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Successful breakfast on the farm event
Pope County Farm Bureau sponsored its annual breakfast on the farm on Monday, Labor Day, and served 660 people throughout the morning. With a goal of limiting crowding and gathering, a simple...
Semi Fire Leads to Total Loss
On Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at 10:53 p.m., the Stearns County Sheriff's Office was notified of a semi-tractor on fire on County Road 75 north of 240th Street in St. Augusta. The fire was reported...
Hospice "Riding For A Cause" has route for individuals to honor Hospice patients
The annual Hospice Riding For A Cause (Motorcycle Ride and Car Run) will look very different this year. The Hospice Ride Committee is unable to have the typical group event due to state restrictions...
Full-scale mobilization of Minnesota National Guard
Announced during a morning press conference on Saturday, May 30 by state leadership, Governor Tim Walz authorized the National Guard to "fully activate." The Minnesota National Guard is an...
Legislature protects MN farmers from foreclosure through harvest time
As a sign of the dire financial situation the state's agriculture faces, the Minnesota House and Senate last week passed by a combind 201-0 vote legislation that stops foreclosures until December for...
Governor Walz announces plans for outdoor dining, limited occupancy salons
Press release on Wednesday, May 20 Governor Tim Walz today announced the phases in his Stay Safe Plan, including a cautious, strategic turn of the dial to allow limited outdoor dining at restaurants...
Governor Walz announces next phase of COVID-19 response in Minnesota
Official press release from the state of Minnesota On Wednesday, May 13, Governor Tim Walz announced the next phase of the COVID-19 response in Minnesota. Citing progress made to prepare for peak of i...
State of Minnesota facing massive budget deficit
On Tuesday, May 5, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) is releasing an updated budget projection for the current biennium, Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021. Minnesota's budget and economic outlook has...
Governor Walz extends Stay-at-Home order in Minnesota
Press release on Thursday, April 30: As the state continues to make progress in preparing for the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Tim Walz today extended the Stay Home Order in Minnesota...
STATEMENT from Rep. Anderson re: stay-at-home order extension
State Rep. Paul Anderson, R-Starbuck, issued the following statement Thursday after Gov. Tim Walz indicated his stay-at-home order for Minnesota will be extended to May 18, while allowing more retail...
COVID-19 at Stearns County food processing plants
Stearns County is working collaboratively with Minnesota Department of Health, CentraCare Health, Pilgrim's Pride in Cold Spring and Jennie-O in Melrose in response to employees testing positive for...
DEED begins making Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) payments
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced today that the agency has begun making Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) payments to people who are...
Be an arts advocate!
Our downtown Box Office and Art Gallery with Central Square and Civic Center is not physically open at this time. However, employees are working from home and checking the voicemail daily. Please...
(HD VIDEO) Padua's St. Patricks Day parade
Below is video from the St. Patrick's Day parade in Padua, where the Padua Pub celebrated their 40th annual St. Patrick's Day celebration. Photos from the parade were published in the April 2 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice news...
Stearns County-based hotline established to answer COVID-19 questions
Public Health Asks for Residents Help to Stop Virus Spread A local hotline number has been set up to answer questions related to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Stearns and Benton Counties...
Kentucky Thunder at Brink's in Sunburg
Kentucky Thunder is excited to be coming to Brink's 104 Club in Sunburg on Saturday, February 29. They will be performing live from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. that night. Come on out and enjoy the show along...
Minnesota's townships to hold annual meetings
Minnesota's 1,781 townships will hold their annual town meeting on Tuesday, March 10. Known as Township Day, these annual meetings are held every year on the second Tuesday in March. Residents of the...
Farm crisis forum in Mankato on February 29
Farmers, rural residents and other concerned citizens from across Minnesota will gather at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Mankato on Saturday, February 29. The meeting centers on a Farm Crisis...
Irrigation clinic to be held
Irrigators mark your calendars to attend an Irrigator's Clinic to be held at the Minnewaska House on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. This event will be of interest to anyone who is actively engaged in...
Dairy crisis meeting (VIDEO)
Below is video from the dairy crisis meeting at the Greenwald Pub on January 30....
Get your billion back, Minnesota!
Release dated February 24, 2020 Senate Republicans today announced a multifaceted plan to return Minnesota's budget surplus to taxpayers. The Senate Republican tax plan emphasizes putting money back...
Irrigation clinic to be held
Irrigators mark your calendars to attend an Irrigator's Clinic to be held at the Minnewaska House on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. This event will be of interest to anyone who is actively engaged in...
(VIDEO) Sermon at First Lutheran of Norway Lake
The video embedded here features the sermon given by Pastor Wayne Kopitzke at First Lutheran church of Norway Lake on Sunday, February 2, 2020....
(VIDEO) 'I didn't come here for a ham sandwich'
At the Dairy Crisis meeting hosted at the Greenwald Pub in Greenwald on Thursday, January 30, numerous farmers and other interested individuals spoke out against the way the agriculture economy is...
SFA Midwest Soil Health Summit to explore 'Farm as Reflection of Farmer'
Agriculture producers and other interested parties are invited to stay on the leading edge of regenerative agriculture by attending the Sustainable Farming Association's annual Midwest Soil Health...
