Cokato News

Today, communities embrace soldiers returning home from war with reverence for serving their country.

Ronda Sarner Anderson, author of a oeWeezer the Sneezer Finds a Home,a will sign her new book from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov.

Some may have seen and wondered what the activity has been about at the former Ben Franklin building next to Keaveny Drug in Cokato.

A steady flow of curious people attended the opening program Oct. 25 of the traveling exhibit from the prestigious Smithsonian Institution, offered at the Dassel Museum via the Dassel Area Historical Society.

"He was a Mr. Fix-it," Debbie Martinson said of her father, Lawrence Berg of Dassel, who passed away in May.

The Howard Lake City Council listened to comments from several people Tuesday during a public hearing regarding the municipal liquor store losses.

It's so mixed and varied. For some people it's a concern, others say it's something that's been a long time coming and there are a whole lot of people in between.

Two lakes in the Howard Lake area, along with a stream between Howard Lake and Waverly, were recently added to the Impaired Waters list, which is tested and compiled by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

Several upgrades have been occurring at the Howard Lake Library since the Friends of the Howard Lake Library formed in 2004.

As part of a three-day tour through southwest Minnesota, the state Senatea s capital investment committee met with advocates of asphalt paving for the Luce Line Trail Thursday.

Some Wright County businesses have been tagged in recent tobacco compliance checks, including two out of three establishments checked in Montrose.

The Howard Lake Municipal Liquor Store recorded a third year of losses, prompting the Howard Lake City Council to schedule a public hearing to discuss the future of the liquor store.

With many teenagers having a harder time finding a summer job this year, local seed companies had plenty of applicants to choose from when it was time to hit the fields for detasseling this past July.

Since Centra Sota Co-op, moved to Cokato in 2000, there have been a number of improvements made to the site located on Century Avenue and West First Street.

Whether it's planting a field, watching the birth of a calf, or playing outside with their three children, Wright County Farm Family of the Year Dan and Seena Glessing can't get enough of life on the farm.

Nate Metcalf, a 1991 graduate of Dassel-Cokato High School, is not only an actor and director of theater, but now he is a published playwright, as well.

AgReliant Genetics to buy Dahlco Seeds Aug. 11, 2009 AgReliant Genetics, LLC of Westfield, Ind., has acquired the retail seed operations of Dahlco Seeds, Inc.

AgReliant Genetics, LLC acquires Dahlco Seeds Aug. 5, 2009 AgReliant Genetics, LLC of Westfield, Indiana announced today that it has acquired the retail seed operations of Dahlco Seeds, Inc.

"It really seems like she's listening," said a teenage boy at the Village Ranch group home and school for adolescent boys in Cokato, regarding his experience reading to therapy dog Penny Sideen.

A fake amber alert is spreading throughout the U.S., including Minnesota, and it looks very believable.