Cold Spring News

The area Halloween attractions are turning up the creep factor this year with more terrifying effects and imaginative scares.

COLD SPRING - Rocori built a 2-0 lead. It wasn't good enough, as Willmar rallied to tie the match 2-2. The Spartans built a 6-1 lead in the final set.

COLD SPRING - A Day of the Dead celebration on Friday will be open to all who want to learn about the Mexican and Mexican-American holiday that honors ancestors.

COLLEGEVILLE - Liam Cofell-Dwyer, junior at St. John's Prep, successfully auditioned for membership to the St.

AVON - Avon Area Arts wants to shine a light on Central Minnesota artists. During the next two weekends, the arts organization will show off some of the area's artists.

COLD SPRING - Alex Holland is a junior at Rocori High School, but he is already concerned about something that could happen in his senior year.

Inspiration sometimes comes in the strangest guises. For two local scientists, its disguise was a hangover.

From new dishwashers for the Albert Lea School District to a new counterterrorism police force to patrol buses and trains, federal stimulus money is pouring in to Minnesota and has directly preserved or created 11,800 jobs so far, state officials reported Monday.

Bruce and Linda Motes of Little Falls are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter Shayna to Brian Dockendorf, son of Mike and Kris Dockendorf of Cold Spring.

Sandy Peters of St. Cloud and Joe Peters of Cold Spring, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Rachel Peters, to Ryan Studanski, son of Renee Patton of Elk River, and Mike Studanski of LaPorte.

A mysterious illness. School closings. Quarantines of the sick. Fear in the headlines.

Area fire departments will welcome visitors this week at open houses celebrating Fire Prevention Week.

On Monday September 28, 2009 residents from the ROCORI area filled the high school gym to watch the variety show and coronation.

Jeff and Cathie Williamson started Flat Earth Brewing two years ago in St. Paul and are poised to grow.

Alphonse Theis and Alice Neu were married on October 12th, 1949 at St. Nicholas Catholic Church.

Nine-year-old Robert Glisky might not be a stereotypical quilter, but his kind of love for the hobby is becoming more common.

The Heinen family is waiting for a miracle. Since 2006, Duane Heinen has been fighting tumors in his brain.

COLD SPRING - The zucchini is more than your average vegetable. It can be a source of fun - at least that was the plan for the Cold Spring Farmers Market Fall Festival.

April Bielejeski, daughter of Denis Bielejeski of St. Cloud, & Ruth Bielejeski of Cold Spring, & Dan Ryan, son of Rich & Jeanne Ryan of Isabella, MN, announce that they are "Tying the Knot." April is a 1999 graduate from Sartell High School & a 2004 graduate from the University of North Dakota with a B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering.

A 14-year-old girl escaped serious injury Tuesday when a homemade bomb went off in her hand.