Spicer News

The newest Rice Hospice volunteers don't drink coffee or drive cars, but they can still decrease patient anxiety and stress, provide a diversion from physical discomfort, and make their patients laugh or smile.

A truck carrying dry fertilizer was upended Wednesday just south of Spicer, closing Minnesota Highway 23 for hours, according to the State Patrol.

A 45-year-old Spicer man made his first appearance Tuesday on a third-degree criminal sexual conduct charge for allegedly performing a sex act on a sleeping man.

On Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese torpedoed the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in a surprise raid that jolted the United States into entering WWII.

Elsa Genevieve Selvig, 80, of Albert Lea, MN, passed away at her home with her children at her side on Friday, November 20.

By The Associated Press Volleyball Class 3A Quaterfinal Burnsville def. Farmington, 25-21, 25-19, 25-11 Shakopee def.

In this story you will see the entire post-game medal ceremony that followed the ROCORI Spartans volleyball match against New London Spicer.

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.

By The Associated Press Volleyball Ada-Borup def. Norman County West, 25-18, 20-25, 25-20, 25-10 Barnum def.

Last update: September 22, 2009 - 8:36 PM By John Millea I have been consistently inconsistent in my picks so far this season, with weekly records of 16-4, 11-9 and 14-6. My batting average is .684, which I and anybody named Mauer will take.

SARTELL - The Rocori Spartans got a win at No. 1 singles from senior Sophie den Breejen, who defeated Sartell junior Chelsea Chrisman 6-2, 6-3 on their way to a 6-1 win.

Robert Perez is sick of having to call out to St. Paul for a decent mariachi band.

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.

This is the tenth anniversary of our family's annual summer trek to Indian Beach Resort, which is located on Green Lake at Spicer, MN.

This is the tenth anniversary of our family's annual summer trek to Indian Beach Resort, which is located on Green Lake at Spicer, MN.

WILLMAR, Minn. As the west-central Minnesota city of Willmar becomes increasingly diverse, an entrepreneur is trying to fill a niche for those growing populations.

Strong rotation within the storm resulted in a "wall cloud" slowly lowering to the ground, and near Spicer the tornado touched down, resulting in considerable damage.

Cooler, drier air swept across western Minnesota on Wednesday which was a welcomed relief to the many residents of Swift and Kandiyohi counties still cleaning up the mess left behind by Tuesday's tornadoes.

One of the first things you see as you enter Spicer, MN from the south is the community's immaculate baseball fields.

A strip mall in Spicer, Minnesota, is damaged after it was hit by a tornado Tuesday afternoon.