A photo of a rabbit hunting party in McLeod County. Only one man is identified: Joseph Hoodecheck. He is kneeling second from the left, holding a double-barreled shotgun. It was a mild winter morning, ...

Minnesota’s agricultural landscape wouldn’t be the same without towering silos – old and new. Many of the oldest silos in our area often stand alone, outlasting the barn that once accompanied the ...

Longtime Watertown Public Utilities employee Doug Kammerer has retired after more than 30 years of overseeing the city’s water and wastewater operations.Kammerer’s final day on the job was Feb. 27, ...

Glencoe-Silver Lake High School has hosted the Tim Orth Memorial Foundation’s (TOMF) Glencoe Jam the Gym, an annual all-star boys and girls basketball jamboree, since 1999 to raise money for local ...

MAYER — Opening day for the Crow River Valley League is right around the corner and there will be one less team taking the field this year. After adding Delano and Arlington to the league to get to 16 ...

VICTORIA — When the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted boys basketball team took the floor for their Section 5AA Tournament matchup with Holy Family, they did so with confidence. Coming in as underdog in the ...

Hutchinson Health has been named among the 2025 Top 100 Rural and Community Hospitals by the Chartis Center for Rural Health. The annual Top 100 award program honors outstanding performance among the ...

Watertown-Mayer Public School sent letters to our local government officials to invite them to visit not only our school but to see firsthand the innovative programs inspiring our students and to ...

Watertown-Mayer High School Concert Choir recently hosted the Region 5A contest Feb. 24, and achieved a superior rating from all three judges. Congratulations to Mr. Najjar and his fine WM Royal ...

Ronald Jopp, 71, of Mayer, MN, passed away Monday, March 3, 2025, at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. A funeral service will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 8, 2025, at St. John ...

The first grade class at St. James Lutheran School has been reading a story about birthday celebrations. One custom they learned about was making confetti eggs. Each of the students decorated an egg.