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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.
Wednesday, May, 22, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Life

Keep a light on for cancer fight next Tuesday
The Douglas County Relay For Life fundraiser for cancer research will be observing its 20th year this summer.
Friday, May, 17, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

It's Our Turn: Screening our children
Free-range CHILDREN. FREE Range-children. Free RANGE children. No matter how you say it, it sounds ridiculous.
Friday, May, 03, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Senior Menus - Week of May 6-10

Friday, May, 03, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Life

Monica Schmitz, 70
Monica Caroline (Goche) Schmitz, age 70, formerly of Coeur D’Alene, Idaho and Springfield, Minnesota, passed away April 14, 2013 at her home, surrounded by family.
Tuesday, April, 30, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Obituaries (free view)

Melanie Hartman, 41
Melanie Jane (Rotz) Hartman, 41, Clear Lake, formerly of Clitherall, died Monday, April 15, 2013 at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
Friday, April, 19, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Obituaries (free view)

Senior Menus - Week of April 8-12

Friday, April, 05, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Life

A realist and a dreamer set out to make history
Heidi Hansen and Marcia Benson are in the music making business. The women are composers and recently started a business selling their piano music. “We’d like to sell more music and actually make money at it,” Hansen said.
Wednesday, April, 03, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Life

Sharene Eckel, 39
Sharene Myra May Eckel, 39, died March 27, 2013 at St. Cloud Hospital.
Monday, April, 01, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Obituaries (free view)

Letter - God is in our public schools
I’ve read once too often how God isn’t present in our public schools. As a teacher in the public schools for 36 years, I can say that nothing is farther from the truth.
Wednesday, March, 06, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Senior Menus - Week of March 4-8

Friday, March, 01, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Life

Death Notice - Alvin Braun, 80
Alvin Joseph Braun of Alexandria died February 19, 2013 at the age of 80 at his winter home in Mesa, Arizona.
Tuesday, February, 26, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Obituaries (free view)

Jeanne Stark, 85
Jeanne Louise (Fabeck) Stark, 85, died Friday, February 8, 2013.
Thursday, February, 14, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Obituaries (free view)

Jerome McLaughlin, 86
Jerome “Jerry” Stanley McLaughlin, 86, formerly of Sioux Falls, died Friday, January 18, 2013 in Sun City, Arizona.
Friday, February, 01, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Obituaries (free view)

Senior Menus - Week of February 4-8

Friday, February, 01, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Life

Oh bugger, this flu season is a doozie
Happy birthday, no flu. Happy birthday, no flu. The two things you need to do this flu season to keep yourself protected are: get a flu shot and wash your hands.
Friday, January, 18, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Cancer deaths drop in U.S. and Minnesota, says new report
As of 2009, the overall death rate for cancer in the United States had declined 20 percent from its peak in 1991, translating to the avoidance of approximately 1.2 million deaths from cancer – 152,900 of these in 2009 alone.
Thursday, January, 17, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Outpatient VA clinics closed for federal holiday
St. Cloud VA health Care System outpatient clinics and administrative offices, including Community Based Outpatient Clinics in Brainerd, Montevideo and Alexandria, will be closed on Monday, January 21.
Wednesday, January, 16, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Pedaling, pulling her way to international title
There’s a national champion living in the Osakis community. Averie Mounsdon, 9, is the top puller in the National Pedal Pull competition. In September, the Osakis third grader pulled 190 pounds of weight 29-feet, 9-inches to earn the national championship.
Wednesday, January, 16, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Life

Senior Menus - Week of January 7-11

Friday, January, 04, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Life

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