Virginia Marie (Freiheit) Mandelko, 84, passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at Harmony Place, Harmony, Minn., surrounded by her family.

The Peterson Council gave a verbal blessing to Councilor Gail Boyum to seek cost estimates for a proposed project. At the June 11 meeting, Boyum indicated she is entertaining the idea of putting in ...

“The first step to initiate us moving forward with the project would be doing a topographic survey of the project area, which includes Broadway Avenue from Jefferson Street to the south side of Main ...

Dixie Liberty Rudlong, born June 11, 2025, took her last breath in the loving arms of her parents Benjamin and Natalie Rudlong of Chatfield, Minn., on June 17, 2025. Though the time spent with their ...

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Caledonia City Council members gathered at city hall for their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, June 9. The meeting was called to order at 6 p.m. followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor ...

Heat flour, sugar, and salt on the stove on low while whisking together milk and egg yolks in a large bowl. Slowly pour the milk and egg yolk mixture into the sugar/flour mixture while whisking. Turn ...

Caledonia baseball (4-seed, 18-7) trekked to Hudson Field in Rochester to play Pine Island (3-seed, 19-5) for the 1AA title game needing to bea ...

Houston and Kingsland were both repeat champions, joined this spring by Lanesboro and Mabel-Canton, all four winning clay target/trap shooting conference crowns. Spring Grove was conference runner-up; ...

The first death came quickly. Abraham Anderson, who had crossed the ocean at age 73, the eldest of the immigrants, died a few days after arrival at Swede Bottom. The first birth, during the first two ...

Student Representative Grayden Beckman thanked Julia Carr for her guidance when he joined the board; since Julia recently graduated, she has left the board. Beckman went on the thank the entire staff ...

It was a highly entertaining and successful season for Journal-covered softball teams with Caledonia and Houston making it all the way to the section finals, plus Chatfield making the 1AA Final Four.