Upcoming Red Cross Blood Drive

A Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday (8/5) at the Morris Area High School ’91 Gym. Donors receive a $15 e-gift card and successful donations get A1C testing. Call 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter Morris HS to schedule an appointment.             […]

Stevens County Fair List of Events

Click on the image to expand. The Stevens County Fair will kick things off for 2025 with its annual Fair Community Meal at 5  p.m. Tuesday at the Lee Community Center in Morris. The Fairgrounds received funding through the Compeer Financial’s County Fair Facility Upgrade Grant Program for repairs and maintenance to existing livestock buildings, 4-H […]

Morris Area Scholarship Program’s 2026 Scholarship Competition

Grace Alessi of Morris was crowned Miss Morris Area at the Morris Area Scholarship Program’s 2026 Scholarship Competition, held Saturday at the Morris Area High School Auditorium. Her Community Service Initiative was Light the Way: Hospice with Heart. Alessi was awarded a $1500 educational scholarship, a $500 University of Minnesota Morris scholarship, and paid entry […]

Community Connection – Elise Grabowska – UofMM Coordinator of Student Engagement

Sue Dieter, Communications and Marketing for U of M Morris and Elise Grabowska, the U of M Morris Student Engagement and Events Coordinator came in to speak about the Performance Arts Series this year. The University of Minnesota Morris announces the 2025–26 Performing Arts Series presented by the Campus Activities Council. This season features performances […]

Vikings Training Camp Continues

(Minnesota News Network- Eagan, MN) — Vikings training camp continues, with the first game of the preseason this coming Saturday against Houston. Tonight is the team’s annual “night practice,” from 6 til 8 p-m. On Saturday, the Vikings host Houston at 3 p-m at U-S Bank Stadium in the first of three preseason games. The […]

Twins salvage a game from Cleveland

(Cleveland, OH) — The Minnesota Twins held on for a 5-4 win over Cleveland on Sunday. With the win, the Twins salvage one game of the three-game series, and they stop a four-game losing streak. Minnesota scored four runs in the first, and added another in the eighth. Cleveland scored two runs in the bottom […]

Lynx trade for Carrington, Blast Vegas

(Las Vegas, NV/Minnesota News Network) — The Minnesota Lynx blew out Las Vegas on Saturday, 111-58. The 53-point margin of victory was the largest margin of victory for a road team in W-N-B-A history. Kayla McBride hit eight three-pointers, and the Lynx overall hit 17 threes. Jessica Shepard and Napheesa Collier each scored 18. Collier […]

Sights from WCROC Horticulture Night

Bernie Eystad

Bernie Eystad, age 67 of Donnelly, Minnesota, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2025, peacefully on at her home in Donnelly, MN. Memorial visitation for Bernie Eystad will be held Friday, August 8, 2025, from 5:00 p.m. until  7:00 p.m. at Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris, MN. A private burial will be held at a later […]

Anita Triebenbach

Anita Triebenbach, age 73 of Glenwood, Minnesota, passed away Thursday, July 31, 2025, at Glenwood Village Care Center. Visitation for Anita Triebenbach will be held Friday, August 8, 2025, from 10:00 a.m until 11:00 a.m. at Chippewa Falls Lutheran Church in Terrace, MN. Memorial services for Anita Triebenbach will be at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, […]