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Mountain Lake residents – here’s how to flow with this season’s snow

This is the city's Snow Emergency Policy     Meteorologists forecast a high of 46 degrees Fahrenheit for for Friday, December 1, delaying any hint of a...

Mountain Lake City Council approves new commercial park purchase agreement

Casey's Retail Company will build new fuel, convenience store on the site THE MOUNTAIN LAKE City Council. Seated front, from left, Council Member Dana Kass,...

Kandiyohi County accident involves Windom man

Nineteen-year-old in Hennepin County Medical Center with life-threatening injuries     Nineteen-year-old Mark Lee Gray of Windom, is hospitalized in Hennepin County Medical Center with life-threatening injuries...

Mountain Lake woman arrested last Monday

Was wanted in Minnehaha County, South Dakota According to a post on dglobe.com, a Mountain Lake woman, 45-year-old Jodi Zea, was arrested last Monday, November...

Turnin’ on the holiday spirit

Historic Heritage Village/City Park are Christmas season light-viewing destinations     Historic Heritage Village in Mountain Lake, along with Mountain Lake City Park, are on their to...

Seventy-six years of: ‘Standing for agriculture. Fighting for farmers.’

Minnesota Farmers Union, Farmers Union Insurance Agency invest in 40 Square as farmer health care option     Local representatives to the 76th annual Minnesota Farmer Union...

The local link

For Mountain Lake, Small Business Saturday is all about community         Small Business Saturday arrives on Saturday, November 25 – the first Saturday after Thanksgiving –...

No place like home for the holidays

Historic Heritage Village, Mountain Lake City Park become holiday light-viewing destinations     Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays ‘Cause no matter how far away...

Fresh after publication of first piece, a nomination for a literary ‘Oscar’

Jennifer Hildebrandt’s ‘Jacket’ up for a Pushcart Prize   JENNIFER HILDEBRANDT OF St. Paul became a published author this past spring, and now, the Mountain Lake...

Odell Wind Farm Community Fund awards first round of grant recipients

Thirteen grants across four counties are funded     The Odell Wind Farm Community Fund has awarded its first round of grant recipients. Twenty-six applications were received with...

Feeding ‘the least of these’

Mountain Lake Area Relief Committee hosts MCC Mobile Meet Canner; Volunteers can meat for World Relief Feeding "the least of these." The Mountain Lake Area Relief Committee...

Minnesota Highway #4 St. James detour to be removed Friday

At least until next year     The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) announced today (Thursday, November 16), that the construction on Minnesota Highway #4 in St....

Bingham Lake City Council approves church’s plan for PJ’s II

Gathering Church to relocate to Bingham Lake location   At the Monday, November 13 meeting of the Bingham Lake City Council, members approved a plan that...

Helping keep folks healthy ‘back home’

Megan Pohlman, PA-C joins Sanford Health Clinics in Mountain Lake, Windom   Sanford Medical Clinics in Mountain Lake and Windom announce that Megan Pohlman, PA-C, will...

Lake Commission holds November meeting

Two grants received     The Lake Commission for Mountain Lake met on Monday, November 13, at Mountain Lake City Hall. Commission members acknowledged a pair of grants...

Additional farm-style street lights, fixtures to be purchased

Mountain Lake City Council maintains Mountain Lake Community Center as city's polling place   THE MOUNTAIN LAKE City Council. Seated front, from left, Council Member Dana...

Mountain Lake Area Relief Committee to host MCC Mobile Meat Canner

Local effort will help can meat for World Relief The Mountain Lake Area Relief Committee will be again hosting the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Mobile...

Honoring all who served – at home, abroad

MLHS salutes the service, sacrifice, loyalty of veterans at 2017 program      "Veterans - vets - answered a call larger than themselves," shared Nick Naxay, keynote...

Make a ‘Max’imum effort

Day of giving to schools, nonprofits across Minnesota - including the MLAF   Next Thursday, November 16 is Give to the Max Day — a day...

Comfrey Public School District voters renew operating referendum

Approve to maintain $731.68 per pupil support for next 10 years