Thomas “Tom H. Bechtel, age 90, of Caledonia, passed away on June 3, 2025. Tom was born January 14, 1935, in Lansing, Iowa, son of Theodore and Harriet (Peterson) Bechtel.

On Monday, May 19, the Kingsland School Board began their night with a special meeting to review the resolution canvassing the return of votes for the May 12 referendum vote. In 2024, voters approved ...

Lanesboro boys and girls golf teams (above) each won their respective SEC meets. Coached by Tim Opat and Dusty McCabe, boys team members are Jack Brogle, Holdyn Willford, Kyle Rue ...

Marlys Jean Johnson, a beloved mother, grandmother and friend, passed away peacefully on May 31, 2025. Known for her adventurous spirit and forward-looking nature, Marlys lived a life filled with love ...

Jerome Michael O’Connor, age 84, passed away surrounded by family on May 30, 2025, at Saint Marys Hospital, Rochester, Minn.

Noah came to IBA with a good background in farming. He grew up on a hobby farm at Pilot Mound; at 14 he started milking at a dairy farm in Lewiston and later milked for Rahn Sass at his dairy east of ...

Mabel First Lutheran Church, Scheie Lutheran Church and Henrytown Lutheran Church. As we celebrated Memorial Day last w ...

In one case, a local resident selling farm equipment online received a check for more than the agreed amount. The scammer asked him to forward the extra funds to a woman in Virginia. After the check ...

Fischer Wait (1st 200 > 22.33; 1st 400 > 49.73), Eli Staggemeyer (2nd 100, 5th 200), the 4×200 (2nd > E-Staggemeyer, Owen Staggemeyer, Coby Hammell, Wait), C-Hammell (6th 100), and O-Staggemeyer (7th ...

The previous year, some men had been in the Root River Valley, one of which a Swede named Lundplad had written home about the valley, and the letter was published in a Swedish newspapers. On the way, ...