Gary News

Gary and Ione McCarney of St. Cloud make a memory on the Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau, Alaska, on their "trip of a lifetime." "It was our first cruise and first trip to Alaska," Ione writes.

The Pembina Trail Walk with Pum, the ox, and the Orlin Ostby family is progressing toward the expected arrival at the Minnesota State Fair in late August.

Spend a few minutes watching those children on the horses, and you realize how much they benefit.

There is new information tonight about the mystery surrounding the death of many cows near Gary, Minnesota. via WDAY

There's money missing from the Norman County East School District in northwestern Minnesota, and theft is suspected. via Wcco.com

Norman County East faces $170,000 in budget cuts; board told to keep better track of money.

Five people were injured, two of them seriously, in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday night in rural Norman County, the Minnesota State Patrol said.

“We don't think that's the answer.”

Several northwestern Minnesota landowners want to stop a special deer hunt scheduled to start Saturday in a 450-square-mile area near Skime.

The 16-day hunt authorized by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in Permit Area 101 aims to stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis among wild deer. Three deer out of 1,100 killed by hunters this fall tested positive for the disease, which has also infected cattle in the area.

The landowners' attorney, Grant Merritt, said Wednesday he hopes to meet with Natural Resources Commissioner Mark Holsten on Friday and persuade him to call off the hunt. Read more

“The past two years have been very tough for growing trees, because of the drought”

The closest location to Fergus Falls to get a Christmas tree - ' since other businesses have sold out their trees - ' is the Weetown Outpost northeast of town along County Highway 1. There, you can select from ... via Daily Journal

“I don't watch them, they're too much like work”

You can't turn on the TV, and not find a crime drama that features a medical examiner. via WDIO

“I know the bed of nails set me back $100 to build”

Saturday will be a bad time to try to get a hold of Jonathon Bryce. He's going to be tied up all day. via The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

Jordan Barrett, son of Gary and Brenda Barrett of Clear Lake, has been awarded a Foundation Scholarship and an Earl Danforth Music Scholarship from St. via St. Cloud Times Online