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

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 ...

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 ...

Heat flour, sugar, and salt on the stove on low while whisking together milk and egg yolks in a large bowl. Slowly pour the milk and egg yolk mixture into the sugar/flour mixture while whisking. Turn ...

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 ...

Student Representative Grayden Beckman thanked Julia Carr for her guidance when he joined the board; since Julia recently graduated, she has left the board. Beckman went on the thank the entire staff ...

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; ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...