Hallock News

If only it was that simple, eh?! Sadly, the days of driving through the border with only a wave and a smile are long gone.

The Argyle High School Auditorium will be the site of a Memorial Day program on Monday, May 26 at 10:15 a.m. Badger - A Memorial Day Service will be hosted by the Badger VFW at the Club Park on Monday, May 26, ...

“We use it to take emotion out of [the trial]”

When Ronald and Patricia Braaten left southern Minnesota to deliver two brand new cement trucks to buyers in Arizona, they never imagined they'd end up in a large-scale auto accident. via Minnesota Lawyer

World War II - Svet very grateful for honor flight Warren - "Thanks to a program sponsored by WDAY-TV of Fargo, N.D., dozens of World War II veterans from Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota have been ... via Northern Watch

“A small boy came down from dead city on Monday, after sauntering about town dropped into our office, took a fresh chew of tobacco, spit on the stove and began to ask questions.”

Early on - and according to my grandmother and mother, well into the last century - there was strong competition between the new towns in our area that was often reflected in the area's newspapers...and it ... via St. Vincent Memories

“I tend to look at things more black and white”

Two residents applied for a vacant Richmond City Council position by the deadline Friday. via St. Cloud Times

Examples of transportation in 19th-century Minnesota: the horse-drawn carriage and the river ferry. via StarTribune

“At least it's a starting point.”

The above link are intended as an information source and do not imply an endorsement of any particular product or point of view by KARE 11 News. via KARE-TV Minneapolis

In the last two decades of the 19th century, and it's neighbors were growing by leaps and bounds. via St. Vincent Memories

William Ash recently put me to the wise on the above video, which includes a clip from Fargo that was filmed in Hallock - probably old news to many Hallock residents, but news to me! "...the lake is named after ... via St. Vincent Memories

Seen this week in the "Days Gone By" section of the Kittson County Enterprise : 1907 - 100 Years Ago - The grand jury last week continued its crusade against the saloons in the county and before it adjourned ... via St. Vincent Memories

A trough of low pressure will sweep into the West Saturday, bringing more rain into Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico.

Snow showers were expected at higher elevations in those areas. Heavier snow was expected to fall in Idaho and Wyoming, with snow also anticipated in the Northwest, the Rockies, the Plains and New England.

Elsewhere, a weakening front stretching from the Mississippi Valley through the Mid-Atlantic was to bring rain to that region into the late morning. A high pressure system from the north was expected to put an end to the precipitation. Read more

“This story, published in Minnesota Memories 3, provides a bit of Minnesota trivia, but it also teaches a history lesson about a time not so long ago when a TB diagnosis offered little hope. Rosemary has since died, but we still have her story.”

With Minnesotans poised to celebrate the state's 150th birthday in 2008, Albert Lea writer and editor Joan Claire Graham arrives at the party bearing the perfect gift-more than 500 true stories about our ... via HometownSource

Forecasters predicted heavy snow in parts of the Southwest and cooler temperatures in the Northeast on Friday, while the West Coast was expected to be unseasonably cold.

A winter storm was expected in the Southwest that could drop heavy snow in mountainous areas and rain at lower elevations. The storm could also bring snow to the southern Sierra Nevadas in California and showers and heavy rain to San Diego and Los Angeles.

Southern California was expected to get chilly wet weather, but the remainder of the West Coast was expected to be unseasonably cold. Read more

“It's like a tornado - it's one of those things that could happen.”

Just upstream of the small northwestern Minnesota community of Lake Bronson stands a deteriorating old dam considered the most dangerous in the state. via KSTP-TV Minneapolis

“He was a do-er and they really respected him. He's like losing 10 people to this town”

The mayor and former fire chief of Hallock was killed when he lost control of his pickup truck on state Highway 175 and the truck rolled into the ditch about two miles west of town, the Minnesota State Patrol ... via KARE 11 TV

A 51-year-old man died a single vehicle rollover accident Sunday near the northwestern Minnesota town of Hallock, the Minnesota State Patrol said. via Star Tribune

Anthony Berlin was the only child of Theresa and Nicolas Berlin, born in Chicago in 1907. via St. Vincent Memories

“He is also a considerate and patient man who will make the parties that appear before him feel more at ease in what is often a tense time in their lives.”

Published: October 08. 2007 12:30AM - Last updated: October 08. 2007 12:21PM Gov. via St. Cloud Times