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  • Paul Waataja

    Paul Raymond Waataja was born August 11, 1936 in Kingston, Minn., to Andrew and Jennie (Jacobson) Waataja. He was baptized and confirmed at the Apostolic Church in Kingston. He attended country school and graduated from [...]
  • Joan Peterson

    Joan “Sandy” Eileen (Sandvig) Peterson, aged 90, peacefully left this world on November 18, 2025, at The Home of the Good Shepherd in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.  Joan was born on April 23, 1935, in Minneapolis, [...]
  • Rev. Norman A. Hanan

    Rev. Norman A. Hanan, age 85, of Annandale, died November 28, 2025, at the Annandale Care Center. He now joins his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and all the saints in heaven, including his grandson [...]
  • Larry Voigt

    Larry L. Voigt, age 89, of Clear Lake, formerly of Annandale, died Friday, November 21, 2025, at his home surrounded by the love and care of his family. Mass of Christian Burial will be held [...]
  • Phyllis Unterberger

    Phyllis Unterberger passed away on November 19, 2025, at the age of 82. She was born on May 5, 1943, in Litchfield, Minn. She is survived by her two sons (Tim/Lynn and Jim/Jill), nine grandchildren [...]

Community

  • A variety of artists at this year’s Art Crawl Thursday, Sept. 18

    Steve Prinsen Staff Writer While Annandale’s busy summer season of festive and entertaining events has wound down, fall activities are getting in full swing. One of many favorite events is the evening of Thursday, Sept. [...]
  • Area runners take on Boston

    Steve Prinsen Staff Writer Every distance runner’s dream is to run a marathon, 26.2 miles, and a runner’s ultimate dream would be to qualify for the Boston Marathon and compete in the historic event. Subscribe [...]
  • Highway 55 open house on April 3 well attended

    Steve Prinsen Staff Writer A crowd estimated at more than 100 city and area residents attended the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOT) and the City of Annandale’s Highway 55 road construction project open house Thursday, [...]

Opinion

  • To find nature, take a look

    by Stan Tekiela www.naturesmart.com The key to “seeing” nature is to stop and look. I know that seems rather obvious but it’s true. The simple act of stopping and looking is really all it takes [...]
  • An amazing shorebird

    Last week while leading a photo workshop in warm and sunny Florida, I was walking down a long stretch of beach with my group of photographers in tow. The sun had just come up spreading [...]
  • Amazing Woodpeckers

    Stan Tekiela Nature Smart Once again, I found myself sitting outside in my small photo blind trying to capture a handful of images of birds in a winter/snowy setting. The temperatures where a balmy minus [...]

Legal Notices

  • Legal Notices – December 3, 2025

    Annandale Public School District 876 Regular Meeting of the School Board – October 27, 2025 at 7:00 pm 1. Jones called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Board members [...]
  • Legal Notices – November 26, 2025

    ORDINANCE NO. 433 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MIDCONTINENT FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WHEREAS Midcontinent Communications (“Grantee” or “Midco”) holds a communications franchise (“Franchise”) for the construction and operation of a communications system within the City of [...]
  • Legal Notices – November 19, 2025

    SOUTHSIDE TOWNSHIP CALL FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be received until 3:00 p.m. Friday, November 28, 2025, mail to: Southside Township P.O. Box 520, Annandale, MN 55302 for material and work to be done on [...]