As Friday nights fade, we are losing touch with one another. That is the trend University of North Carolina sociologist Neal ...

News deserts are expanding in America. Ghost newspapers with reduced staff stretched so thin that news coverage is a thin, pale shadow of what a community needs and deserves are spreading. The ...

By Reed AnfinsonPublisher Through the summer, crews working for Anderson Underground of Sauk Rapids have been installing four large conduits along Minnesota Highway 9 through Grant, Stevens, and Swift ...

By Mike Mallow Editor, Grant County Herald After a delay, the West Central Area (WCA) School District finally received the ...

This is part of the ongoing voters guide series. For local candidates, see our special section in the Oct. 14 edition of the Grant County Herald. By Reed AnfinsonPublisher Taking on an incumbent ...

Randall Hedtke, age 91, of Barrett, MN passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at his residence in rural Barrett. Randall Robert Hedtke was born April 15, 1935, in Fairmount, ND. He was the sixth of ...

Ruth Elaine Sanford Reetz was born on May 3, 1938, in Parkers Prairie, MN, to Robert and Charlotte (Roberts) Sanford. Ruth and her parents moved to Elbow Lake, MN, when she was two years old, joining ...

The Giese family has been selected as Hoffman’s 2026 Farm Family of the year. Donald and Evelyn bought the farm in 1958 where they raised 4 children: Ron, Terry, Randy, and Tammi. At that time, they ...

Rounding out a robust offering of summer festivals is the Hoffman Harvest Festival, which will be held this weekend, primarily in Veterans Park in Hoffman. See the full schedule of events on page A10.

Elbow Lake City Council revised Chapter 112 of city code at its September regular meeting. The update to the ordinance would create a standalone intoxicating liquor license for off-sale sites. The ...