By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor
Every year, St. Charles 3rd grade students typically raise $5,000 for Jump Rope for Heart, a fundraising program for the American Heart Association. This...
By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor
The St. Charles PTO organization may be small, but they are mighty. Each year, the group puts on a highly successful spring carnival that packs the...
By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor
Last Friday was Grandparent’s day at St. Charles elementary. Grandmas, grandpas, great-grandparents, and grand-friends traveled both near and far to spend...
By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor
udent at St. Charles High School, girls were not allowed to be members of FFA. Instead, like other young women, the 1971 St. Charles graduate was pushed to...
By Laura Berndt
During the March 22 meeting of the Durand City Council, Council held a public hearing concerning adjustments to the overnight parking ordinance amendment.
The meeting began with a...
Submitted article by Lu Lippold
When Alex de la Peña went to open up his Pepin coffee shop one morning in February, he found a hand-lettered sign on his door. It said, “GO BACK MEXICAN.”
“It was a...
By Laura Berndt
On Wednesday, March 15, the Pepin County Board of Supervisors met, and heard a presentation about the county’s emergency communications system.
That evening, the meeting began with...
By Laura Berndt
Long-anticipated repairs to the Pepin County portion of the Chippewa River State Trail (CRST) are scheduled to take place later this year, which is made possible by the fundraising...
Submitted article
In this part of the country, knowing a hunter is pretty routine. But it’s likely most people don’t know a hunter the likes of Theron “The Hunter” Drier of River Falls. His unusual...
By Heather Buege, Lewiston Journal Staff Writer
After 22 years of reporting Lewiston area news, Lewiston Journal editor Carol Boynton found herself in the rare moment of being “newsworthy” herself...