Viewpoints
Ask a trooper
Question: I read your recent article about winter travel safety. I also heard you were a Boy Scout, which would apply to this also. Can you talk more in depth about what a person should […]
Month: November 2023
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Brute’s Bleat
Monday was our coldest day of November and our thermometer said 11 degrees when I left the house for Cenex. The snow, which fell Saturday night and Sunday morning didn’t amount to much and was […]
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The mantra of the inexperienced traveler
By Dorothy Rosby I’m not what you’d call an experienced traveler. I think that makes me extra observant when my husband and I travel—except when I doze off, which I tend to do in a […]
Top Story
Enjoy Christmas in Maple Lake
By Brenda Erdahl Find fun for every age at the newly imagined Christmas in Maple Lake. Downtown business owners took the 18-year-old holiday tradition and put a new spin on it for Christmas 2023. What […]
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Thanksgiving Dance is a holiday treat
Maple Lake Elementary and St. Timothy students ushered in the Thanksgiving holiday at the annual Thanksgiving Dance. All first through sixth grade students in the Maple Lake Community were invited to come together for an […]
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Earth Child Tattoo opens
By Brenda Erdahl Lisa Sherman and Jaclyn Thorston are your average, run-of-the-mill moms – hardworking, down to earth and 100-precent dedicated to their children. They are also tattoo artists. Sherman is the owner of Earth […]
Community
The Giving Tree
Contributed report The Christmas season is quickly approaching, and the Giving Tree program will once again help ensure Santa is able to visit all families, the disabled and the elderly of the Maple Lake community. […]
Obituaries
William “Bill” Korpela, Maple Lake
William “Bill” or “Wild Bill” Korpela, Jr., age 73, of Maple Lake, formerly of Hutchinson, died Sunday, November 19, 2023, at the St. Cloud Hospital. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, December […]
Obituaries
James R. Houchins, Clearwater
James R. Houchins, age 86, of Clearwater, died Thursday, November 16, 2023, at the Annandale Care Center. A private committal service will be held at Woodlawn Cemetery in Annandale in the spring of 2024. James […]
Obituaries
Donald C. Pribyl, Maple Lake
Donald C. Pribyl, age 82, of Maple Lake, died November 15, 2023, at his home surrounded by the love and care of his family. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, November […]