Howard Lake News

"We're a family of smashers," laughed Alisha Painschab of her father Ted, her brother Adam, and herself.

A narcotics search warrant recently executed by law enforcement recovered several pounds of processed marijuana at a Howard Lake residence, according to Howard Lake Police Chief Dan Lang.

The Wright County Fair is expected to be "Great in 2008," with fun and excitement that begins Wednesday and goes through Sunday.

Road construction is again in full swing this summer throughout Howard Lake. This summer's work is called the 2008 North Central Improvement Project and will encompass the stretch of Wright County Road 6 north ...

Six young women from Wright County communities are competing for the title of Wright County Fairest of the Fair.

It's here - the midpoint of summer - when sun-streaked days seem to blend into one another.

The election this year features numerous state representatives, county commissioner seats, as well as big ticket positions such as US senate, US vice president and president.

Don't be alarmed if you wake up some morning to a flock of sheep in your yard or if you see them in your neighbor's yard.

"My favorite part of peony growing is cutting stems and giving them to people," said Luke Swenson, 10, of Howard Lake, which is a sentiment echoed by his sister Britta, 12.

It's an intersection that turned a high school graduation week into a time of mourning.

"We're trying to ensure every school campus in the district has access to a defib," said Howard Lake Police Chief Dan Lang of the recent acquisition of three new Automated External Defibrillators .

A central-Wisconsin cranberry grower needs more honeybees to pollinate his emerging crop and he's thankful he could get them despite a mysterious disorder that imperils the state and nation's bee industry.

Former Wright County sheriff and Winsted police chief Willard Kritzeck of Winsted, died June 4, leaving behind a family law enforcement tradition that remarkably lives on today.

The four men who have been named the "founding fathers" of Howard Lake's Good Neighbor Days will be this year's grand marshals for the Grande Day Parade.

Youth from St. James Lutheran Church in Howard Lake are gearing up to raise money for the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted High School students injured in last week's car accident.

This is the 31st year of Good Neighbor Days and of buttons created for the event.

What began as a challenge last year and resulted in a lady's bald head has turned into a very meaningful project for five Howard Lake churches.

A Howard Lake border collie named Penny is helping kids read more confidently and is putting smiles on faces to those in need thanks to training her owners Neil and Carol Sideen enrolled her in.

Having pastored a church in Howard Lake, Minn., a few years ago, the front page article and photograph in the May 30 edition of the Star Tribune newspaper jumped out.

One of the four high school seniors involved in a deadly traffic collision in Wright County will be unable to walk for months and there is uncertainty about the extent of her head injuries, her family says.