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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu     As we enter the middle of summer, you may have gaps in your vegetable garden for a few reasons. Maybe you’ve finished harvesting your early spring vegetables, or perhaps certain things didn’t germinate as well as you had hoped. At this...
What began as a seemingly routine traffic crash in Fargo, North Dakota, last Friday, July 14, around 3:30 p.m. ended with a shootout, claiming the life of Fargo Police Officer Jake Wallin, who was a former St. Michael resident, and a 2018 STMA graduate. Two other FPD officers, Andrew Dotas, and...
Riverside Church, a multisite church with current campuses in Big Lake and Sauk Rapids, recently purchased the former Wright County Health and Human Services building at 1004 Commercial Drive in Buffalo with plans to open in the spring of 2024. The roots of Riverside extend all the way back to the...
City of Buffalo Community Planning and Economic Development Director David Kelly reviewed and discussed the 2040 Community Plan at the city council meeting on Monday, July 17. This matter was discussed for approximately 30 minutes during the meeting. “This has been in the works for about two years...
Parkside Elementary in the Buffalo/Hanover/Montrose School District is one of seven organizations to benefit from Wright County’s first distribution of opioid settlement money.  County Commissioners approved a plan, Tuesday, July 11 at their regular county board meeting to award $500,000 to local...
City of Montrose Public Works Director Dan Remer spoke to the Montrose City Council in regard to the water-shut off policy at their meeting on Monday, July 10. Multiple changes and updates to the policy were discussed. “We are basically trying to streamline it,” Remer said. One of the items...
The Concerts in the Park series continues on Thursday, July 20, at 7:00 p.m. at Sturges Park in Buffalo. Xpedition will performing Foreigner, STYX, Kansas and Journey music. The sponsor for the evening is St. John’s Lutheran Church. Food will be provided by Good Eats Food Truck, Nautical Bowls, and...
Joseph Wesley Schneider, of Annandale, appeared in court on July 18, charged with two felony counts for leaving the scene of a crash resulting in a fatality without providing identifying information and for not notifying the police. The crash occurred near Camp Friendship in Corinna Township,...
Buffalo Community Theater’s summer show is “Shrek the Musical.” The performances are scheduled for Friday, July 21, and Saturday, July 22, at 7:30 p.m. The showing on Sunday, July 23, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Showings on Wednesday, July 26, through Saturday, July 29, are at 7:30 p.m. For more...
Mark your calendars, the third annual Local Heroes Event in Monticello will be held from Thursday, August 17, to Saturday, August 19. The event will go from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily at Open Road RV (formerly Monticello RV Center) in Monticello, 3880 Chelsea Rd. W. Join in on this free event to...

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Not everything in nature appears the way you see it. I’ve said it over and over again in various ways. We see the natural world through the lens of a human and all the things that go into being a...
Kology, Carlson keep scoring at record pace; Bison improve to 9-0 with wins over STMA, Edina   Owen Carlson broke the team record a season ago with 57 goals. He’s on pace to break his own mark this...
Thirty-four day season ends with win over Hopkins   Thirty-four days. With a little help from Mother Nature during a cold and rainy April, the regular season for the Buffalo boys’ tennis team saw...
The past three games, the Buffalo girls’ lacrosse team got to experience a little of everything when it came to emotions. Two of the three games resulted in losses, including a 12-2 home defeat last...
The most important time of the year is here for members of the Buffalo track and field teams. With the state tournament three weeks away, the first of three important meets kicked off with the...
Memorial Day is a bittersweet day on the calendar. Memorial Day is a day to pay homage to the brave men and women who lost their lives defending the United States. However, over time, Memorial Day...
A 2017 study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimated that 792 million people across the globe lived with a mental health disorder. If that figure is startling, it's likely even...
Summer travel figures to pick up as the world returns to relative normalcy after two-plus years of living under the cloud of COVID-19. Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial beginning of summer,...

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