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With spring right around the corner (perhaps sooner than we think), Extension Yard and Garden pages have some great resources to help you get your landscape ready for the 2024 growing season. Here are some late-season resources for...
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Red carrot trial results from Master Gardener Nick Lamon. The Malbec carrot is on the far right.
Looking for the ideal addition to your menu? Give Malbec a try. As in Malbec, the red carrot, though the Malbec red wine could be fine fare...
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Spring is in the air and you may be thinking about how to expand or diversify your markets this season. Have you considered selling to schools in your region? Schools could be a way for you to grow your sales, venture into the wholesale...
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Women from the breadth of Minnesota’s agriculture community are invited to share their stories with legislators and key leaders at the Minnesota State Capitol for Women in Ag Day on Monday, March 25.
Organizers seek to celebrate the...
At 105, Hertha Dixon has seen a lifetime of change. Born in October 1918, Hertha grew up on a farm near Hanover along the Crow River. Her father came to America from Germany when he was twelve years old, and her mother was born in the United States.
The early years
Hertha was raised in a twelve...
Buffalo Books and Coffee has four employee artists who hand-paint individual coffee bags in which they sell their coffee. These are original art works which brighten surroundings and bring a smile. These talented employees also work in the bookstore making coffee and selling books.
The original...
The Buffalo city council met on Monday, March 4. Councilman Steve Downer announced that new city electric meters would be installed and testing of those meters will begin soon. Water meters for commercial buildings will also be replaced. Budgeted natural gas rates for January and February came in...
At approximately 4:47 a.m. on Saturday, March 2, a Wright County deputy conducted a traffic stop on Ivory Ave. NE in the City of St Michael.
The driver and lone occupant of the subject vehicle exited the vehicle with a weapon, confronted the deputy and refused to comply with the deputy’s commands...
The Maple Lake Chamber of Commerce will be hosting their 47th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival on Saturday, March 16. There will be a variety of activities for all to enjoy.
There is a craft sale from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Maple Lake Elementary School (200 Hwy. 55 E, Maple Lake). Irish...
Minnesota’s 1,777 townships will hold their annual meeting on Tuesday, March 12. Known as Township Day, these annual meetings are held every year on the second Tuesday in March and sets townships apart from other forms of local government. At this meeting, residents of the townships will meet to...
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By Rob LaPlanteWhile Buffalo High School prepares for next year’s transformation from the Mississippi 8 to the Lake Conference, only one school sport will be changing sections.
The latest MSHSL board...
Make no mistake about it, last year was a magical season for the Buffalo girls’ lacrosse team.
While their playoff run ended one game short of qualifying for the program’s first-ever state tournament...
This year’s Buffalo boys’ lacrosse team is not lacking in talent.
The Bison return five of their top-six leading scorers from last year’s team that finished 8-5 overall.
Senior Egan Mills, along with...
It took 24 games for last year’s Buffalo softball team to suffer its fourth defeat. It took one week for this year’s squad to reach that same total in a 1-4 start.
While this year’s team has some of...
I’m happy it’s Spring. The birds are chirping away, they are happy. The migrating birds are all back. Even people who we call “snowbirds” are returning. I love Minnesota for the seasons we have. I...
As I slowed to stop at the intersection one day while driving home, I noticed a farmer had his tractor out and about. The sight wasn’t encouraging at all – his rig was stuck, and he was looking...
Flood waters from the South Fork of the Crow River in Delano and from the Crow River in Rockford and Hanover are receding.
The National Weather Service in Minnesota estimated that on Sunday, March 31...
For the last several months, the Wright County Board of Commissioners has danced around the issue of whether or not the county is going to invest in building a new Government Center. At the April 2...
More than a year ago, the Buffalo City Council authorized a study of the city’s housing market and how the city’s goals and policies best suit the community’s short-term and long-term residential...
Upcoming performances are this week: April 5, 6, 7 and 12, 13, 14
The play, which takes place largely on a lovely Southern veranda will transport you away from the winter that won’t go away, to a...
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