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The Concerts in the Park series continues on Thursday, August 3, at 7:00 p.m. at Sturges Park in Buffalo. Everett Smithson Band will be performing music of the Mississippi. Food will be provided by The Butchery, Nautical Bowls and Sugar Mama’s Ice Cream Truck. The evening is sponsored by Bolton and...
We will be distributing Fare for All, the local program to make fresh produce and frozen meats more affordable for local families from 4:00 to 6:00 on Tuesday, August 8, at Zion Lutheran Church in Buffalo.  With the ever-increasing of food prices at retail grocery stores, Fare for All has not...
The annual PLID (Pulaski Lake Improvement District) meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 15, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be at the Discovery School located at 301 2nd Ave NE, Buffalo, MN. Enter through Door #2. Topics in the meeting will include updates on lake pumping, lake level, boat...
The 37th Annual New London to New Brighton Car Run will be once again making a stop in Buffalo on Saturday, August 12. The car run is a 120 miles tour of the Minnesota countryside. Vehicles from 1908 or earlier, or any one or two cylinder, steam, or electric vehicles are eligible. At 7:00 a.m., the...
Standing on the open high plains of eastern Wyoming, I scan the horizon in all directions. To the west are some small rolling hills covered in dark green coniferous trees. To the south is an old homestead. Turning more to my left, facing east now, there is nothing but flat open land covered in...
Buffalo Post 270 Cobras stave off four elimination games before falling 15-3 in state title game   With their backs against the wall, the Buffalo Cobras Junior Legion Post 270 baseball team posted a 7-1 record this postseason in elimination games. Three of those games came July 20-21 to win the Sub...
St. Michael goes 6-0 to capture D-I Senior Legion title   The St. Michael Mikes Post 567 baseball team proved this summer to be the comeback kids.  The Mikes rallied from a one-run deficit to score twice in the top of the seventh inning in a 5-4 victory over Eden Prairie to win Sunday’s state title...
Former BHS standout set Mayville State’s all-time scoring record   Mayville State University’s all-time leading scorer for women’s basketball will soon see her jersey hanging in the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee. Buffalo native Jordan Zrust scored 597 points (19.9 per game...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   The weather has finally eased up a little bit, we hope this update finds you happily harvesting. Read on for information on some issues growers are finding this week.   Crop updates   Solanaceous crops are all being harvested, and some...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   Although Japanese beetle (JB) adults continue to be active throughout August to early September, we shared good news last week that beetle numbers on most host plants/crops are beginning to decline. The gradual reduction in adult...

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The Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a homicide investigation after a Big Lake woman was allegedly murdered by her son. On Friday, July 24, the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office...
When it comes to describing the “how we first met” story of Dale and Betty Glunz, of Maple Lake, it’s like a scene straight out of a movie: paths cross unexpectedly, boy meets girl, and they fall in...
Last week was a great week for the Buffalo Bulldogs. And the season has even been more phenomenal. The Bulldogs clinched the North Star League title last Wednesday, July 22, by trouncing the Waverly...
The Minnesota Baseball Association has announced that the Class C State Tournament will now be held in Springfield and Milroy. The tournaments are scheduled for August 21 through Labor Day....
Walleyes have been hard to find lately, but on Clearwater Lake you can catch an occasional fish either early or late in the day, in about 14 to 20 feet of water. Use leeches, jigs & plastics....
Children who spend a lot of time outdoors benefit from exposure to nature in myriad ways, some of which may surprise even the most devoted outdoorsmen. According to a 2006 study published in the...
Music enriches people's lives in myriad ways. Age is of no consideration when it comes to benefitting from and appreciating music, but it seems that young people in particular have a lot to gain from...
The Backyard Bumble Bee Count is an iNatualist citizen science project that will help the organizations and agencies committed to conserving the endangered rusty patched bumble bee and all bumble...

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