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Food and fellowship
The Annandale Area Community Team hosted the first Field to Feast dinner on Sunday, Aug. 28. The unique event included a banquet table set for 200 on Oak Avenue at Annandale Municipal Park and live […]
Month: August 2016
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Emmer holds town hall
A wide-ranging discussion touched on immigration, religious liberty, the war on terror, Cuba and other topics when Rep. Tom Emmer hosted a town hall meeting in Monticello on Tuesday, Aug. 23. Emmer, R-Delano, represents the […]
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Pay equity reviewed
A pay equity study was a primary item of business for the Annandale School Board during its meeting on Monday, Aug. 22, at Annandale Elementary School. Vice-chair Katie Jones presided over the meeting, as Chair […]
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News Briefs
Three indicted in Clough murder Three individuals involved in the murder of 19-year-old Cheyenne Lee Clough of Buffalo at Crow Springs Park on June 1 were indicted by a grand jury in Wright County on […]
News
Capital improvements prioritized
For more than a decade, Wright County has earmarked money that has been turned back in its county department budgets into its Capital Improvement Projects, or CIP fund, which was created to pay for projects […]
News
Starry stonewort is new scourge
A sinister new aquatic invasive species has begun to appear in Minnesota lakes, and members of the Greater Lake Sylvia Association’s AIS committee are sounding the alarm. Starry stonewort was first discovered near a public access […]
Opinion
Police and Courts
City of Annandale Police Report through Aug. 25 Aug. 19 ■ Responded to a 911 hang-up on Cherry Ave. S.; incident cleared. ■ Responded to a suspicious vehicle report on Dale Ave.; report taken. ■ […]
Opinion
A free press leads to good government
Politicians spend a good bit of their time complaining about the media. But why should they have all the fun? I’m going to join in, though I tend to get upset about different things than […]
Opinion
Tom Speaking: Revisiting the fair
For the first time in about five years I went to the Minnesota State Fair. I took my 8- and 10-year-old grandsons on opening day, a beautiful summer day that attracted 111,902 visitors. Before I […]
Opinion
Letters for Wednesday, Aug. 31
Resigning, and then running From: Judy Martin, Annandale I have been a longtime Minnesota Pioneer Park member, along with my husband, and elected board member since 2015. I’ve tried unsuccessfully to change bylaws and procedures […]