Elsie A. Franzen, 84, of La Crosse, died Thursday, June 19, 2025, at her home surrounded by her family.

Eugene R. (Butch) Mulhern passed away on June 23, 2025, at his home in Spring Valley, Minn., after a long struggle with his health. Eugene was born to Clayton and Emma (Eickhoff) Mulhern on November ...

Robert William Jones, 63, of Spring Valley, Minn., passed away on June 23, 2025, surrounded by his beloved family. Bobby was born on November 4, 1961, to Robert L. Jones and Rhoda A. (Thompson) Jones ...

Donna Mae (Thompson) Benson, 84, of Mabel, died Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at Gundersen Harmony Care Center in Harmony, where she had been for a short time.

Lyle E. Johnson, 83, of Rushford, Minn., died on Friday June 20, 2025.

Genevieve Marie Haakenstad passed away in her 94th year, at home with family, June 8, 2025. Gen was born in La Crosse, Wis., the second daughter of Rueben and Irene Kimpton Olson. She grew up here ...

Douglas Johnson, alias “Engineer Doug,” 74, passed away on Monday, June 16, 2025, with family members by his side. Doug worked at Winona State University, where he fixed student’s laptops in what was ...

I tried to twitch my nose. In the TV show “Bewitched,” Samantha, played by Elizabeth Montgomery, twitched her nose to activate her magic. I hoped to mimic her actions and be able to levitate the piano ...

The Houston County Commissioners convened for their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, June 17. Chairman Eric Johnson promptly called the meeting to order at 9 a.m., followed by the Pledge of ...

Each farm had an orchard with apple trees and pear trees. Ben recalled, “many kinds of berries growing on the stony pastures and along the stone fences … blueberries and blackberries as big as plums ...

For a fifth straight year, St. Michael/Albertville High School hosted the Class A state track and field individual meet. GML-OKS, RPH, LFCMC, Chatfield, and Cale-donia/Spring Grove were all ...

The Mabel-Canton School Board was formally recognized by Ehlers & Associates during its regularly meeting on June 17, following the successful sale of school building bonds. Jodie Zesbaugh of Ehlers ...