Lester Prairie-area residents and the greater McLeod County area have an exciting opportunity as the Minnesota Legislature convenes. Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen has put the Dakota Rail Regional Trail ...

In journalism, there’s a saying, “If your mother tells you she loves you, check it out.” So it was only natural that we had to check out a news release that arrived in our email last week ...

A winter storm warning has been issued for an area of central Minnesota ahead of up to 7 inches of snow through Saturday evening.

Thousands of Americans give up smoking every day because they fear that it might eventually kill them. If you knew something seeping into your home was killing you, wouldn’t you want to take ...

Oh, my, have we slipped. Back in 2011, when the first County Health Rankings were released by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, our humble McLeod County was ranked best ...

NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF JULY 22, 2009 Meeker County’s population fell by 230 people this year compared to 2007. Figures compiled by the Minnesota State Demographic Center were ...

The B117 coronavirus variant first identified in the United Kingdom has been identified in the Twin Cities metro area, state health officials confirmed Monday. As of Jan. 11, laboratory sequencing had ...

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development provides snapshots each month of different counties across the state. Below are statistics for McLeod and Meeker counties. McLeod ...

The riparian rights were separated from a property in Orono in 1984. Four decades years later, it remains unclear who owns ...

In this episode, Sadie Hoyt, marketing specialist at Dakota County Lumber, located in Farmington, MN, shares the story of ...

Life expectancy, death and the critical role of public health were among a variety of subjects the McLeod County Board tackled at its April 7 meeting. Discussion started early in the meeting when ...

Schafer Richardson celebrated the ceremonial groundbreaking of The Rosalyn, a 128-unit affordable senior (55+) housing community at the intersection of Lyndale Ave S. and American Boulevard W. in ...