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The opportunity to experience local wildlife is one of the many alluring features of spending time in the great outdoors. Unfortunately, wildlife is being threatened in many parts of the world as the human population increases and spreads to regions that historically have not been home to large...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   This is the final vegetable update of the season! Thanks to all of you who followed along and shared questions and photos along the way. There is still no sign of a hard frost in the forecast for any part of the state, but many field crops...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   Orchards and U-picks are starting to move into the busy season and are welcoming large number of visitors to the farm. When you invite the public to your farm, there are additional food safety and liability concerns to consider to keep...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   Photo: A few sporadic weeds in a fall strawberry patch are normal, even with excellent weed control. Photo: Annie Klodd   Four useful tactics to reduce next year's weed management demand include: ●     Removing weeds before they shed...
James Bergquist, 89 James Erling Bergquist, was born November 22, 1932, at home in Marysville, MN, to Henry and Lydia (Ordorff) Bergquist. Jim was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Montrose. He was a 1951 Buffalo High School graduate. On August 1, 1955, Jim married his...
Each year on September 11, Americans across the entire country take the time to remember and reflect on the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Many can remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center were attacked in New York, and the...
Anniversaries   50th Anniversary        Marty and Joan Miller, of Hanover, will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on October 7, 2022. An Open House, with dinner and dancing, will be held on Saturday, September 24, 2022, beginning at 5:00 p.m. at the Miller residence, 6851 10th St. NE,...
This time of year can leave you with less time to get supper on the table. With school in session, mornings are a rush getting the kids off to school. Then there are fall sports and other after-school activities. This week we have some recipes for those with little time. This week, we also have a...

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It was a bittersweet evening for Buffalo senior guard Jordan Zrust. Needing four points to reach 1,000 in her career, Zrust scored her fourth of 10 points in last Friday’s road game at Moorhead early...
The Buffalo Community Orchestra will perform their annual holiday concert, “Holiday for Orchestra – with Ringers & Singers,” on Saturday, December 8.  The concert will feature the Wright County...
The Buffalo Chamber of Commerce welcomes in the holiday on December 1 with the annual Deck the Halls event.  Start your day out by shopping local/shopping small.   Keep your independent business...
Earlier this year, Wright County commissioned a Classification-Compensation Study (also known as Class-Comp) to set the salary range for county employees. The thesis of a Class-Comp Study is to...
On Monday, November 26, the Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School Board heard from Gary Kawlewski, Director of Finance and Operations for District #877, regarding enrollment projections for 2019-20....
Every now and then, nature comes up with a rare or unusual condition. I ran across one of these and had a chance to spend some time photographing it -- a young white-tailed deer with a genetic...
It would be interesting to watch a game of “Follow the Leader” these days at a Buffalo boys’ hockey practice. With 20 returning varsity players on this year’s roster, experience shouldn’t be a factor...
After a 3-0 start, the Buffalo girls’ hockey team experienced their first tie and first defeat of the season. In both games, the Bison blew a third-period lead, and both games, they fell victim to a...
This year’s junior class on the Buffalo boys’ basketball team is a big reason for the recent turnaround. After two straight 6-21 seasons, the Bison return four starters off last year’s squad that...
Christmas is coming! At your holiday party, you will want to welcome family and friends in from the cold with steaming mugs of delicious hot drinks.   Merry Mulled Cider 7 c. apple cider or juice 1...

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