Barnesville News

Farmers in the Whiskey Creek area of western Minnesota are being invited to learn more about how they can help clean up the region's lakes and streams.

State troopers responded to a crash Wednesday afternoon along Interstate 94 involving a mattress delivery truck that left mattresses scattered along the road.

A Clay County judge on Monday sentenced a Barnesville man to four years and six months in prison for sexually assaulting a 21-year-old quadriplegic woman who has the mental capacity of a 5-year-old.

Rebecca Johnson of Barnesville, Minnesota owns a home with her husband in a "nice little quiet town outside of Moorehead," as she puts it, where she works as a supervisor at a community action agency that helps low-income people connect with programs they need.

At least they're not in Barnesville, Minn., where locals and other fans of Solanum tuberosum will celebrate Potato Days this weekend, supplementing a plethora of high-carb comestibles with potato races, potato sculpting and a wrestling ring filled with 600 pounds of mashed potato mush.