The Dassel-Cokato School Board meeting covered several key topics during the meeting on Monday evening.The board unanimously ...

Tens of thousands of chickens were killed in a fire at a commercial egg production farm in Cokato early Monday, according to ...

Over the past few weeks, the Herald Journal has highlighted the ongoing battle between independent pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), who are using tactics harmful to small-town drug ...

Wright County Commissioners said goodbye to two longtime employees last week at their Tuesday, Jan. 21 regular county board meeting. Steve Jobe is retiring as county surveyor after 19 years with the ...

The Salisbury Bridge, a three-span, steel Pratt through truss bridge, stands as a testament to early 20th-century engineering in Meeker County.Constructed in 1899 by the Hewett Bridge Company, this ...

Schoon, 82, of Cokato, MN, passed away peacefully Monday, Dec. 30, 2024 at the Cokato Manor Nursing Home. A memorial service ...

New Dassel City Council Member Deb Suchy was sworn in at Monday night’s city council meeting, along with re-elected Mayor Bob Lalone and re-elected City Council Member Amy Gaertner. Lalone will serve ...

William Hugh Ooley, 80, of Darwin, MN, died Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, at his residence. A memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, at All Saints Lutheran Church in Darwin with ...

The Dassel-Cokato Fine Arts Hall of Fame will honor its 2025-26 inductees Sunday, Feb. 2, during the “Look Who Has Talent” event at 2 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center.This year’s honorees, Ellora ...

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Two winters ago, my mom’s summer home was damaged beyond repair due to a broken water pipe. For nearly three weeks, the water ran continuously. The water ruined almost everything in the home. What the ...

The summer between my junior and senior year in college, I worked for the maintenance department at the University of Minnesota, Morris. That summer, I assisted the mason in a variety of projects.