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Robert Zimmerman’s Wright County Roots Explored

As Bob Dylan gets the nod for the Nobel Prize for Literature, a local station looked at his ties to Hanover

October 14, 2016 By Mike Schoemer

He’s the first singer/songwriter to ever receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. And, yes, we’re always eager to say that Robert Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan, is one of […]

Local Families Settle into the Homework Routine, but with a Big Change this Year

October 12, 2016 By Meghan Gutzwiller

For decades, a standard weekly spelling test was a bread and butter staple of every elementary and even middle school student’s routine. Typically teachers gave a pre-test on Monday, and […]

St. Michael Boy Scout Builds Five Buddy Benches

October 12, 2016 By Samara Postuma

St. Michael Boy Scout Jack Kroenen, a junior at St. Michael-Albertville High School, recently completed his Eagle Project, the highest Boy Scout ranking one can receive in scouts, by building […]

Frost on the Pumpkins: NWS Issues Frost Advisory for Wright County

October 7, 2016 By Mike Schoemer

To quote a (somewhat overrated) cable television show: winter is coming. The National Weather Service in Chanhassen has issued a frost advisory for most of the North Wright County Today […]

Local Nonprofit Anchored Beginnings Collecting Christmas Donations

October 7, 2016 By Samara Postuma

Anchored Beginnings is collecting shoes and donations for blessing boxes this fall before one of their team members, Rachel Krueger and her family, travel to Haiti to donate the collected […]

Wright County Area Districts: Kids Aren’t Clowning Around in School

October 6, 2016 By Mike Schoemer

“What’s the deal with all the clowns?” has been a popular line of questioning on social media sites lately. After a “threat” on social media went viral Tuesday night into […]

St. Michael-Albertville Rebounds with 45-7 Homecoming Victory

The Knights never trailed, and never looked back with a huge second half.

October 5, 2016 By Mike Schoemer

St. Michael-Albertville experienced its first loss in more than a year when it was steamrolled, quite literally, by Elk River in a Sept. 23 game that featured two of the […]