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Articles: 10 results from the past year. For older articles, see advanced options.

'Busy and active and socially happy' despite Parkinson's diagnosis
After 33 years of harried deadlines and countless evenings and weekends spent covering area sporting events, Larry Holverson was looking forward to retirement. But his vision of what retirement looked like changed considerably just two weeks before he wrapped up his career. In May 2007, the Echo Press sports editor was told he had Parkinson’s disease (PD).
Wednesday, April, 24, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Life

Card cross country: Alex boys, girls run to first at Brainerd
Jimmy Lovrien and Bethany Hasz captured individaul first place finishes as well.
Friday, September, 07, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Sports

Card girls' tennis: Alexandria edges defending CLC champion Brainerd 4-3
Ellie Bergstrand remained undefeated in singles play
Friday, September, 07, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Sports

Card volleyball: Alexandria needs five to top Willmar
The win put Alexandria one game ahead of Willmar in the CLC
Friday, September, 14, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Sports

Alexandria girls' tennis: Cardinals can't topple CLC leader
Alexandria fell in a close match to St. Cloud Tech 4-3.
Friday, September, 28, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Sports

Card boys' track and field: Beliveau falls just short of state berth
The Cardinal senior was in second place after the preliminaries, but ended up third in the discus
Wednesday, June, 06, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Sports

Football: Arrow defense holds down Chargers 30-6
Ashby scored 22 points in the third quarter to break away
Wednesday, September, 12, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Sports

Card girls' track and field: Shattered records at Section 8AA
Alexandria set four new section marks as the Cardinal girls repeated as champions
Wednesday, June, 06, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Sports

Card girls' tennis: Alexandria sweeps the competition at its own invitational
Three solid victories boost the Cardinals to 11-1 overall this season as they added a win over St. Cloud Apollo
Wednesday, September, 12, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Sports

Echo Press wins 23 awards in state contest
The Echo Press received the second most points in the Minnesota Newspaper Association’s annual contest among all non-daily newspapers in the state. For the second straight year, the Detroit Lakes Tribune, another Forum Communications Company newspaper, accumulated the most points, 86, to win the prestigious Mills Trophy. The Echo Press was next with 82 points, winning the Herman Roe Editorial Writing Award competition, six additional first place awards, six second place awards and 10 third place awards.
Friday, February, 01, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News