New London News

NEW LONDON, Minn. -- Five fire departments were hauling water, and garbage was being dug up, in an effort to extinguish a fire smoldering in trash buried five years ago at the Kandiyohi County Sanitary Landfill in rural New London.

COLD SPRING - Rocori built a 2-0 lead. It wasn't good enough, as Willmar rallied to tie the match 2-2. The Spartans built a 6-1 lead in the final set.

A giant pumpkin grown in Iowa beat out a New London man's attempt for a world record.

An accused New London meth dealer made her first appearance in Kandiyohi County Court, Wednesday.

ROYALTON - Charlie Lawrence has made his mark all summer. The freshman from Foley won a 5-kilometer race in Blaine, took second at the Earth Day Festival and took sixth in the 3,000 meters at the USA Track & Field Junior Olympic championships in Greensboro, N.C. in August.

Aqua-Therm announced today that the company has completed a formal agreement to represent the residential and light commercial wind and solar energy products offered through DC Power Systems.

PEQUOT LAKES - St. Cloud Tech eighth-grader Leah Wurm won her first varsity match Tuesday, helping the Tigers to a 6-1 victory over Pequot Lakes in a nonconference prep tennis match.

The West Seventh Library is gaining the experience and expertise of three local St.

Floyd Jaehnert and his 1908 Ford Model S, which he will drive in the New London-to-New Brighton Antique Car Run on Saturday.

Floyd Jaehnert and his 1908 Ford Model S, which he will drive in the New London-to-New Brighton Antique Car Run on Saturday.

Aqua-Therm, a leader in alternative energy solutions, announced today that its Windations Division successfully completed work on the Willmar Municipal Utility Wind Energy Project; a project that gained national recognition and interest.

On July 16, just before 9:15 p.m. Iraqi time, Spc. Jacob Benson, 22, of Willmar was talking with his three closest friends and fellow National Guard soldiers at a military base near Basra, Iraq, when a rocket hit, sending him flying.

The University of Minnesota-Morris volleyball camp will be hosted by New London-Spicer Community Education July 7-8 at the NLS High School in New London.

The Marshall girls fastpitch 18 and under team defeated New London Spicer 7-4 Monday night at Mustang Field in Marshall.

We welcome the decision by the St. Paul Port Authority to step back from using eminent domain to acquire private land for a North End redevelopment project.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty today announced the appointment of Natasha Carlson, Dan Cline, Roger Ihrke, Troy Walsh, and Amanda Wood; and the reappointment of Marvin Calvin and James Fisher to the Board of Firefighter Training and Education.

A 25-year-old New London woman made her first appearance Wednesday on felony charges of third-degree assault and malicious punishment of a child for allegedly pushing a 6-year-old child into the bathtub, causing the girl to fall and break her clavicle.