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Traffic backs up from the main parking lot at Alexandria Area High School to Pioneer Road. Beginning on Monday, May 20, that road will become a one-way road for entering traffic. The road to the south that connects to 50th Avenue will be a one-way for exiting traffic. (File photo)
AAHS roads changing to one-ways
In an effort to improve safety and traffic flow, two roads leading to and from Alexandria Area High School's main parking lot are being temporarily...
 News/education 4 hours 57 min ago
A 3D model provided by Alexandria Industries shows what its 12,000-square-foot building expansion will look like when the project is completed. (Contributed)
Make room for a new press: Alexandria Industries breaks ground on expansion
Alexandria Industries broke ground Tuesday on an expansion of its manufacturing building on County Road 22 in Alexandria. Construction is expected...
 Business 23 hours 35 min ago
Andrew Knoll (left) and Miltona native Joe Kastner are junior engineering majors at the University of Minnesota Duluth who also operate a niche vintage motorcycle parts manufacturer in Duluth, Knoll Restorations. The business was chosen as the winner of UMD’s Shark Tank event. (Contributed)
Miltona native wins UMD Shark Tank event
Duluth's business sharks/ judges chose Knoll Restorations as the winner of the 4th annual UMD Shark Tank event on April 30 at the University...
 Business May 17, 2019 - 5:12pm
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Alexandria Farmers Market opens
Bob and Patti Dahlheimer talk with Ron Branch from Berry Ridge Farm at the season opening of the Alexandria Farmers Market Saturday, May 11....
 News May 17, 2019 - 11:58am
Law Enforcement Blotter: May 16
DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Thursday, May 16 Suspicious vehicle, report of vehicle trying to get fuel from pay inside pump, directed them...
 News May 17, 2019 - 11:08am
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Riding to remember w/video
About 100 bicyclists took part in the annual Ride of Silence Wednesday evening in Alexandria. The event is an international ride to remember...
 News May 15, 2019 - 8:23pm
Alexandria's Gannon Lueck follows through on a return against Brainerd on May 13 at AAHS. Lueck won in three sets at fourth singles in a rematch at Brainerd on Thursday night to help the Cardinals to another 5-2 win over the Warriors. (Jared Rubado / Echo Press)
Tennis: Cardinals tie school record for wins, wrap up North’s top seed
The Alexandria boys tennis team talked optimistically early in the season that this spring could be different for this group. The Cardinals have...
 sports/tennis May 17, 2019 - 9:37am
John Kamphake, owner of JJ's Co. Excavating in Parkers Prairie, chips away at a football field-sized bog that lodged against the southeastern shore of Lake Miltona. The DNR granted special permission to use heavy equipment in the lake. (Karen Tolkkinen / Echo Press)
'Once-in-a-lifetime bog': Crew removes football field-sized mass of cattails from beach
A bog the size of a football field that floated across Lake Miltona and wedged against a beach took an excavator and 119 dump truck trips to...
 News May 15, 2019 - 6:26am
Alexandria senior pitcher Riley Nelson gets the ball back from third baseman Andrew Revering after a strikeout for Nelson in the sixth inning on Thursday. Nelson got a two-inning save in a 4-2 win for the Cardinals in game one of the doubleheader. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)
Baseball: Alex posting dominant pitching numbers as Cards sweep Tech
If opponents are going to beat the Alexandria baseball team, they are going to have to figure out a way to hit what has been a dominant pitching...
 sports/baseball May 16, 2019 - 10:54pm
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Taking financial message to the public
If Julie Critz seems to be following what has been going on — or not going on, depending on your point of view — in St. Paul lately, that...
 News/education May 17, 2019 - 7:48am
The Alexandria alumni marching band, seen here in 2009, will perform during the annual Vikingland Band Festival Sunday, June 30. (Contributed)
Alex alumni marching band to perform during festival
Hey, Alexandria marching band alumni, it's time to dust off the drums, clean up the clarinets and shine up those shoes. You are all invited to...
 News May 16, 2019 - 6:23am
Law Enforcement Blotter: May 15
DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Wednesday, May 15 Property damage crash, vehicle versus deer, County Road 36 NE, Miltona. Burglary, report...
 News May 16, 2019 - 1:19pm
Kreg Anderson, Alexandria Municipal Airport manager, accepts the Governors Award from Cassandra Isackson, MnDOT Aeronautics director. (Contributed)
Alex Airport receives Governors Award
The Alexandria Municipal Airport was recently awarded the Governors Award presented by the Minnesota Department of Transportation's Office of...
 News May 15, 2019 - 4:22pm
Baseball: Chargers win fifth straight with sweep of Hillcrest
The Brandon-Evansville baseball team won its fifth straight game on Friday night by sweeping a doubleheader with Hillcrest Lutheran Academy. The Chargers (12-5, 7-5 Pheasant Conference) won the nightcap 14-4 on 12 hits after breezing through the opener by a 13-0 final on 11 hits....
 sports/baseball 1 hour 49 min ago
Boys tennis: Alexandria to get rematch with Willmar in 8AA semifinals
The Alexandria boys tennis team will play in the Section 8AA semifinals on Thursday after living up to its top seed in the North subsection on Saturday. The Cardinals played Moorhead in the subsection tournament in Sartell and won 6-1 to advance to take on Willmar back in Sartell...
 sports/tennis 2 hours 8 min ago

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