California Overland, Ltd. was recently recognized by the Minnesota Trucking Association with a Safety Plaque and “Grand Trophy for Fleet Safety” by the Minnesota Trucking Association.
Awards were...
A colorful and delightfully painted coach bus from the American Queen steamboat (left), operated by USA River Cruises, idles downtown on Main Street Monday afternoon. The bus was transporting some 30...
by Michael Smith
If you thought you were seeing something last week. Or if you could’ve sworn that either your eyes were playing tricks on you or there really was a car out on the Mississippi River...
Four young ladies will be competing for the honor of being selected as the 2015 Kellogg Watermelon Festival Queen at this year’s pageant, which is slated for this coming Monday.
The Watermelon...
by Michael Smith
Year 5 of W-K’s Fiscal Learning Year schedule has arrived…meaning school will begin for students at W-K tomorrow, Thursday, August 20th; and at St. Felix Elementary School next...
The USDA Rural Development Agency is currently accepting applications for loans and grants offered through the Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program. Public Entities (Counties, Township &...
by Michael Smith
They’ve been Pen Pals for nearly 50 years. And it’s been 38 years since they last got together in New Zealand.
Linda (Schurhammer) Zarling, a native of Cooks Valley and current...
The 2014 Kellogg Watermelon Festival Royalty is about to see its year as reigning royalty come to an end. Watermelon Festival
Pageant committee members are currently seeking candidates to run for the...
The “Queen of the Mississippi” glides past Reads Landing Friday morning, almost exactly at 6:00 a.m. Doug Keim of Wabasha took this photo and said she “stealthily slid by,” in reference to her...
by Ruby White
Public Health Director Judy Barton addressed a matter of major concern to her, the County Board and St. Elizabeth’s Hospital at last Tuesday’s regular County Board meeting. She asked...