Fire danger and burning restrictions

 Red Flag Warning The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Sunday, April 12, for Pipestone and Rock counties due to extreme fire risk.    

BOYS BASEBALL SATURDAY, APRIL 11th

    Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta Baseball Tournament   Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 10-0 MACCRAY Hutchinson 4-2 Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta Minnewaska Area 16-10 Border West Maple River 10-3 Hutchinson Postponed Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta vs Maple River Minnewaska Area vs MACCRAY MACCRAY vs Border West Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta host Melrose on Monday at 5:00 p.m.   BASEBALL SATURDAY, APRIL 11th Montevideo 2-0 Duluth […]

Twins Bounce Back Win 7-4 Over Blue Jays

On Saturday Toronto Blue Jays scored two in the 1st inning but the Twins knock in seven in the 3rd inning to win 7-4 over the Blue Jays. Trevor Larnach goes 1-3 with a 3 run home run, scored, and also walked to help the Twins win. Twins pitcher Joe Ryan (2-1) goes seven innings […]

Wolves Snap Houston’s Win Streak

Anthony Edwards scored 22 points, including a clutch three late, as the Timberwolves beat the Rockets 136 to 132 Friday night in Houston. Terrence Shannon Jr. added 23 off the bench as Minnesota snapped Houston’s eight‑game winning streak. The win locks the Wolves into the number three seed in the West. Minnesota played without Julius […]

High School Sports Friday, April 10th

GIRLS SOFTBALL     Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 7-0 Rocori Tigers first game (1-0) will be at home on Monday with a Doubleheader vs Montevideo first game 3:30 p.m. second game at 5:30 p.m. at Holmberg Field. Minnewaska Area 11-4 Osakis Melrose beat West Central Area two times in a double header. Melrose won 4-3 and 8-1. Eden […]

Toronto comes back to win 10-4 over Twins

Twins scored the first four runs in the game but in the bottom of the fourth the Blue Jays put five on the board and won the game 10-4 over the Twins. Ryan Jeffers goes 3-3, had a HR, 3 hits, 3 RBI’s, and scored once for the Minnesota Twins. Simeon Woods Richardson (0-2) goes […]

KERKHOVEN MAN KILLED IN CRASH NEAR WILLMAR

Willmar, MN) – A Kerkhoven man is dead after a multi-vehicle crash west of Willmar this morning (FRI). At around 7:20 a.m., two vehicles collided in the eastbound lane of Highway 40, which is just east of the entrance to the Willmar airport. No one was injured. Conditions were very foggy at the time, and […]

NOTICE for Urgent & Respiratory Care Clinic Friday, April 10: The Urgent & Respiratory Clinic will be APPOINTMENTS ONLY today. Appointments: Call 320-589-7636 . Please present to URGENT & RESPIRATORY CLINIC entrance located on E. 1st Street (not the Main Entrance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Senate Passes Bill Renaming Solar Garden Program in Honor of Hortman

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) — The Minnesota Senate followed the House Thursday in passing a bill that would rename the state’s community solar garden program after the late Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman. Senator John Hoffman introduced the bill for all the work Hortman did to start this program in 2013. He told members, “Melissa recognized […]

TWINS WIN AGAIN 3-1 OVER DETROIT

Brooks Lee, who came off the bench as a defensive replacement an inning earlier, poked a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning on Thursday, giving the Minnesota Twins a 3-1 win and four-game sweep of the Tigers at Target Field. Lee had been 5-for-30 on the season entering the game. Twins first baseman Josh […]