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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   As you make your field plans for this year, consider complementing your later-planted vegetable crops with an early spring cover crop. In fields where you plan to grow a vegetable with a summer planting schedule, like transplanted broccoli...
The State of Minnesota will hold a Presidential Nomination Primary election on Tuesday, March 5. Only presidential candidates from major parties will be listed on the ballot and each party will have a separate ballot. There are three major parties: Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Legal Marijuana Now...
Councilman Steve Downer opened the city of Buffalo’s Tuesday, February 20 meeting, with an invitation to Police Chief Pat Budke, who introduced and welcomed a new officer, Zachary Cargill. Officer Cargill took the Oath of Office in front of the council and was sworn in with family and friends...
The Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School Board met on Monday, February 26. Ryan Tangen, Director of Finance and Operations, along with Jodie Zesbaugh, Senior Municipal Advisor with Ehlers Public Finance, provided updates regarding the financing and sale of general obligation school building bonds, with...
On Sunday, March 3, the Buffalo Community Orchestra will feature some of their talented musicians in a “Spotlight” concert.  Zach Armstrong and the orchestra will perform Group I from Vaughan Williams’ Suite for Viola; Dr. Andrew Burgdorf will join the orchestra in performing the first movement of...
The 2024 legislative session is in its third week and Wright County Commissioners have decided they won’t stay quiet when it comes to certain proposed legislation. On Tuesday, Feb. 20, at their regular meeting, commissioners approved writing a letter opposing the North STAR Act and to not spend any...
The Minnesota Supreme Court released a decision on Feb. 21 affirming the convictions of Gregory Ulrich for the mass shooting attack at the Allina Clinic in Buffalo, Minnesota, on February 9, 2021, in which Ulrich murdered Lindsay Overbay and shot and injured four others – Sherry Curtis, Antonya...
The Polar Plunge fundraiser will be in Buffalo on Saturday, March 9, at Sturges Park (401 Lake Blvd. South, Buffalo). Check-in and Day-of registration begins at 11:00 a.m., with the event beginning at noon. The Polar Plunge supports Special Olympics Minnesota. All funds raised by Plungers help...
“Broadway in Buffalo” Scholarship Fundraiser in partnership with Buffalo High School Tri-M are holding auditions Friday, March 8, from 6 to 8 p.m., and Saturday, March 9, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., in the BHS choir room. Performances are May 18 at 7:30 p.m. and May 19 at 2:00 p.m. in the BHS PAC.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation invites the communities of Buffalo and Monticello to an open house for the future Highway 25 project from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at the Wright County Highway Department, 3600 Braddock Avenue NE, in Buffalo. In 2021, a corridor study...

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Buffalo senior Riley Habisch celebrates his 170-pound Class AAA state championship following his 3-0 decision over Mounds View’s Chase Dressel in last Saturday’s title match at Xcel Energy Center in...
At this point in the year, most of us are ready for sunshine, blue skies, and at the very least, a week where we don’t have to dig ourselves out of a parking spot. While everyone anticipates winter...
If there was any dispute who this year’s top high school wrestler was at 170 pounds, Buffalo senior Riley Habisch ended the debate. Ranked No. 1 in his weight class from the opening day, Habisch put...
History was made when junior Quincy Kabe registered an eighth-place finish in last weekend’s Class AA state diving meet at the Aquatic Center in Minneapolis. Sitting in ninth place after eight dives...
The Buffalo boys’ basketball team has played its share of nail-biters this season. Junior forward Aidan Bouman made sure the home fans would leave Tuesday’s Section 8-4A home game against Elk River...
Wow, the snow banks keep getting higher and higher. Hopefully, the snow will melt slowly. If it melts quickly, flooding could be a real problem. Have you ever gone to some wooded area on St. Patrick...
Stop! Before you go any further, know that today, we’re going to talk about something really rough. Consider this your fair warning – I don’t want any letters to the editor about how I didn’t...
The Buffalo Community Orchestra will feature Matt Harikian, pianist, during their concerts on March 2 and March 10.  Harikian, a native of Fresno, California, will join the BCO for “Rhapsody in Blue...
DeShawn McCabe, 20, was fatally shot and killed outside an apartment complex in Crystal, Minnesota on Feb. 15, around 7:45 p.m. The person of interest has been identified as the shooter, though a...
We’ve all been thinking the same thing: When is spring going to get here? Between wondering if the groundhog got it right and how we’re going to dig out from beneath the seemingly never-ending...

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