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Last spring and summer our team visited 100 small-scale vegetable farms in Minnesota to do soil health assessments, and one of the key drivers of healthy soil was tillage. Soils with less tillage had better aggregate stability, faster...
Sarah Bachmeyer-Parker delivered a speech to the fans at last Friday’s Buffalo boys’ basketball game against STMA in a Coaches vs. Cancer event/fundraiser. Sarah was diagnosed in March 2023 with incurable Stage 3 Multiple Myeloma, a rare cancer that develops in plasma cells.
Laura Barta Lindquist ...
Warmer-than-normal January temperatures may have caused the Kites on Ice Festival to be canceled, but several cornhole enthusiasts gathered last Saturday, Feb. 10, at Huikko’s Bowling and Entertainment Center in Buffalo to compete and enjoy what would have been the cornhole tourney out at Buffalo...
Mayor Chris Kauffman opened the city of Hanover’s February 6 meeting with the pledge of allegiance and call to order. Council members approved the agenda and items related to the January 16 work session and January 25 special meetings.
Next, Mayor Kauffman opened the Citizen’s Forum where council...
The Wright County Planning Commission has decided, by a 5-1 vote, against moving forward with an Interim Use Permit to mine sand and gravel near the intersection of State Hwy. 25 N and County Rd. 113. The meeting was held last Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Wright County Government Center.
MBE, Inc. was...
To earn the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting is to earn the highest form of recognition for financial reporting and as of just recently, Wright County has held that honor eight years in a row.
Wright County Finance Director Lindsey Meyer shared the good news at the...
Friday, February 16, will be the first day of the 18-day direct balloting voting period. Eligible Wright County voters who align with one of the three major political parties in Minnesota (Republican, Democrat and Legal Marijuana Now) will be able to cast their ballots directly into the tabulator...
Look inside this issue of the Journal-Press on pages 4, 5, and 6 for an advertiser-supported special feature celebrating National FFA Week.
We’d like to thank the numerous small businesses and FFA members that were part of this year’s commemoration.
Buffalo Community Theatre’s performance of “Finding Nemo Jr.” continues through the weekend. Evening performances run February 16-17 at 7 p.m., with a final matinee performance on Sunday afternoon, February 18 at 2 p.m. Showings are located at Discovery Elementary School, 214 1st Avenue NE, in...
Wright County Horticultural Society will host Theresa Rooney on Monday, Mar. 11, at 6:30 p.m. at the Buffalo Covenant Church, 1601 Hwy. 25 N, in Buffalo. This event is free and open to the public.
Theresa will be presenting “Humane Critter Control.” Theresa has been a Hennepin County Master...
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Goals came early in periods. They came late in periods. They came on power plays. They came shorthanded.
In one of the more dominant performances of the season, the Buffalo boys’ hockey team earned a...
Free throws can often be an overlooked part of a basketball game.
For the Buffalo girls, clutch free throws down the stretch was the difference between a win and a loss in last Thursday’s 57-53 home...
Ask most players and coaches in any sport, and most will tell you it’s good to have a short memory.
For returning members of this year’s Buffalo boys’ basketball team, their memory bank prior to...
Evan Krasnow is not your typical eighth grader.
As a first-year varsity swimmer from the co-op school of Maple Lake, Krasnow has already burst on the scene as one of Buffalo’s top scorers.
In Buffalo...
It’s a relatively quiet Thursday afternoon inside Personal Touche Hair Design; one customer is quietly sitting by with foils working to color her hair, another is settling in for a quick trim. The...
Because of industry and economic realities, the Wright County Journal-Press and The Drummer are making changes to the weekly production routine.
Since the 1920’s, this company has handled all...
I’ve mentioned before that if I were pressed to choose a western to watch, it’d be a Clint Eastwood one – specifically, The Outlaw Josey Wales.
What that says about me as a person, I haven’t quite...
After a less-than-white Christmas, snow arrived on the scene across the state, just in time to ring in the New Year. Minnesota was expected to drop 40 degrees in 24 hours on Monday, December 31,...
For the most part, 2018 was a year the Wright County Board of Commissioners is glad to see over. In early summer, it became apparent to them that the county’s budget and levy were going to need to...
The Star Tribune reported on January 1 that 19-year -old Noah Johnson, of Big Lake, was killed after his vehicle spun into another vehicle’s path just northwest of the Twin Cities.
The other motorist...
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