By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor Although Gerald and Barbara Melby were both from the small town of Glenwood, Minnesota, their wedding was held in a much more exotic locale – France. At...

St. Charles comes alive for Whitewater Winterfest 2019

By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor A week of snowstorms and excessively frigid temperatures in St. Charles caused many to complain about the Minnesota cold and long for spring. Yet at the...

Crowds get a taste of the wild in St. Charles

By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor The Moose Lodge Wild Game Feed has been a tradition for decades in St. Charles, predating the club’s current building. “It’s being going on as long as I...

Dance at St. Charles Borromeo Creates a Special Evening for Dads and Daughters

By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor On Saturday, January 19, the fellowship hall of St. Charles Borromeo was filled with men dressed in suits and ties, and girls dressed like princesses. For...

A new year, a new chief

By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor As a student at St. Charles High School, Aaron Carlson worked for Arly Hamman. He often watched Hamman leave work to respond to fire calls, and enjoyed...

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Eyota American Legion honors Flag Day by retiring the colors

By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor The United States celebrates Flag Day on June 14 to commemorate the official adoption of the U.S. flag by the Second Continental Congress on that day in...

Canned Fruit Drive Raises $1,678.83 for the Hometown Resource Center

By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor Recently, Jamie Bjerke, owner of the new business JLB Marketing and Consulting, partnered with the Hometown Resource Center and Mike’s Food Center to hold a...

A Day for Remembrance

By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor Although the parade was canceled due to road construction, St. Charles still had an extensive Memorial Day celebration, complete with firing squads at local...

EMS Strong: Stronger Together

By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor Last Wednesday, the St. Charles Ambulance Service threw a party to celebrate EMS week. The crew offered a free meal of brats and hot dogs at the EMS...

Concert in the park celebrates the spirit of giving

By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor The St. Charles Area Community Foundation (SCACF) has the vision of, “Bettering our community by connecting people with initiatives that matter.” Last...

An unexpected mystery at the Night at the Library fundraiser

By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor To celebrate its centennial in 2013, the St. Charles Public Library offered an interactive murder-mystery for the ‘A Night at the Library’ fundraiser. ...

Premium lumber and quality service

By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor The St. Charles area has numerous Amish construction crews, constantly busy with work for their fellow Amish, or their English (non-Amish) neighbors. ...

Celebrating spring with a trip to Whitewater State Park

The last time the St. Charles 2nd graders visited Whitewater State Park for the maple syrup program, snow was still on the ground. When they returned to the park last Thursday, the landscape was...

“Every year, it gets bigger and bigger”

By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor Last Saturday, Pat Kasey of Rochester eagerly looked over the beds of plants at Yoder’s Country Greenhouse in rural St. Charles. This was her first time...

St. Charles Helps Lewiston with Last Minute Track Meet

By Dakota Swenson, St. Charles Press Staff Writer It’s been a rocky start to the 2018 spring season for all sports. Horrific weather has caused everything to be postponed for the first month of the...

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