The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center is featuring in its gallery the work of four generations of one family of artists in the gallery.    “Nelja” is Finnish for “four.”  The show features the work of the four generations of women in the Aho family from Central Minnesota.  Artwork on display in the gallery features… Read More

The University of Minnesota Extension, Becker County is equipped to test pressure canner dial gauges for home canners.  A pressure canner is essential for canning low-acid vegetables, meats, fish and poultry.  Two basic types of canners are available. One has a dial gauge to indicate the pressure inside the canner and it is recommended this gauge be… Read More

City to add new employee to staff By Barbie Porter Editor The city-wide clean-up in Frazee may return in the spring of 2022.  Frazee City Administrator Jordin Roberts informed the city council at the monthly meeting on Monday, Aug. 16 that residents call weekly asking if the service will be provided this year.  In years past, the clean up week… Read More

Clinical Psychologist Kiah Staloch is now seeing patients at the Essentia Health St. Mary’s-Detroit Lakes Clinic.  “The supportive staff, commitment to patient health and wellbeing and connection to the community is what drew me to Essentia,” shared Staloch. “I was also drawn to the more rural lifestyle and like being outdoors and enjoying the many seasons.” Staloch… Read More

With a new school year on the horizon, parents and caregivers are reminded to save receipts on school supply purchases in order to claim valuable K-12 tax benefits when filing their taxes next year. “Purchasing school supplies is an investment that nearly every parent or caregiver in Minnesota makes on a yearly basis,” said Revenue Commissioner… Read More

Minnesota FFA and 4-H members are invited to help design the upcoming specialized agricultural license plate.  As the legislative session came to completion, the specialized agriculture plate passed as part of the transportation bill. This legislation allows Minnesotans to purchase the specialized agricultural plate in early 2022. The plate has an annual contribution of $20 that… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener If you are being stung, it’s probably not a bee that is unless you have disturbed a hive. Most bees are just too busy making honey and getting ready for winter to bother you.  The culprit was more than likely a wasp. Jeff Hahn, Extension Entomologist was the go-to guy in the… Read More

My sister and her husband bought land on the outskirts of Flagstaff, where it was so deserted that the first street—dirt road, really—was named after my sister. When someone purchased the five acres beside theirs, and parked some cars over on my sister and her husband’s property, it seemed kind of okay, being as there was… Read More

Minnesota’s hands-free cell ph​one law just had its second anniversary on Aug. 1, and it’s safe to say the novelty has worn off and people could be getting complacent. Drivers might be slipping back into old habits, risking their own lives and those of their fellow motorists. As a reminder, here’s what the hands-free law allows…. Read More