Silver Lake News

The shoreline planting project around Rochester's Silver Lake has reached an important milestone.

What goes in must come out, right? Not necessarily, at least not anymore at the Silver Lake Power Plant.

The Lester Prairie Ambassador Program is on hold for another year, according to program coordinator Lisa Leaf.

Jake Monk celebrated his birthday by running Saturday morning. The 17-year-old Glencoe-Silver Lake cross country and track and field athlete ran in the Star of the North 5K Trail Run on the Graystone Trails to get some training in for the upcoming cross country season.

A Lester Prairie resident died in a crash Wednesday afternoon in Lester Prairie, according to the Lester Prairie Police Department.

WRIGHT, McLEOD, CARVER, MN - Senior citizens have a number of opportunities in the area to get together with other seniors through clubs and dining sites.

Colin Dingfelder scored on a wild pitch and Andrew Helland scored on a sacrifice fly by Gabe McDowell in the 12th inning to send La Crescent to a 4-2 victory over DeLaSalle in the Class AA semifinals at Dick Putz Field in St.

Good teachers find ways to make connections with their students, and based upon the comments of his former students, Lester Prairie science teacher John Rosell has found plenty of ways - some of them a bit unconventional - to do just that.

Holy Trinity Knights of Columbus Council 8253 were recently recognized by the KC's Supreme Council for their 25 years of service to the community.

Click to enlarge The current McLeod West School district will be divided into the surrounding school districts of Glencoe-Silver Lake, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, and Buffalo Lake-Hector. CBS 1 of 1 Close numSlides of totalImages Read More Education News It's the final week of classes for the small south-central Minnesota district of McLeod West in ...

The Minnesota Valley Lutheran boys track and field team finished third at the Section 2A subsection meet Thursday at Sleepy Eye.

The day when anglers can haul big stringers of sunnies, perch and crappies away from Rochester's ponds and reservoirs might be numbered, and Donnie Bebee is thrilled.

For decades, the youth of Brownton, MN have been saying hello to each other, on most mornings, in the old brick building on the edge of town.

Voters in south-central Minnesota will soon go to the polls to decide the fate of the McLeod West school district and its 500 students.

In general, Minnesota's ethanol industry is thriving - $619 million in profits over the last five years while receiving $92 million in state subsidies, the report notes.

The New Ulm Cathderal Greyhounds boys golf team defeated the Sleepy Eye Indians in Tomahawk Conference play Thursday, winning 187-192. Cathedral's Mike Cimino and Sleepy Eye's Mitch Laffen tied for overall medalist honors, each shooting a 42.

Last October's Autumn Ridge Church medical mission to Kosovo included 10 volunteers, 400 pairs of reading glasses, and eye charts in Albanian.

Expect Rochester to be a roomier place soon. Two major hotel construction projects -- the Value Place Suites hotel in south Rochester and the Hampton Inn & Suites on Bandel Road Northwest -- are filling out fast.

Lester Prairie residents Mike and Kim Schauer, and their sons, Trever, 3, and Cory, 9 months, lost everything when their home was destroyed by fire March 7. A benefit has been organized to help the Schauer family rebuild their home.

For Paige Stuedemann, her interest in horses wasn't something that had developed over time; Instead, "I was born into it," she said.