There are endless years of knowledge in the older generations that is sometimes going untapped and underappreciated. It’s not until your...

The time came this past weekend to pay the piper. With my bride’s greenhouse bursting at the seams like a clown car at the circus, she declared...

              I love dandelions. They are such a welcome sight after a long and dreary winter. They’re the first flowers we see in our yard and they feed a whole host of...

May 22nd and 23rd the City of Karlstad put on events: “So long School and Hello Summer” celebrations at the Pavilion Park. On Thursday there was a...

If you’ve been reading this column for any length of time, you’re probably aware of my dislike for rhubarb. I do include rhubarb recipes, however, because others enjoy it...

Why would you tuck that slow cooker away for the summer, when it’s the perfect way to cook up some tasty ribs without any fuss? If you’ve ever...

My friends, we are soon entering my favorite season of the liturgical calendar: Pentecost! Oh, I know that probably doesn’t sound very Lutheran of...

What is your superpower?No seriously! … While I’m not talking X-ray vision or flying, what I mean is: What superpower did our creator endow you...

It has been 55 years since this class graduated from Karlstad High School. The class of 1970 got together to reminisce and socialize over...

The Karlstad American Legion Auxiliary Unit 445  set up a table of various items to teach the public of the origin of the beautiful poppy flower...

Krista Pietruszewskinsnreporter@wiktel.comPictured is Merrie Olson of Karlstad, a resident at the Karlstad Senior Living Center, whose late husband...

100 Years Ago June 12, 1925A large crowd attended the Bronson picnic Sunday but in the middle of the afternoon ball game rain arrived on the scene and chased everybody...

By Henry Carlson“Our Northwest Corner-1976” (red book)Mr. Carlson came to these parts from Wisconsin in 1885. The land was surveyed and opened for...

100 Years Ago June 5, 1925The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. T. G Dahl, formerly of Kennedy, was killed in Minneapolis one day last week. Mrs. Dahl holding her child by the...

Dennis M. Sobolik, 93, of Hallock, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on May 12, 2025, at Kittson Memorial Nursing Home. Dennis was born on...

Congratulations to Lydia Hanson for setting a Tri-County school record in the 200 M Dash at the Thief River Falls track meet. The previous record...