Cokato News

The volume of requests for absentee ballots is up according to Wright, McLeod and Carver county offices.

Duane Dahlman of Cokato has served on Wright Soil and Water Conservation District for four terms and has been unopposed at all but one election until now.

The ravages of Hurricanes Ike and Gustav may have fallen out of the prominent headlines of the day, but the cleanup and relief work presses on -- and Minnesotans remain involved.

An errant semitrailer driver knocked out power in a neighborhood on La Porte Road Monday evening after his trailer struck a utility pole.

For the fall election, Democrat David Detert of Litchfield is challenging incumbent Dean Urdahl of Grove City in District 18B.

My British in-laws, Rosemary and Charles Wigmore, took the nine-hour trip across the Atlantic , for our wedding in August.

The future of cellulosic ethanol - biofuel made from forages - has been reported as having great potential in the next 10 or so years.

Waconia captured its second straight football win with a 26-7 pounding of Annandale on the road Sept.

Senior cross country runners Lukus Klawitter and Katie Hjerpe have taken different paths in their running careers.

County fairs just wouldn't be the same without cows, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens, horses and rabbits.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will host a public meeting to discuss proposed changes to the management of Smith Lake in Wright County at 7 p.m., Oct.

Fayth Meuffels and John Harren announce their engagement. Parents of the couple are Mike Meuffels, 14983-25th Ave.

Minnesota has more than 10,000 lakes and, when people think of lake activity, having fish in them seems like one of the top priorities.

Litchfield is a member of the Wright County Conference which includes: Annadale, Dassel-Cokato, Delano, Glencoe- Silver lake, Lichfield, Orono, Waconia and Water Town- Mayer.

Defense will be the order of the day in Dassel- Cokato this fall, as the Chargers will rely on it to improve on last year's record.

Despite being notified that Howard Lake's Planning Commission recommended not moving forward with an approval for modifications to a conditional use permit, the city council went ahead and approved the request ...

Gas station clerks in particular are being asked by the Buffalo Police to help solve a miniature mystery of who is responsible for stealing a red 2001 Chevy truck and 14' silver trailer Tuesday near downtown ...

The 2009 Minneapolis Aquatennial Queen of the Lakes and two Princesses were selected Friday night on the University of Minnesota campus.

With Dassel-Cokato's 8-3 win over St. Michael Sunday, the Hutchinson Huskies have clinched the top overall seed in the Region 8B playoffs, which begin a week from tomorrow in Delano.

Kacie Carlsted's friends will be taking the stage without her, Friday and Saturday Aug.