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Andrea Borsvold

Andrea Borsvold/Signs of Spring

March 20th marked the first official day of spring, with the spring equinox, but as we know in northern Minnesota, that doesn’t always mean it’s...

Tide Tales: The Great Crab Caper

The following Rabbit Hole Ramblin' first appeared on April 29, 2024. The same early spring weather sparked these memories again so it only seemed...

What’s Growing in Your Greenhouse?

“The grass is always greener where you water it.” That quote has replaced the one about the “grass being greener on the other side” in my head for...

Meals, Munchies and More

Joelle is taking a much-deserved vacation this week. The following is a best of “Munchies, Meals and More,” which first ran on March 21, 2023. It’s...

Harry's House

Church Announcements

FLORIANAssumption Catholic ChurchFather Luis BuitronFriday, April 3: 3 p.m. Good Friday MassSunday, April 5: 10:30 a.m. Easter Sunday Mass GREENBUSHBlessed Sacrament...

Stop looking for sabre-tooth tigers; seek joy instead

By The Rev. Devlyn BrooksWe are hardwired to sense danger. It’s true.Thousands of years of learning to run from sabre-tooth tigers, and we are preconditioned to be...

Pictured is Tri-County school board members- active in the prioritization exercise using a dot‑voting process to identify the most critical projects.

Tri‑County School Board Reviews Facility Priorities and Bonding...

The Tri‑County School Board met with ICS representatives to review facility conditions, discuss project priorities, and examine potential bonding...

To the Editor:We are father and son, fifth- and sixth-generation farmers from Kittson County, Minnesota. Our family has farmed the Red River Valley alongside neighbors who...

The Karlstad American Legion Auxiliary Unit 445 served a meal to Legionnaires that attended the March meeting to celebrate their 107th birthday of the American Legion organization since 1919. Sitting L-R is
Commander Wayne Krantz and member Arnie Clark. Standing L-R is Finance/Membership Scott Binstock, Sargent at Arms Brad Johnson, Historian Kevin Walz, 2nd Vice Commander Dean Johnson and Chaplain Chad McDonald.

American Legion celebrates 107th birthday

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST FILES OF THE KARLSTAD ADVOCATE AND NORTH...

100 Years Ago March 26, 1926Kind words we speak many times a day, do we not? What is the spirit of our word, the motive of our speech? We think almost constantly, do we...

Gary R. Westerberg

Obituary/Gary R. Westerberg, 70

Gary R. Westerberg, 70, of Hibbing, MN, passed away peacefully with family at his side on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, in Minneapolis, MN, after a...

Obituary/Ryan William Murray , 70

Obituary/Ryan William Murray , 70

Ryan William Murray passed away on March 25, 2026, peacefully and with family, at his home in Fargo, ND.Ryan was born on February 23, 1956, in...

Kimberly Johnson Erickson, 46

Obituary/Kimberly Johnson Erickson, 46

Kimberly Johnson Erickson, 46, of Halma, MN, passed away unexpectedly at Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center on Sunday, March 22,...

Tri-County Welding Students compete in Welding Contest

Five Tri-County welding students participated in the American Welding Society, Northern Plains Division “Behind the Mask” welding competition held...

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