Lakeland News

With only a few months to go before getting her shot at the title 'Mrs. America,' Heather Hall faced an important deadline.

Community Thread, formerly Community Volunteer Service and Senior Centers, is hosting its first Summer Service Event on June 20.

A Lake Elmo man is accused of driving with his young son in the car while having a blood-alcohol content more than four times the legal limit.

Police say a Lake Elmo father blew on a 0.375 alcohol breath test after being pulled over with his son in the car.

Envision a Washington County with 132,000 more residents, nearly 60,00 additional households and more than 60,000 additional jobs.

James Staricha, 19, was certified as an adult and faces 24 felony charges. A Lakeland teen has been charged with 24 felony counts in an alleged identity theft and fraud scheme involving a vulnerable adult - a childhood friend.

Envision a Washington County with 132,000 more residents, nearly 60,00 additional households and more than 60,000 additional jobs.

With spring in full bloom, communities lining the Lower St. Croix River - Afton in particular - are awaiting an expected surge in tourism that is approaching.

County board authorizes receipt of donation to assist veterans The Washington County Board of Commissioners accepted $250 from Rollx Vans for emergency assistance needs of veterans and their families.

Writes Bean There, Done That: "On April 18, 1959, my sweetheart and I had our first date, and 2 1/2 years later we were married.

Monarch Paving Co. of Amery has won the job of resurfacing Carmichael Road from the north side of the I-94 overpass to just south of the vacant St.

A felony drug charge was pending against a metro-area man who Stillwater Police apprehended Monday afternoon in a local hotel room.

The Lower St. Croix River, one of the nation's first protected river systems, is increasingly under attack from development that threatens its scenic beauty, a national river advocacy organization contends.

Teenagers attending a St. Patrick's Day party might not have allowed police in the door the first time they came calling around midnight.

Many Washington County township residents gathered Tuesday for an annual rite of grass-roots democracy: township elections and annual meetings.

County board appoints Banister to block grant committee The Washington County Board of Commissioners appointed Carol Banister of Lake Elmo to represent District 2 on the Community Development Block Grant ...

Nathan Tschanz, 10, of West Lakeland Township shows off the raspberries he picked at the Afton Raspberry Co.

Many Washington County township residents will gather March 10 in an annual rite of grass-roots democracy: township elections and annual meetings.

A fire at an Xcel Energy power pole in Afton Tuesday night caused a disruption of Internet, phone and cable service for Comcast customers in the St.

One thinga TMs for certain. Daine Joseph Linderman faces a lot of time in jail. The 25-year-old who engaged in a shoot-out with police in Hudson, Wis., led authorities on a car chase into Minnesota, and then ...