Good Samaritan Society in Howard Lake was recently named a recipient of the 2025 Silver – Achievement in Quality Award by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living ...

The early settlers had the worst of it. A good storm on the frontier could be deadly. Travelers out on the open prairies of the southern portion of the county were forced to endure Mother Nature’s ...

At 90 years old, Leona Fiecke of Lester Prairie is part of a rare group: she’s one of the very few individuals who has attended every Winstock Country Music Festival since the event first took the ...

The Lester Prairie City Council approved a resolution authorizing the purchase and construction of a new salt storage shed for the city’s maintenance department during a short meeting Tuesday evening.

It was a busy Thursday across the Crow River Valley League. With six teams in action, the Cologne Hollanders stayed perfect in league play while Hamburg secured a much-needed win. Also in action, St.

Susan Edna Grangroth, 75, of Waverly, MN, passed away Friday, May 30, 2025 at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. Funeral services for Susan Grangroth will take place Saturday, June 7, ...

Levi Lee, eighth grader at Lester Prairie Schools, entered the Hutchinson Elks Lodge 2427 Americanism essay contest and won. He went on to win both the district level and state for his age group. Levi ...

CARVER - A team that has simply found ways to win in the postseason the past handful of years, the Black Sox did that once again as they rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth to stun the ...

In 2022, the city of Howard Lake lost its lone grocery store, Howard Lake Foods, and in the time since, the city has made numerous attempts to bring a new grocer to town.In recent months, developer ...

Lorraine Margaret Kittock, 92, of Waverly, MN, passed away peacefully Saturday, May 10, 2025, at Lake Ridge Nursing Home in Buffalo, MN. Mass of Christian burial will take place at 10:30 a.m. Thursday ...

From the Herald Journal files of past newspapers. May 18, 2015 (10 years ago) The Lester Prairie City Council recognizes Mayor Andy Heimerl, who recently resigned, City Clerk Marilyn Pawelk for 35 ...

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the Public that on Thursday, May 15, 2025, the Waverly Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider an application submitted by Tony Aurentz for a ...