Opinion
Not so trendy trends
The New Year is a good time to look back at the good and bad trends of the past year. On second thought, let’s stick with the bad; they’re more interesting. And let’s look further […]
Month: December 2009
Opinion
Internet is key to rural development
It’s a familiar story: A bright, ambitious 22-year-old who grew up in a small Minnesota town decides to move to the Twin Cities after graduating from college because that’s where she can find a well-paying […]
Opinion
Entrepreneurs drive jobs
The White House didn’t invite the firms that will create new jobs to its "job summit" – dominated by the CEOs of big firms, Ivy League economists and union officials – because they weren’t available. […]
Sports
Hawks tie with M-W
The North Wright County Riverhawks girls hockey team owns a 10-0-2 record after skating to a 2-2 tie last week with Mound-Westonka at the Moose Sherritt Arena in Monticello. Riverhawks coach Tim Hanson had banked on […]
Sports
A split on Alumni Night
In front of an enthusiastic crowd strewn with wrestling alumni representing close to five decades of Annandale-Maple Lake wrestling history, the A-ML wrestling team closed out the calendar year Tuesday, Dec. 22, splitting a pair […]
Obituaries
Brad J. Hannula
Brad J. Hannula, 76, of Annandale died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009, at the Annandale Care Center. Graveside services will be held at a later date at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis. He is survived by his wife, […]
News
Pennies for Presents
Christmas is Bendix social worker Amy Miller’s favorite time of the year. The week before each Dec. 25, she gets to don her Santa hat, figuratively speaking, load up her car with gifts donated by […]
News
Thompson found guilty
The prosecution will ask a Stearns County judge to put Jerry L. Thompson behind bars for more than 10 years and possibly much longer for kidnapping and trying to kill his estranged wife. "We are certainly […]
News
Toothbrushes to go
Andrew Hermes doesn’t talk to his mom the way the rest of his fourth-grade classmates talk to theirs. He doesn’t tell her about his day at Bendix Elementary School over the dinner table. Instead he […]
News
Train doubles food shelf cash
The Canadian Pacific Railway’s Holiday Train generated nearly $8,000 for the food shelf – more than double the previous high – when it stopped in Annandale on a frosty night last week. Cash contributions totaled $7,818, […]