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Last year, Lydia Mason, 8, of Osakis, was a first-time performer at the Jingle Bells Telethon. Mason, the daughter of Kevin and JoAnna Mason, sang "O Holy Night." (Celeste Edenloff / Echo Press)

Events

Alexandria Area High School is set to host the 73rd Jingle Bells Telethon

Basketball

Alexandria boys ready to run it back

Osakis

Lighting up the night with holiday spirit

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Past winners of the 'Light up the Night' contest were Ronald and Tami Sik of Alexandria, who live at the corner of 5th Avenue East and Lake Street.

Events

Don't forget to enter the Echo Press' annual 'Light up the Night' holiday light photo contest

A Ford Explorer and Chevy S-10 collided head-on on County Road 17 on Thursday, Dec. 2.
Thalen Zimmerman / Alexandria Echo Press

New Articles

Head-on collision near Forada sends one to the hospital on Dec. 2

The Broadway property that sits between Cowing Robards (left) and the under-construction Charlie's Bazaar could be developed into a bar/restaurant, according to the property owner, Carl Kvale.
Lowell Anderson / Echo Press

News

Idea for narrow space on Alexandria's Broadway: a bar

Obituaries

Dec 4th 2021 - 1pm

Luwayne Leuthard

Dec 4th 2021 - 1pm

Parker James Montgomery

Dec 3rd 2021 - 5pm

Doris Pikkaraine

Dec 3rd 2021 - 12pm

Crispin “Cris” Reece

Video

Weather

Snow arrives this evening

Sports

Dance

Sports

Alexandria area sports schedule for Saturday, Dec. 4

Wrestling

Roundup: Alexandria, Osakis, Minnewaska open seasons at invites

Hockey

Granite City plays like top team in the West in win at Alexandria

Business

Agriculture

Midwest Carbon Express pipeline to send CO2 from ethanol plants to western North Dakota

Business

SBA’s Minn. District seeks nominations for Small Business Week 2022

Business

Chamber Ambassadors visit 4 Alexandria area businesses

NewsMD

Macalester history professor Amy C. Sullivan is the author of Opioid Reckoning, a new book about the clash between contrasting treatment methods for addiction in the context of the opioid epidemic.

Wellness

'Opioid Reckoning' calls out the Twelve Steps in an age of fentanyl

Wellness

Seasonal affective disorder: What it is, and how to manage during the winter months

Wellness

Are your parents receiving the benefits they deserve? And are you?

Government

A smoke plume rises from a fast-moving wildfire north of Greenwood Lake in Lake County on Sunday afternoon. Officials were notifying people in the McDougal chain of lakes area they should leave the area.
Contributed / Superior National Forest

Government and Politics

MSP airport to receive $12 million to help build air rescue, firefighting facility after Minnesota wildfires

Government and Politics

Minnesota to receive 1 million more at-home COVID-19 tests, offer boosters at schools

Government and Politics

Douglas County sets levy increase of 4.44%

Education

Randy Bergquist

Education

Bergquist, Hoffarth selected for education policy fellowship

Education

Sixth-grader wins Osakis spelling bee

Education

Experts: Pandemic taking its toll on Minnesota students’ mental health

Osakis

Osakis

Todd County Planning & Zoning increasing fees Jan. 1

Osakis

Lighting up the night with holiday spirit

Osakis

Osakis Police Blotter: November 11-17

Northland Outdoors

Ice fishing on Upper Red Lake is off to a good start, as seen here on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. Contributed / Brian "Bro" Brosdahl

Northland Outdoors

Dokken: Experts weigh in on hot ice fishing destinations

Northland Outdoors

After six decades, he's turning in his slugs. Why a Minnesota man is retiring from deer hunting

Northland Outdoors

Brainerd ranks first among top ice fishing destinations in the U.S.

Opinion

Chatfield’s Sam Backer (21) looks for a pass in the first half during a Class AA State Football Semifinal game against Barnesville Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Traci Westcott / Post Bulletin

Editorials

Other View: Count us among those who want the status quo to continue with high school sports officiating

Letters

Letter: No quicker way to the bully pulpit than bullying

Letters

Letter: Strong communities are rooted in individual actions

Entertainment

Doug Lodermeier of Edina, Minnesota, author of the recently released "Minnesota Duck Decoys – yesterday's and today's folk artists Volume 2" and "Minnesota Duck Calls – yesterday's and today's folk artists Volume 2," has what he believes to be the largest collection of Minnesota-made game calls in the country. Contributed / Doug Lodermeier

Northland Outdoors

Minnesota decoy and duck call collector turns passion into print

Music

Foo Fighters announce Gopher stadium show, then abruptly pull it over COVID policies

Entertainment

10 must-see movies coming in the 2021 holiday season

Crime and Courts

Idris Haji-Mohamed

Crime and Courts

Rochester man facing first-degree murder charge in Moorhead death

News

Law Enforcement Blotter: Nov. 25-30

Crime and Courts

Jury seated, opening statements in Kimberly Potter manslaughter trial begin Wednesday

MN Public Notices

Legal Notices

Public Notice

Legal Notices

Foreclosure Sale

Legal Notices

Public Notice

Lifestyle

Devlyn Brooks

Faith

Finding Faith: An act of love can change a life

Faith

First Lutheran's Living Nativity set for Alexandria on Sunday, Dec. 5

Home and Garden

Trott column: Farm and garden safety training aimed at produce workers

Echo Press Special Publications

Real Estate Dec 2021 - Jan 2020

Impact 2021

Best of the Lakes Area 2021

Snow 2021

Winter Vacationer 2021-2022