Tricia Manuel left Maple Lake to join the circus when she was 21. She toured with Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus ...

An 84-year-old gentleman (Mr. Kennedy — a stranger) called and wanted a history of a brother-in-law compiled. He was able to ...

Some people outside of the agriculture industry have questioned the need for financial assistance for farmers.

LE SUEUR, Minn. — Two straight years of drought conditions are impacting the supply of Christmas trees for the Le Sueur Lions’ tree stand. “We changed suppliers this year,” said Brian Barnard, a Le ...

Coming up with a word to encompass an entire year is always amusing. It is challenging, engaging, fun, and stretches my vocabulary; however, this year, it is not too far. As a family, our 2024 was ...

Gads … the last column in 2024. I made the mistake of letting this one “sneak up” on me. What to write about? As I drove from the dentist’s office (having ...

When you ask a local where Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church is in Gilman, Minn., and they say, “You can’t miss it,” they ain’t lyin’. The gigantic basilica-type church is located in the hamlet of ...

Sometime during the second week of December, between everyday life and fighting the strong want to hibernate, I managed to lug several totes of holiday décor up from the basement. We’re told Mary kept ...

NORTH MANKATO, Minn. — This August, Novalynn Timmerman showed a 4-H calf from Annexstad Dairy Farm during the Nicollet County Fair. The pair was reunited earlier this month when Sweety the calf ...

Why the results surprised anyone is itself a surprise. After the state of California began testing dairy herds for highly pathogenic avian influenza (known also as bird flu or H5N1) in August, it ...

This column was written for the marketing week ending Dec. 27. It was a shortened week with the markets being closed Wednesday for Christmas; and there wasn’t a lot for the markets to feed on in the ...

Before 2024 slides into history, some noteworthy farm and food updates, please, to ensure these stories go with it. First, on Dec. 10, two judges — one federal judge in Oregon, the other a Washington ...