Clarks Grove News

An unexpected happening last week brought one woman from California across the nation to Freeborn County.

Dirk DeVries walks into his current home for the last time before being sent off on vacation while "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" builds him and his family a new house.

Susan and Dirk DeVries' old clapboard farm house came crashing down Thursday morning, felled by crews from the ABC show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." The couple was chosen to receive a new home designed and ...

That's what the children of Dirk and Susan DeVries of rural Hayward said Tuesday afternoon about how they felt of being chosen to be a part of the ABC television show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Just ...

Because of adverse weather just before noon on Saturday, the dedication ceremony for the new Albert Lea High School sign next to Y.H. Hanson Avenue was held indoors in the commons area.

Bob Lindeman won the first club championship at the Clarks Grove Golf Course. John Evans finished second and Mike Callahan won the consolation championship.

Freeborn County Board of Commissioners Chairman Glen Mathiason has seen the county through ups and downs these last eight years.

The Riverland Community College Radiography Program hosted a "pinning ceremony" for 13 program graduates on Friday, Aug.

Here is a list of the Barrel Run Results that was held on Saturday August 2nd at the Freeborn County Fair.

On July 16, 2007, lightning struck the company's 350,000-bushel cement structure, causing a short-lived fire and busting a hole in the east side of the cement bin.

On July 16, 2007, lightning struck the company's 350,000-bushel cement structure, causing a short-lived fire and busting a hole in the east side of the cement bin.

In what will become a county-wide resource for area emergency responders, the Freeborn County Department of Emergency Management has acquired a new 15-kilowatt portable generator, equipped with a 30-foot light ...

Craig Christenson looked over the first delivery of soybeans to his new 700,000-bushel storage bin.

Sam and Michelle Hintz of Conger announce the birth of a son, Ryan Dennis, on June 10, 2008.

Not long ago I was fooling around with a computer, typed in the topic of "Freeborn County Minn." and found a rather unusual listing of 37 populated places in the county.

The Saturday car wreck near the intersection of Front Street and Third Avenue resulted in four people being transported to the Albert Lea Medical Center.

This Saturday, June 28, is a big day! Do you know why? Because it is the third annual Corey Goodnature Memorial Scholarship Golf Classic.

A benefit will take place July 19 for Clarks Grove resident Joe Mueller at Crossroads Evangelical Free Church in Albert Lea.

In New England, people think even a 30-minute drive is long. In the Midwest, people don't think twice about a two-hour drive.

Freeborn County has a few projects planned for the summer, the major one being along County Road 14 in front of Good Samaritan Society from County Road 46 near Armstrong, around the 90-degree curve, in front of ...