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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   As you make your field plans for this year, consider complementing your later-planted vegetable crops with an early spring cover crop. In fields where you plan to grow a vegetable with a summer planting schedule, like transplanted broccoli...
The State of Minnesota will hold a Presidential Nomination Primary election on Tuesday, March 5. Only presidential candidates from major parties will be listed on the ballot and each party will have a separate ballot. There are three major parties: Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Legal Marijuana Now...
Councilman Steve Downer opened the city of Buffalo’s Tuesday, February 20 meeting, with an invitation to Police Chief Pat Budke, who introduced and welcomed a new officer, Zachary Cargill. Officer Cargill took the Oath of Office in front of the council and was sworn in with family and friends...
The Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School Board met on Monday, February 26. Ryan Tangen, Director of Finance and Operations, along with Jodie Zesbaugh, Senior Municipal Advisor with Ehlers Public Finance, provided updates regarding the financing and sale of general obligation school building bonds, with...
On Sunday, March 3, the Buffalo Community Orchestra will feature some of their talented musicians in a “Spotlight” concert.  Zach Armstrong and the orchestra will perform Group I from Vaughan Williams’ Suite for Viola; Dr. Andrew Burgdorf will join the orchestra in performing the first movement of...
The 2024 legislative session is in its third week and Wright County Commissioners have decided they won’t stay quiet when it comes to certain proposed legislation. On Tuesday, Feb. 20, at their regular meeting, commissioners approved writing a letter opposing the North STAR Act and to not spend any...
The Minnesota Supreme Court released a decision on Feb. 21 affirming the convictions of Gregory Ulrich for the mass shooting attack at the Allina Clinic in Buffalo, Minnesota, on February 9, 2021, in which Ulrich murdered Lindsay Overbay and shot and injured four others – Sherry Curtis, Antonya...
The Polar Plunge fundraiser will be in Buffalo on Saturday, March 9, at Sturges Park (401 Lake Blvd. South, Buffalo). Check-in and Day-of registration begins at 11:00 a.m., with the event beginning at noon. The Polar Plunge supports Special Olympics Minnesota. All funds raised by Plungers help...
“Broadway in Buffalo” Scholarship Fundraiser in partnership with Buffalo High School Tri-M are holding auditions Friday, March 8, from 6 to 8 p.m., and Saturday, March 9, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., in the BHS choir room. Performances are May 18 at 7:30 p.m. and May 19 at 2:00 p.m. in the BHS PAC.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation invites the communities of Buffalo and Monticello to an open house for the future Highway 25 project from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at the Wright County Highway Department, 3600 Braddock Avenue NE, in Buffalo. In 2021, a corridor study...

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This week we are focusing on quick and easy meals for those nights where we could use a shortcut to make a family meal that everyone will eat!  Best Biscuit-Hash Brown Casserole   Prep Time: 15...
A gathering of concerned citizens braved a windy and chilly morning at Buffalo Evangelical Free Church last Monday, Jan. 8, at 8:00 a.m. to show their concern about a proposed gravel pit directly...
The Buffalo Hospital had to wait a few days before the first baby of the new year arrived. Adeline Vivan Kay Lucart is the first baby born at Allina Health Buffalo Hospital in 2024. She was born on...
The first order of business, Tuesday, Jan. 2, at the Wright County Board’s first meeting of the new year, was to unanimously select District 2 Commissioner Darek Vetsch as chairman for the second...
A discussion about TH-25 trail connection and grant application dominated the Buffalo City Council meeting on Tuesday, January 2. Their meeting was held on Tuesday, instead of Monday, due to the...
The Hanover City Council discussed various topics at their meeting on Tuesday, January 2. Mary Coons from the Hanover Historical Society spoke with council about ruins of the first dam location on...
Join us for the 7th annual Meal Packaging event at St Francis Xavier School, on Saturday, February 3. The activity is similar to Feed My Starving Children meal packaging but available locally. The...
On Monday, January 8, at 12:32 p.m. deputies were dispatched to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 12 SE between the intersections of Brighton Avenue SE and State Highway 25 in Franklin Township.  Upon...

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