Wayne “Big Wayne” Boehmke passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on April 1, 2026, at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital.

Donald Welander, age 83, of Wykoff, Minn., died on Friday, March 27, 2026, at Cottagewood Senior Communities, in Rochester, ...

Softball Preview/Team Capsules The 2026 softball season starts with some section alignment changes. Notably, ...

P/H competed with Winona High, Cotter/Hope Lutheran, Wabasha-Kellogg, Kasson-Mantorville, Triton, Albert Lea, Whitehall, Schaeffer Academy, Hayfield, Independence, Cochrane Fountain City, Lyle/Pacelli ...

Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) recently approved five grants totaling $25,000 for projects that support ...

A second arrest has now been made in a Winneshiek County case in which authorities allege a home-cooked meal was laced with ...

Southland (18-0, 29-3) ran roughshod over the Southeast Conference, going unblemished in league play on the way to winning ...

Variance requests presented at the March 26 meeting of the Fillmore County Board of Adjustment were denied. Randy and Debbie ...

Economic Development Authorities (EDAs) play a critical role in supporting rural communities by providing financial tools and ...

By Cheryl Boyum Eaton Peterson Museum Board Member When I think of the Peterson Trout Farm, I think of the facility located ...

Part two of a two-part series There was a Norwegian immigrant girl who pretended she could not speak Norwegian and a United ...

By Mary Athey Vice President of Entrepreneurship, SMIF In small towns, people are always showing up to fill gaps – the chef ...