Canton News

Without a fire burning in its old wood stove, the Lenora United Methodist Church in rural Canton was just as cold as the outdoors Friday afternoon.

To this day, the mention of Hillary Clinton's best-selling book "It Takes A Village" often will draw an immediate retort that "It takes a family to raise a child!" The issue: Area schools and agencies are offering homework and nutrition programs for at-risk youth Why it matters: The traditional practice of having one parent at home when children ...

LeRoy-Ostrander topped Mabel-Canton twice during the volleyball regular season. The third time was the charm for the Cougars, though, as Mabel-Canton rallied for a 3-1 victory against LeRoy-Ostrander in the Southeast Conference championship match on Friday at LeRoy.

When the Houston pubic schools changed its lunch program at the beginning of the school year, students were a little reluctant to put fruits and vegetables on their trays.

Description: For Sale: 101 North Ash Street, Canton, Minnesota 55922 Zoned: Commercial/Residential For sale is a 22x40 main building circa 1884 with a 24x20 addition circa 1970, and a 16x9 garden shed on 3 buildable downtown-sized half lots - 25x60 each - which together total a 75x60 lot.

Decorah Police say they responded to three traffic accidents late last week. On Thursday 20-year-old Beth Tulier of Hackensack, Minnesota, was ticketed for failure to yield the right-of-way after she pulled in front of a car driven by 50-year-old Diane Fishel of Canton, Minnesota.

Swooping into Lanesboro on Minnesota Highway 16, I nearly rear-ended a black, horse-drawn buggy.

While 45 percent of Minnesota's schools found themselves unable to meet No Child Left Behind benchmarks this year, four small southeastern Minnesota school districts haven't had that problem.

The team members and riders of the Friendship Wagon Train are gearing up for their annual week-long trek to raise funds for children and adults with developmental disabilities who attend Camp Winnebago.