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Mother could face neglect charges after dashcam captures toddler falling out of moving car in southern Minnesota
MANKATO, Minn. — A video of a toddler from southern Minnesota whose car seat fell out of a moving vehicle onto a busy road has gone viral,...
 News / accidents 3 hours 11 min ago
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 3 hours 13 min ago
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 5 hours 5 min ago
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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 19 hours 26 min ago
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 23 hours 2 min ago
Blood moon
Total lunar eclipse will produce a rare Blood Moon on Sunday
MINOT, N.D. - If the skies are clear the view of a Blood Moon should be spectacular.A total lunar eclipse will occur Sunday night, Jan. 20, as...
 News / science and nature January 15, 2019 - 9:20am
This photo showing Olof Ohman (center) with the Runestone is dramatized in Mark Jensen’s play “Runestone! The Rock Musical.” (File photo)
Play about Runestone in development
For more than a hundred years, people have debated whether the Kensington Runestone is real or fake. Now, a playwright with ties to the Kensington...
 entertainment / theater January 12, 2019 - 12:08pm
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
Vehicle slides into District 206 school bus
A District 206 school bus carrying 44 students was rear-ended by a vehicle Monday morning in Alexandria, while five more students were waiting to board. The crash was reported at 7:18 a.m., on the 1500 block of N. Nokomis St., and occurred in slippery conditions. The bus contained...
 News / accidents January 14, 2019 - 2:42pm
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
Professional snowmobile driver Colt Dellandrea leans into the first turn at the Viking Speedway during the 2018 Winter Spectacular. The Winter Spectacular races ran in Alexandria from 2014-2018 but will not be back this February for a sixth straight year. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)
Winter Spectacular won't be held in 2019
Alexandria's Jeff Karrow remembers clearly looking up into the grandstands from turn four at the Viking Speedway in 2014 during the Winter Spectacular...
 sports / motorsports January 11, 2019 - 5:00pm
A message from the Echo Press publisher
Dear Echo Press Readers: As we kick off 2019, I’d like to talk to you – our readers and advertisers – about your community newspaper, the...
 News January 11, 2019 - 3:34pm
Legislators go back to work, get committee assignments
Legislators representing the Douglas County area took their oath of office at the Capitol and began their committee assignments for the new...
 News / government and politics January 13, 2019 - 7:53am

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