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The Montrose Parks and Recreation Commission will be hosting their annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 8, at 10:00 a.m. The event will take place at Lions Park located at 260 2nd Street S, Montrose. There will be opportunities to meet the Easter Bunny and win gift baskets. Please bring your...
The 29th Annual 877 Scholarship Pork Chop Dinner is going to be held on Thursday, April 13, from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. The event will take place at Buffalo Community Middle School (1300 MN-25, Buffalo). One pork chop meal costs $12.00, two pork chop meals costs $17.00. Kids hot dog meal costs $5.00....
Spring clean-up days for Buffalo residents will be held on Friday, April 28, and Saturday, April 29, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Buffalo Civic Center. The Civic Center is located at 1306 County Road 134, Buffalo. Proof of Buffalo residency will be required. Spring clean-up days gives...
The Delano Friends of the Library are having their annual used book sale at the library on Wednesday, April 12, from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, April 13, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Friday, April 14, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Find your books and leave a cash or check donation.  The...
Xcel Energy held two open house sessions at the Monticello Community Center for residents and community members to ask questions and gain information regarding the tritium leak at the nuclear power plant. The first session was held on Friday, March 24, and the second was held on Monday, March 27....
Buffalo drops state consolation semifinal to White Bear Lake; excitement looms for 2023-24 season   Gangelhoff Center at Concordia University in St. Paul is far from the bright lights Target Center has to offer. After suffering an 87-59 Class 4A state quarterfinal loss March 22 to No. 2 seed...
Winter season creates havoc for Activity Directors   For activity directors across the state, the start of spring sports means the home stretch to another school year. It also means a series of unexpected headaches. While the winter season has wrapped up for high school sports, Old Man Winter...
For some high school sports teams, being a team captain represents seniority. For others, it’s the team’s best players. For the track and field teams at Buffalo High School, it’s all of the above – and then some. “Our players have to apply to be a captain,” said Scott Palmer, Head Coach of both the...

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On Sunday, January 6, Sheriff Joe Hagerty will officially hand off the baton of being the Wright County’s top law enforcement officer to Sean Deringer, bringing to an end a career with the sheriff’s...
I often find it difficult to keep focused, pun intended, on what I need to be doing. I mean, nature is filled with so many cool and interesting subjects that distract me from the task at hand. Every...
Student crashes into exam office during driver’s test A 17-year-old Monticello driver ironically crashed into the exam office in downtown Buffalo, while taking her driver’s exam. (Submitted photo)  ...
1 Delano Boys Hoops Led by point guard Calvin Wishart, the Delano boys’ basketball team won the school’s first-ever basketball state championship with a 65-61 victory over Columbia Heights in the...
The Buffalo boys’ hockey team will be the only Mississippi 8 squad yet to play a conference game when the calendar flips to January 2019. While some teams have played as many as five conference games...
Having only three divers on this year’s Buffalo boys’ swim/dive team has its plusses and minuses. For Bison diving coach Heather Peterson, she’s focusing mostly on the positives. “Last year we had...
With only one game scheduled over a 13-day span, the Buffalo girls’ hockey team has had plenty of practice time. For head coach Dave Carothers, practice in the offensive zone is still a work in...
On Wednesday, December 12, Wright County community members banded together in Buffalo to usher in the holiday spirit on 5th Street Northeast, where the the Canadian-Pacific Holiday Train rolled into...
Harv Graczyk, 67, was a youth hockey coach for STMA for more than 30 years. He recently passed away from a traumatic brain injury sustained while coaching on Nov. 26. The Star Tribune reports that...
The 12th Annual Festival of Trees is now on display at the Wright County Heritage Center on Highway 25, just north of Buffalo, during regular center hours. Special hours are this Sunday, December 23...

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