Red Flag Warning issued for extreme fire risk

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for several counties in parts of northwest, west-central, and southwestern Minnesota due to extreme fire risk conditions on Monday, March 10. Effective 11:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. affected counties include Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Wadena, and Wilkin. Effective 2:00 p.m. […]

Playoff Basketball Saturday, March 8th

Boys Basketball 3AA Montevideo 65-59 Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta Jackson County Central 73-61 Luverne 6A West Central Area 76-45 Brandon-Evansville Benson 67-66 Border West Ada-Borup 60-45 Hillcrest Lutheran Dawson-Boyd 81-47 Central Minnesota Christian 6AA Sauk Centre 36-30 Melrose Area Holdingford 77-68 St. Cloud Cathedral Albany 80-40 Osakis 8AA Barnesville 61-58 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Wednesday, March 12 Class AA Girls […]

Nancy Stevenson

Nancy Jo (Dieter) Stevenson, age 66 of Glenwood, Minnesota, passed away peacefully, with her children by her side, on January 22, 2025, at Glacial Ridge Hospital in Glenwood, following a courageous battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Visitation for Nancy Jo (Dieter) Stevenson will be held Saturday, March 15, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. at […]

Girls Championship Friday, March 7th

  Girls Basketball 6A Championship West Central 56-51 Underwood 6AA Championship Sauk Centre 60-57 Milaca 8A Championship Barnesville 57-56 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 2A Championship Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 57-54 BOLD   (DeeDee)          

Manure Spill Due to A Tank Failure

Workers have largely cleaned up a manure spill attributed to a tank failure that occurred last Friday at the Meadow Star Dairy near Pennock, company officials told the West Central Tribune. The tank is part of the renewable natural gas digester system at the dairy. There was no thermal event or explosion, according to Grant […]

Playoff Basketball Results March 6th

Girls 3AA Championship Minnewaska 53-38 Fairmont 3A Championship MACCRAY 54-44 Hills Beaver Creek 8AAA Championship Alexandria 73-52 Fergus Falls 6A Boys Basketball Quarterfinals West Central Area 77-33 Parkers Prairie Brandon Evansville 49-43 Belgrade Brooton Elrosa Benson 93-84 Hancock Border West 63-62 Breckenridge 3AA Boys Basketball Quarterfinals Luverne 90-79 Redwood Valley Jackson County 66-50 Fairmont (DeeDee) […]

Joyce L. Kramer

Joyce Kramer, age 91 of Morris, Minnesota, peacefully on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at the West Wind Village in Morris, MN. Funeral services for Joyce Kramer are pending with Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris, MN.  

Ron and Don State Wrestling Wrap Up

Open House for Highway 29th Reconstruction Project

The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the city of Alexandria invite the public to an open house on Tuesday, March 11, from 5 to 7 p.m., to learn more about the future reconstruction project on Highway 29 between Eighth Avenue and 18th Avenue. The open house will be held at Douglas County Public Works, located […]

The Now Removed Non-Core Properties List Included Fergus Falls Courthouse

The Trump Administration released a list of more than 440 federal buildings that could be sold as part of its massive government cuts program, only to remove the list from the General Services Administration (GSA) website on Wednesday.   The list appeared online on Tuesday, with the GSA designating the buildings as “non-core properties” that are suitable […]