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A 3-year-old Norway pine on Todd and Glennda Erickson's property in Wadena County is the one billionth tree produced by the DNR State Nursery program. The tree was planted appropriately...

Health officials are responding to the first probable case of the swine flu in Minnesota and cautioning that there will be confirmed cases of the new flu strain in the...

What is swine flu? Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that causes regular outbreaks in pigs. People do not normally...

The Stomping Grounds and the City of Staples Green Committee are hosting a free "Green Living" class at 6 p.m. on Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22 at The Stomping Grounds...

Kent Scheer got his first check last summer for the red and white pines he planted on his land. The Wadena landowner didn't cut them. He didn't even sell the...

American Foods Group LLC announced a multimillion dollar modernization and expansion of its Long Prairie Packing Plant. Demolition has been completed on 4,000 sq. ft. of building to make room...

A little fawn walked out of the woods behind the Dickey house in Wadena while Chad Dickey Jr. (aka "Bug-a-Boo") was outside playing recently. The fawn approached little Chad and...

Authorities have identified the victim of a farm accident near Clarissa Thursday as Jerald Daniel Long. The Todd County Sheriff's Office said Long, 65, of rural Clarissa, was pronounced dead...

Six horses -- Andre 3000, Conan, Falina, Gemini, Jute and Misha -- are being cared for at a rescue organization in Zimmerman, Minn., after they were removed from a farm...

5 years ago Excerpts from the May 1, 2003 Pioneer Journal - Peacocks come to park Peacocks will take their place at Sunnybrook Park this week, thanks to a partnership...

The members of Mit-Ti-Quab archery club have aimed, released and hit their target in Wadena for four decades. In honor of their 40th anniversary in 2007 members created a club...

The kid's ice fishing clinic and evening candlelight ski scheduled at Glendalough State Park for Jan. 19 have been postponed due to the forecast of dangerously cold conditions. The kid's...

A New York Mills man died Tuesday morning from injuries sustained in a 4-wheeler accident Monday. Emergency vehicles and crews halted County Road 53 traffic for a half hour Monday...