lindsay Morson.   Western Technical College, La Crosse, WI (3.5-4.0)      The following student was named to the President’s...
The air is cooling, the pumpkins are ready - it is Fall. This is a great time for making soup to ward off the chill. We also have a few recipes for the Fall produce. Let us know if there is something you would like us to put in our column, or if you have a recipe to share, please submit to ads@...

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There is a dramatic and finely-crafted scene in Star Wars Episode III, “Revenge of the Sith,” with Queen Padme Amidala (Natalie Portman). While maintaining a seat in the Galactic Republic as a voice...
Easter
With Easter quickly approaching, and in light of the crisis surrounding COVID-19, the Wright County Journal-Press and The Drummer would like to remind readers to continue social distancing and self-...
Click or tap to view the livestream! https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/features/webcams/eaglecam/index.html With so much uncertainty in the world, it is important to focus on the positive things that...
COVID-19 has negatively impacted many parts of society. One such area is food. By mid-afternoon on Sunday, it was hard to find bread on the shelves at any of the grocery stores around Buffalo. Cub Foods was no exception. (Submitted photo)
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has confirmed the first COVID-19 case in Wright County, a person in their 80’s. The individual has a history of out of state travel. The individual started to...
Governor Tim Walz, on Monday, March 16, issued an order for bars, restaurants, theatres, museums, health clubs, coffeehouses and other “places of public accommodation and amusement” to temporarily...
“We are a government,” said Buffalo City Administrator Mert Auger. “We have to keep the lights on, the water running, and the public safe.” Near the beginning of the Buffalo City Council meeting on...
A state of emergency for Wright County was declared by the Board of Wright County Commissioners on Tuesday morning, following a cue by the state of Minnesota, which has been put under a similar state...
“The very first moon picture I tried was with my new 5.1” telescope and iPhone SE in Oct. 2019. It was taken through my dining room window,” writes Andrew “Andy” Flugaur, in his description of the above photo. The Annandale resident has been studying and trying his hand at astrophotography for a little over two years, using little more than a telescope and old iPhone cameras. (Photos courtesy of Andrew Flugaur)
As you sit for coffee, signs of spring are just beginning to unfold, the sky a brilliant blue. The sun shines brightly overhead, snow melting away beneath its warm rays. There is not a single cloud...
Trey Longstreet scored 22 points in Delano’s 80-51 victory over Fridley in last Thursday’s Section 5-3A title game at STMA. (Photo by Brianna Burnham)
A little less than 12 hours after cutting the nets at St. Michael-Albertville High School gymnasium down, the Delano boys’ basketball team found the nets would not be going back up. With the COVID-19...

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