Thomas “Tom” McDonald, age 80, of St. Michael passed away on Tuesday, October 14, 2014. Tom served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He was a retired employee of IBM. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to the Animal Humane Society or DAV. Visitation for Thomas will be held from 4 […]
Buffalo Hospital Foundation Goes Pink for a Party
The sixth annual Buffalo “Pink Street Party” kicks off at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2 in downtown Buffalo, as shoppers, vendors, and “partiers” gather to raise funds for cancer care and the Buffalo Hospital Foundation. More than 80 vendors will be on hand as the community honors those who have fought against cancer, and those […]
Maple Lake Man Sentenced for Role in Buffalo Memorial Day Crash
A Maple Lake man who caused a destructive three-car accident on Highway 55 in Buffalo has been sentenced to serve time in Wright County Jail and send a letter of apology to the people he injured. Didrick John Lipponen , 27, Maple Lake, was sentenced last month to a total of four months in jail for Gross […]
Downtown Buffalo Intersection Joins List of MnDOT Projects
Add Buffalo to the list of areas that will be difficult to navigate this summer, as the Minnesota Department of Transportation unveiled $1.1 billion worth of state road projects this week. Monticello and the Rogers/St. Michael area will already be sore spots for travelers and commuters this summer. MnDOT announced earlier this year that Interstate […]
Buffalo Police Respond to Walmart Bomb Threat
Buffalo Police were called the Walmart store at 1315 Highway 25 around 7:50 p.m. last night after workers there received a bomb threat from an unidentified male. According to scanner chatter released by Police Clips of Minnesota, Wright County Dispatch received the call around 7:50 p.m. and paged units from BPD to the store shortly […]
Buffalo Woman, Annandale Man Killed in Separate Crashes
Two accidents over the weekend have taken the lives of Wright County residents. A 25-year-old Buffalo woman was killed early Saturday after she was struck by a train at a crossing near Independence. Paulina Lang, Buffalo, was headed south on County Road 92 when she was stopped at the crossing, an engineer told authorities early […]
Longtime Cook, Friendly Nurse Gone too Soon: Buffalo Area Deaths
The following obituaries were reported from the Buffalo area through the first week of March Dianne Victoria George, 58, Buffalo passed away on Friday, February 28th, 2014 at her residence. Services were set for Friday, March 7, 2014 at 1:30 P.M. at All Saints Lutheran Church in Darwin. Interment will be held at All Saints Lutheran […]