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Bison move to No. 4 in rankings after 3-0 week; Dahl continues pursuit of 1,000 career points   “It helps to have a senior leader like Nate Dahl on your team. It doesn’t matter who you have on the floor with him, he makes everyone else around him better”  - Buffalo Head Coach Josh Ortmann   For one...
Roethke hits 20-goal mark in 6-5 OT win at Bloomington   No matter what happens the final week of the regular season, the Buffalo boys’ hockey team assured itself at least a .500 record or better for the first time since joining the Lake Conference in 2019-20. Thanks to a pair of non-conference...
Seven-straight wins brings momentum into post-season   Since the Buffalo wrestling team joined Section 8AAA at the start of the 2019-20 season, Willmar and Bemidji have been the two teams that typically rise to the top. This season is no different. The Lumberjacks from Bemidji earned the top-seed...
John Brengman II, 76 John (Rick) Brengman II, age 76, loving Friend, Son, Brother, Husband, Father, and Grandfather, passed away peacefully at his home in Buffalo, MN, on February 7, 2023. Survived by his children, Bryan (BJ), Bert, Jim (Jennell), Paul, Patricia (Edward), Lawrence (Lisa), and...
I watched the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 12, while it was on live. I watched with my parents, younger brother Ethan, and my husband Ryan, at my parents’ house. We were all routing for the Kansas City Chiefs to win. We have family in Kansas City (one aunt on my dad’s side, and her children-my...
Graduations   Mercy College of Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA      The following student graduated following the fall 2022 semester.      South Haven - Caitlin O’Brien, BS, Nursing.   Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks      The following students graduated following the winter 2022 semester.     ...
Even though Minnesota is far from New Orleans, the spirit Mardi Gras is still celebrated this far north. This week’s recipes are just a sampling of all the good eats one can find in Louisiana. Let us know if there is something you would like us to put in our column, or if you have a recipe to...

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Auteur Access by Miriam Orr
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-...
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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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