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ALEXANDRIA, Minn.—Fourth-grade students and adults were filmed using a toilet during the 2016 Douglas County Groundwater Festival, in Alexandria, Minn. Alexandria Light and Power Utilities' former water treatment plant superintendent is facing criminal charges in connection...

The Whitefish Area Property Owners Association will host the fourth annual aquatic invasive species roundtable program from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 28, at the Ideal Community Center. WAPOA members, area lake association members, local government officials, neighbors, students...

NEW LONDON, Minn. — A New London boy died Wednesday after being injured last month in a car crash. According to the family's CaringBridge site, Nathaniel Shumaker, 11, died at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. He was critically injured March 28 when a vehicle driven...

Maple Hill Lutheran Church in Pine River will host a ham dinner from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, April 28. The menu includes ham, scalloped potatoes, french-cut green beans, coleslaw, dessert and beverage. A freewill offering will be accepted. Proceeds will go toward completing the Confirmation...

The Minnesota Department of Health together with local public health departments in Freeborn and Winona counties are warning people about recent potential exposure to confirmed measles at two locations in southeastern Minnesota. The warning comes after the health department learned...

Lutheran Church of the Cross in Nisswa will hold its spring rummage sale from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 27, and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 28. No early sales will be allowed. Rummage sale items are categorically displayed to make shopping easy. Shopping areas by category...