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By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Approximately $2,080 in cash and credit card receipts were taken from the safe at the Caledonia Liquor Store sometime between closing time Friday night Oct.

Nine out of 10 southeastern Minnesota counties have property tax rates below the state average, says a report released Thursday by the Minnesota Taxpayers Association.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Using a portion of the old saying "You can't fight City Hall," Houston County Sheriff Doug Ely informed the county board there really isn't a lot the county can do regarding Mn/DOT increasing the speed limits through Sheldon and Black Hammer.

By Craig Moorhead Special for the Argus At the Oct. 19 meeting of the ISD #299 Board of Education winter sports coaching contracts, snow removal and other seasonal issues were on the agenda, along with budget concerns.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Sometimes the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

A metal pole shed containing 350 big round bales was a total loss following a fire at the Burdell Hahn farm in Yucatan Township.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Houston County continued to receive good news concerning construction costs of the justice center, which will be built in downtown Caledonia beginning next spring.

A Richfield title company owner has been charged by federal prosecutors with misappropriating $470,000 in fees from hundreds of property transactions and failing to file accurate 2007 income tax forms, according to documents made public Wednesday.

Members of Tri-County Electric Cooperative enrolled in Operation Round Up recently gave $5,640 in donations to worthy causes in September.

Houston Countya TMs planning and implementation of an impending H1N1 epidemic and vaccination clinics received a boost from the federal government last week.

Julie Maloney's small clippers cut another bunch of La Crescent grapes from the long row growing amid many long rows in rural Lewiston.

Houston-based BP Wind Energy North America has signed a two-year lease on 244,666 square feet of space at the River Road Industrial Center in Fridley, giving the alternative energy company a distribution hub for wind turbine generators.

It's haircut day. Nineteen year old draft horse Chester stands in the shade of a tree, steady and calm, a mountain of muscle.

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By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor A West Virginia man faces a maximum jail sentence of 20 years for mailing a bomb to his former neighbor in Houston.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor A West Virginia man faces a maximum jail sentence of 20 years for mailing a bomb to his former neighbor in Houston.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Houston County will be in the spotlight Labor Day weekend.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor A West Virginia man faces a maximum jail sentence of 20 years for mailing a bomb to his former neighbor in Houston.

Federal prosecutors say a West Virginia man has been indicted on suspicion of mailing explosives to Minnesota.

By Craig Moorhead Special for the Argus Kermit McRae pauses when he's asked about township road signs.