Mound News

The Dakota Rail Regional Trail is completely open. Trail users in the western suburbs have embraced this new route from the moment it was paved, and I want to thank everyone for their patience as we completed the final trail segment.

The family of Tyler Hill settled its wrongful-death lawsuit against Ambassadors Group, a Spokane, Wash., company that provides foreign trips for students.

A Minnesota family has reached a settlement, pending court approval, in a wrongful-death lawsuit they filed after their 16-year-old son died in Japan two summers ago.

There will be another new face at Afton City Hall - an "assistant administrator" has been hired.

Rebeccah Beushausen wove a tale for two months about being an unmarried mother who chose to carry her child who is now terminally ill to term rather than have an abortion because of her deep Christian faith.

A Minnesota couple suing People to People Ambassador Programs over the death of their son on a trip to Japan expressed dismay that the Spokane-based company used their son's name in a promotional letter.

A Minnesota couple suing People to People Ambassador Programs over the death of their son on a trip to Japan expressed dismay that the Spokane-based company used their son's name in a promotional letter.

The story of Stellan, an adorable infant from Mound, Minn. is familiar to scores of readers around the globe who follow the poignant musings of his mom Jennifer McKinney, 31, on her Web site, MyCharmingKids.net. "Almost overnight, hundreds of people from all over the world were sending comments and their prayers," said McKinney, a married mother of ...

Most west-metro lakes were cleaner last year, but the improvement was more a product of the dry weather than efforts to curb pollution, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District says.

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An infant from Minnesota, whose story captured the interest of thousands, is recovering from surgery.

Submitted by Journal Staff on April 7, 2009 - 9:40am. Esther E. Jensen, 93, went to be with the Lord on March 31, 2009.

At the home of Larry Strande on Hackberry Drrive in south Fargo along the Red River, Tom Miller of Mound, Minnesota checks on the dike at his father-in-law's home.

Athletics: It's "cold as the dickens" but two octogenarians join thousands to run Securian Frozen 5K and Half Marathon Runners and spectators urged to bring donations for Second Harvest Heartland St.

City budgets always contain an element of the unknown, but after a last-minute loss of funds in 2008, this year's revenues are in more of a tenuous situation than normal.

Having lost a bid for re-election two years ago, Bruce Williamson took the oath of office for the Spring Park City Council last week.

As many people were reveling in New Year's Eve celebrations, members of the Mound Fire Department were battling a blaze on Edgewater Drive in Mound.

Mound Firefighter Brian Berent was named the 2008 Mound Firefigther of the year.

Midnight on New Year's Eve is a time for fireworks, but not the kind of fireworks that hit the Mound, Minnesota lakeside home of the Kristopher Kramer family.

A Mound family will come back from vacation to find their home destroyed by a fire.