Virginia Marie (Freiheit) Mandelko, 84, passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at Harmony Place, Harmony, Minn., surrounded by her family.

Dixie Liberty Rudlong, born June 11, 2025, took her last breath in the loving arms of her parents Benjamin and Natalie Rudlong of Chatfield, Minn., on June 17, 2025. Though the time spent with their ...

The Mabel City Council held its regularly scheduled council meeting on Wednesday, June 11, with Mayor Adam Wilder convening the meeting at 6 p.m. Council members present included Kirsten Wyffels, Tina ...

Superintendent Matt Schultz informed the Lanesboro School Board that the Federal Electric Bus Grant they had been awarded was cancelled. The school will need to lease a diesel bus for next year. The ...

Informal updated census numbers for Whalan were received. As of 2024, Whalan is listed as having 73 people and 37 households. The city office will be closed June 13–23. If calling the city office ...

It was a highly entertaining and successful season for Journal-covered softball teams with Caledonia and Houston making it all the way to the section finals, plus Chatfield making the 1AA Final Four.

The first death came quickly. Abraham Anderson, who had crossed the ocean at age 73, the eldest of the immigrants, died a few days after arrival at Swede Bottom. The first birth, during the first two ...

Myrna Jeanette Luehmann, whose life was filled with unwavering faith, boundless love for her family and friends, and a passionate commitment to education, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 15, ...

He never missed an episode of “Gunsmoke.” He’d seen all 635 episodes at least twice. He thought Marshal Matt Dillon should have been president. He even listened to the singing cowboy, Gene Autry, when ...

At the June 11, 2025, school board meeting, board members David Sowinski, Tom Keefe, Jill Harstad and Katie Priebe were present. Also present were Superintendent Ed Harris, high school principal, Eric ...

Caledonia City Council members gathered at city hall for their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, June 9. The meeting was called to order at 6 p.m. followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor ...

Houston and Kingsland were both repeat champions, joined this spring by Lanesboro and Mabel-Canton, all four winning clay target/trap shooting conference crowns. Spring Grove was conference runner-up; ...