Augusta City Council holds three meetings in September

AUGUSTA - The full Augusta City Council held three meetings in the month of September, two special meetings and their regular monthly meeting, at Augusta City Hall. One of the special meetings was...

Losses push back Tri-County Area teams' playoff hopes

If any prep football team from the Tri-County makes the playoffs this season, it will only be through the back door i.e. not enough teams with winning conference or overall records. And losses last...

FC volleyball falls back against top-ranked foes

It's the last step to the top that's always the toughest. The Fall Creek High School Volleyball Team took on some top-ranked foes recently and suffered setbacks as a result. Fall Creek went up...

Fall Creek spikers establish themselves as tops in the state

FALL CREEK - Getting off to a good start is important and the Fall Creek High School Volleyball Team certainly did that in late August and early September. Sustaining that start has been the next...

Fall Creeek, Osseo-Fairchild vie for Homecoming wins

Both Fall Creek and Osseo-Fairchild prep football teams have their respective Homecoming celebrations this week and their respective Homecoming games this Friday, Sept. 18. Homecoming is a game a...

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Area softball teams getting wins anyway they can

It's just one game but it's an important one for Augusta. The Beavers are 9-1 overall and 7-0 in the Large Dairyland Conference. Today, Thursday, April 30, the Beavers, ranked No. 4 in the state in...

Plenty of conference and non-conference golf meets in last two weeks

Fall Creek broke below the 200-stroke mark as a team with its best score of season at a Western Cloverbelt Conference meet held at Whispering Pines Golf Course in Cadott last week Thursday, April 23...

Fall Creek takes girls team title in Arcadia, boys second

Fall Creek had the most success of the Tri-County Area prep track and field teams during the week of April 21-28. The Crickets won the girls' team title in the Fredrickson-Sonnentag Invite held in...

Augusta School District considers options after failed referendum

AUGUSTA - There were three school referendums in the Tri-County Area on the ballot in the recent spring election held back on April 7. Two of those referendums passed overwhelmingly, in both Fall...

Augusta's hot start puts them in state rankings

If you win, you are rewarded and the softball team Augusta High School has been rewarded handsomely to start the 2026 season. The defending regional champion Beavers are 6-1 overall, 3-0 in the Large...

Season not starting strong for Area prep baseball teams

The 2026 prep baseball season basically begun for all of the Tri-County Area teams last week. Unfortunately none of the teams have gotten off to great starts. The best are at .500 so far. Eleva-Strum...

Robert Bethke

Robert Fredrick Bethke passed away peacefully on April 1, 2026, at the age of 82 at Essentia Health-Northern Pines in Aurora, Minnesota. Born on May 14, 1943, to Victor and Irene (Deacon) Bethke,...

Fall Creek Village Board approves new parking ordinance

FALL CREEK - Upon its second reading, the Village Board of Fall Creek unanimously approved several amendments to Title 10 Motor Vehicles & Traffic, making it a part of the Code of the Village of...

Augusta School District pushing for successful referendum on April ballot

AUGUSTA - Augusta School District Superintendent Reed Pecha knows there're a lot of skeptical and critical voices in the Augusta community towards a referendum on the April 7 ballot. And he...