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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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; ...

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 ...

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 Harmony Area Historical Society asked permission to install a pop vending machine at the visitor center with proceeds being used for office supplies for the Historical Society. The society members ...

“The first step to initiate us moving forward with the project would be doing a topographic survey of the project area, which includes Broadway Avenue from Jefferson Street to the south side of Main ...

Mayor Jeff Adamson called the regularly scheduled Eitzen City Council meeting to order at 6 p.m. on June 10. Among the highlights of the meeting were updates on the town’s much-anticipated Fourth of ...

Caledonia baseball (4-seed, 18-7) trekked to Hudson Field in Rochester to play Pine Island (3-seed, 19-5) for the 1AA title game needing to bea ...