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William Cruikshank, 90
William “Bill” J. Cruikshank, 90, of Maple Lake, MN, passed away on Friday, April 12, 2024.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 22, 2024, at St. Timothy’s Catholic Church, in Maple Lake, with Fr. Kevin Magner as Celebrant. Burial will follow at St...
Earth Day is coming this Monday, an annual event that occurs on April 22 of each year and has been occurring every year since 1970. This year’s theme is “Planet vs. Plastics.” I admit that I slightly cringed when I first read the title of this year’s theme. Plastic is a tough one, because it’s...
Academic Honors
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
(3.7-4.0)
The following student was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2023 semester.
Delano - Frances Edwards-Hughes.
Did you know... That MN is one of the northernmost and westernmost US states to produce maple syrup. Maple syrup is made in the spring when temperatures rise above freezing during the day and dip below freezing at night.
It takes about 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup.
Each tap...
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On Wednesday, August 21, around 10 p.m., Ian Lee Rogers, 17, of Monticello, was hit and killed while riding his bike south of Monticello on Highway 25 near Kjellberg Court. He was a senior, class of...
Residents of Second Street in Buffalo have been enduring street construction for most of the summer. Buffalo residents might wonder what’s taking the City so long to complete the Second Street...
Most any time there is a major project undertaken by a city, a county or the state, there are ceremonies that tend to follow to immortalize the moment for posterity. At the Aug. 27 meeting of the...
August 23, 2019 – The sun is powering a new learning tool in Buffalo. An educational solar array provided by the city’s wholesale electric supplier, the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (MMPA), is...
Cross country runners had the chance to get their feet wet by participating in the 10th Annual Northwoods Invitational last Friday at Northwoods Park in Brooklyn Park.
The invite features a two-mile...
It’s no secret, last year’s record performance on offense by the Buffalo football team will be hard to match.
Eight of 11 starters from that team have graduated – four of which are playing college...
Team success can be measured in great widths when it comes to high school sports.
For the Buffalo girls’ swim/dive team, the 2018 season was one of the program’s best – academically, emotionally, and...
Zucchini is very abundant this time of year. It can be used in many different many ways: salad, main dish, snacks and desserts. Zoodles (zucchini noodles) have become very popular. One large...
“Are you having the nightmares yet? Have you been able to sleep?”
I’ve heard these haunting questions often lately. No, they were not said in some medical or mental health treatment setting. They...
I feel, that years from now, we’re going to look back on this month and say, “Where were you when the Amazon was burning?”
It seems this month, the world’s largest rainforest has sprung up across...
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