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With fire danger rated as moderate, Douglas, Pope, Grant and Todd counties are among 20 Minnesota counties affected by spring burning restrictions issued Tuesday by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Prompted by warm temperatures and dry conditions, no burning permits...

A $6.9 million project to build a three-story apartment building in Alexandria with 33 units for low-income and homeless people may get a tax break. At its meeting Monday, the Alexandria City Council agreed to allow tax increment financing for "Central Lakes Apartments II," a partnership...

Two special event permits were issued at Monday's Alexandria City Council meeting:

To the editor: When the intersection of 50th Avenue and Highway 29 was redone, they made a huge mistake. They should have eliminated access to Twin Lake Blvd from the west bound lane of 50th Avenue. This intersection is a source of much confusion and frustration for nearly all drivers...

The Minnewaska boys and girls track and field teams have met expectations thus far. On Tuesday afternoon they traveled to Benson and left with another strong performance. The Laker girls finished with 214.5 points. Not only was it good enough for first place out of seven teams, the...

The Ashby-Brandon-Evansville track teams hit the road Tuesday afternoon for the Long Prairie Invite. Sam Fuller placed third in the 200-meter hurdles with a time of 48.56 seconds. Nathan Bauman and Kobe Reiland took seventh (50.29) and eighth (50.42) in the same race.