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Law Enforcement Blotter: Jan. 15-16
DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Tuesday, Jan. 15 Suspicious activity, caller reported car messing around at access for about an hour, checked...
 News / crime and courts 17 hours 10 min ago
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 sports / hockey 20 hours 11 min ago
This 'Patriot House' on Little Detroit Lake is among those that have been broken into recently. The 'Patriot House' was set up for free use by military servicemen and women, veterans, law enforcement, firefighters and first responders. (Vicki Gerdes / Forum News Service)
Fish house vandalism prompts reward
Already this winter there have been two dozen reported cases of break-ins to fish houses in Douglas County. One of those was Carol VanderWeyst's...
 News / crime and courts January 16, 2019 - 10:21am
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On her last day in office, Dawn Crouse stands in front of record books in the Douglas County Recorder's Office. (Celeste Edenloff / Echo Press)
Her career began in 1976: Douglas County Recorder retires after nearly 43 years
Shortly after she turned 20, Dawn (Rustand) Crouse saw an ad in the newspaper about a job opening in the county’s recorder office. Out of 50...
 News January 15, 2019 - 3:46pm
Candlelight event at Lake Carlos State Park Jan. 19
Minnesota state parks and trails will host more than 30 of its popular candlelight events again this winter, including at Lake Carlos State Park...
 community / events January 15, 2019 - 8:32am
B-E School District to start day care program
Parents in the Brandon-Evansville School District may soon have a new option for before- and after-school child care. The B-E School Board approved the adoption of a day care program on both ends of the school day at its Monday night meeting. Surveys were sent to parents of students...
 News January 16, 2019 - 7:21am
Brian Burke, a good friend of Sarah Block's, gave Jasmine Block a hug at a community celebration in September 2017 that was held in Jasmine's honor. She escaped from three men after being held captive for 29 days. (Echo Press file photo)
Eerie echoes: Similarities in stories of two missing girls
The news of Jayme Closs being found alive hit Sarah Block pretty hard, and was eerily all too familiar. The Alexandria woman is the mother of...
 News January 15, 2019 - 1:28pm
Alexandria's Ella Grove (left) and Kaye Paschka chase down Willmar senior guard Abby Berskow on defense during Tuesday night's Central Lakes Conference game in Willmar. (Jake Schultz / Forum News Service)
Girls basketball: Alexandria’s undefeated run ends at Willmar
The Alexandria girls basketball team saw its undefeated run come to an end on Tuesday night 13 games into the season. The top-ranked Cardinals...
 basketball / sports January 16, 2019 - 9:13am
Law Enforcement Blotter: Jan. 11-14
DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Friday, Jan. 11 Patrol activity, vehicle in the ditch, 3rd Avenue W., Fairgrounds Road. Suspicious vehicle,...
 News / crime and courts January 15, 2019 - 1:23pm
The sun rises on a December morning in the deer woods during the 2018 bow hunting season. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)
Morken: Some takeaways from the 2018 deer season
The buck got downwind of me and knew something was not quite right, but instead of bolting, it seemed to pique his curiosity. It was the morning...
 sports / outdoors January 15, 2019 - 5:00pm
City may use bonds to pay for street projects
An option to issue street reconstruction bonds to pay for street projects in Alexandria is back in play. At its meeting Monday night, the Alexandria City Council voted 5-0 to preserve the option of issuing up to $2.5 million in bonds. This does not obligate the city to use even a...
 News / government and politics January 14, 2019 - 10:13pm
Council considers changes to charter
The Alexandria City Council is taking another run at the complex process of changing Alexandria's charter — the 58-year-old document that serves as the city's constitution. At Monday's council meeting, the city's Charter Commission unanimously recommended five amendments to the...
 News / government and politics January 14, 2019 - 10:12pm
Sara Carlson
Mayor's word for 2019: collaboration
As she's done in the past, Alexandria Mayor Sara Carlson presented her word for the year at the city council's first meeting of the year —...
 News / government and politics January 14, 2019 - 10:11pm
Matthew Carlsen
Zwilling, Carlsen nominated for ExCEL award
Anna Zwilling and Matthew Carlsen have been nominated by Alexandria Area High School for the ExCEL Award. ExCEL — which stands for Excellence...
 News / education January 14, 2019 - 1:22pm
Alexandria junior Ryan Borris pins his opponent on Thursday night's 43-27 loss to St. Cloud Tech-Apollo. (Jared Rubado / Echo Press)
Wrestling: Alexandria falls in first home meet
The Alexandria wrestling team came out of the locker room to an electric crowd for its home-opening meet of the season on Thursday night. The...
 sports / wrestling 8 hours 34 min ago

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