Columbia Heights High School alumni Trevor Major (Class of 2000) has been named as his alma mater’s 2025 Alumni of ...

Anne joined several friends to search for birds on the western shore of Long Lake. They identified a number of hard-to-photograph birds and got a few photos. Their attention was ...

After graduating from Swanville High School on May 23, Valedictorian Lily Peterson is ready for new adventures. She’ll be ...

The Mayer Lutheran softball team erupted for 29 runs in a pair of victories last week, defeating Sibley East 22-12 and Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 17-5.

It was a beautiful spring day and I was lying in the sun, enjoying warm rays seeping into my skin, and…IS THAT A TICK ...

Jackie Schulze, assistant city administrator for the city of Waconia, was recently elected as the 2025-26 Minnesota City/County Management Association (MCMA) President. The MCMA Board elected Schulze ...

The Columbia Heights City Council, at the May 12 meeting, voted 3-0 to allow alcohol at city-sponsored events, with Council Members Connie Buesgens and Laurel Deneen absent.

New entrance planned for Arboretum ...

Coming from Maine to the St. Croix Valley, it was likely that a person would work in the lumber industry back in the 1850s.

MontiArts will celebrate the work of young artists within Monticello Public Schools during the annual Monticello School District Art Show next week.

A solo home run by Reagan Mieras seemed to wake up the Waconia offense May 7, as the Wildcats rallied to defeat the Trojans 7-5.

Honors List ...