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Families can order up to a total of eight free at-home COVID-19 tests from www.covid.gov/tests. If you need help placing an order call 1-800-232-0233.
The annual St. Michael Winterfest will be held on Saturday, December 2, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Town Center Park. The event is a collaboration between the City of St. Michael, Shop STMA, and the St. Michael Rotary Club.  Activities are held both inside and outside. There will be bingo, a SOAR...
Deck the Halls will be held on Saturday, December 2, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Sturges Park (401 Lake Blvd. S, Buffalo).  The annual tree lighting will be held at 5:00 p.m. Bring the family for many holiday activities, photo opportunities, hot chocolate, and more.  Santa will be arriving to Sturges...
Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose (BHM) School District Finance and Operations Director Ryan Tangen presented enrollment projection information at the school board meeting on Monday, November 27. The enrollment as of October 1, was 5,081. The BHM 2023-24 school year’s K-12 enrollment went down 107 students...
The annual Festival of Trees exhibit will be on display at the Wright County Historical Society (WCHS) from Friday, December 1, through Saturday, January 6. WCHS is located at 2001 Highway 25 N, Buffalo.  The Festival of Trees is free to attend. View up to 80 Christmas trees decorated by local...
Bison pre-season favorites to defend section title; experience, depth key to replacing key scoring loss   When a team loses a Mr. Basketball finalist (Nate Dahl) to graduation, one would think the following year would see a major drop off in production. Dahl, who set the Buffalo boys’ basketball...
Stewartville’s sizes up 43-13 state title win over Annandale   When glancing at the state tournament football programs, some teams include height and weight next to their rostered players. Stewartville was one of the teams that excluded that information.  Not knowing too much about their opponent...
Dehmer adds skill, leadership; Bison turn to new coach   The 2022-23 season ended with two members of the Buffalo gymnastics team landing at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul for the Class AA individual state meet. One of the two members that qualified for state returns this season. The other...
Johnson scores twice in see-saw road tilt   The Buffalo girls’ hockey team headed into Thanksgiving break skating to a wild 5-5 tie against the Wings of Robbinsdale Armstrong/Cooper on Tuesday, Nov. 21, at New Hope Ice Arena. It was a game that featured four different ties and three different lead...

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Injuries are always a factor in sports. For Buffalo gymnast Madi Peters, she’s battling through two of her own. “I hurt my ankle our last home meet,” explained Peters. Peters was seen limping a bit...
The Buffalo boys’ basketball team once again dug itself a hole, but led by their scoring leader, they were able to dig itself out of it. Trailing 33-27 at halftime, senior forward Matthew Willert...
Crappies and Sunfish on Buffalo Lake, Rock Lake, Little Maple Lake, Granite, Pleasant, John & Sylvia. 20 to 40 feet of water on minnows and Euro Larvae. Walleyes - Buffalo Lake, Clearwater,...
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. We have put together a few dishes for that romatic dinner at home.     Potato Gnocchi with Pork Ragù  2 lb. medium-size russet potatoes (about 3) 1/3 c....
You may know by now that this column is on a rotation of reviewing film one week, and then focuses on something another week. I reserved this right for myself for two reasons: first, to give myself...
It would seem that Minnesotans have survived the miniature “polar vortex” that hit late last week, bringing frigid winds and snow accumulation to many states that call the Midwest home. Wright County...
For most of its existence, when it has come to nominating candidates for President of the United States, Minnesota has used the caucus system – a meeting of like-minded citizens that select delegates...
A decision on whether or not to go on record allowing refugees to settle in Wright County was delayed, and perhaps avoided completely, when the Wright County Board of Commissioners voted to table...
Everyone in Buffalo, it seems, has been asking about the future of Buffalo Cinema since its closing about a year ago. At the Buffalo City Council meeting on January 21, Jennifer Nash, the city...
On Jan. 1, 2020, the Buffalo area Masonic Lodge, Nelson Lodge No. 135 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (AF & AM), began the 9th Annual Food Shelf Matching Funds Drive program. This year’s food...

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