The word retirement has many connotations. The young wonder if they will be able to save enough to retire or...
Life on the farm+
Writers, sisters share stories of their childhood They remember the two-holer outhouse, milking the cows, ripe wheat chewed into gum,...
In Your Garden: A unique raised bed+
If you have wanted a raised bed but didn’t want to buy the cement blocks, or treated lumber or railroad...
Sauk Rapids rock hound+
Man has been collecting agates for 20 years Lyndon Johnson’s love of rock-hunting began early in life when he learned...
Let’s Go Fishing returns this month+
Roger Benson has already had one distinguished career. A social studies teacher as well as the baseball and basketball coach...
Brainerd woman teaches as she trains+
It’s hard to find Helga Fleischhacker sitting still. She is an avid bike rider. She rides from Brainerd to Merrifield and...
Fergus man prepares for 2,500-mile ride+
Dave Jensen’s mode of transportation has received some raised eyebrows from travelers this winter, but he’s riding his bicycle with...
Litchfield man served country as HS junior+
Litchfield man enlisted in Navy at age 15 Bruce Cottington, of Litchfield, is one of a rare, and unfortunately dying breed....
Business Profile: Wild Bird Warehouse+
WBW is a wild bird lover’s paradise Store has been at same location in Willmar for nearly 30 years Craig Radel’s wild...