Social Security questions, answers
Who can get Extra Help with Medicare prescription drug coverage?
Kallista Banister is state pageant finalist
Kallista Banister, 7, of Starbuck was chosen as a state finalist in the National American Miss Minnesota Pageant to be held June 1-2 at Doubletree Hotel in Bloomington.
Baseball hitters', fielders' clinic to teach fundamentals
Community Education invites all baseball players to attend a Baseball Hitters’ and Fielders’ Clinic at Discovery Middle School’s east baseball field in Alexandria.
Delivering comfort to wounded warriors
Piece by piece, stitch by stitch, quilt by quilt -– a group of quilters volunteered their talents over the last 18 months to deliver comfort to wounded soldiers. Five local women from the Honor Quilts organization recently joined forces with quilters from Fergus Falls, Perham, Dent and Underwood to sew and hand-deliver 950 Quilts of Valor (QOV) to injured soldiers at Fort Knox and Fort Campbell.
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FRC Team 3313 Mechatronics from Jefferson High School (JHS) in Alexandria recently competed at the Minnesota State Championship. The Minnesota State Robotics Competition is a Minnesota State High School League-sanctioned event. The competition was held at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.
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Students in District 206 elementary grades 4-6 recently put their physical skills to the test.
RELATED CONTENTRide for Healing rallies slated in Alexandria and Osakis
Alexandria and Osakis are two of many stops along the 2013 Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Minnesota State Commanders project Ride for Healing, slated to take place the week of May 27 to June 1.
Do you know an outstanding senior citizen?
Nominations from county residents are sought for the 2013 Outstanding Senior Citizen Award for Douglas County. The deadline is July 20.
New generation of retirees 'keep on rocking'
Generations ago, retirement was thought of as a time to take it easy, a time of rocking on porch chairs and reminiscing about the good old days. But that’s not the case with the current generation of retirees.
Replace summer boredom with plenty of summer fun!
Summer is fast approaching, but that doesn’t mean your kids should stop learning. According to the National Summer Learning Association, kids not involved in meaningful summer activities lose learning skills.
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