Hayfield News

The Old Fashioned 4th of July in Blooming Prairie was a family affair, bringing in kin from as close as Hayfield, Minn., and as far way as Texas and Arizona.

A potential deal to secure full funding for a new interchange on U.S. 52 at Pine Island is awaiting an answer from the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

The door was open to Gary Thompson's office Tuesday afternoon, the last day he would be in the office of Dodge County sheriff.

Rep. Kurt Zellers, of Maple Grove, was elected minority leader Tuesday, June 23 night, beating out a challenger from southern Minnesota to replace former House minority leader Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, who stepped down from the post as a preliminary step in running for governor.

ST. PAUL a ' A rural southern Minnesotan and a Twin Cities suburban lawmaker who grew up in rural North Dakota are the main contenders to become Minnesota House Republican leader.

Minnesota House Republicans meet Tuesday to elect a new caucus leader. They're picking someone to succeed House Minority Leader Marty Seifert, who resigned the post to pursue a potential campaign for governor.

Storms, including tornadoes, ravaged the area to the north and south of Blooming Prairie Wednesday night, but the city itself looked relatively calm and unscathed Thursday.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled there was insufficient evidence to prove criminal vehicular homicide in the case of a Hayfield woman now serving time in prison.

Mark Jensen in Denny Wernera s home in Owatonna. The Annandale resident was diagnosed with level four colon cancer in 2003, but went ahead with a service trip to Tanzania anyway.

A few local athletes finished up play at the Class a Aa state golf meet at Pebble Creek in Becker, Minn.

From corn to cattle, soybeans to sows, there is a lot going on in the farmland of America.

Hayfield High School will host its 2009 commencement May 24, with about 74 graduates participating.

Construction crews are busy in Hayfield building a 100-foot tall, 131-foot-wide grain bin that officials say will be one of the two largest in the nation.

Lee Ottman and the other veterans in American Legion Post No. 140 return from visiting 13 cemeteries Memorial Day, there will be work to do.

A Rochester lawmaker's bill that would allow police officers to pull over drivers who fail to wear a seat belt is headed to the governor.

Area lawmakers voiced support for an effort to build a new rail line south of Rochester -- provided rural residents are part of those discussions.

A Hayfield woman was seriously injured Wednesday in a broadside collision at Minnesota Highway 56 and Dodge County Road 34 near Dodge Center.

Every day, hundreds of thousands of men and women put on their uniforms to represent the United States of America in the armed forces.

Heroes come in all sizes and shapes. Nancy DeCoux said her son, Alex Emerick, fits the description.

Civil War drummer boy portrayer Samuel Moenning , 10, positively bristles with Civil War scholarship.