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Alexandria's Noah Boraas watches his tee shot at a home meet at the Alexandria Golf Club on May 21, 2018. Boraas signed his letter of intent to join the South Dakota State University men's golf team starting in the fall of 2019. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)
Alexandria's Boraas signs to play Division I golf
Alexandria's Noah Boraas had a few schools that he focused in on for continuing his academic and golf career at the next level. Mankato State...
 sports / golf November 16, 2018 - 5:00pm
Law Enforcement Blotter: Nov. 14-15
DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Wednesday, Nov. 14 Driving complaint, report of female who locked herself in the car, in no shape to drive,...
 News / crime and courts November 16, 2018 - 4:44pm
Sandy Tubbs was honored in October with the Commissioner’s Award for Distinguished Service in Community Health Services. The Minnesota Commissioner of Health, Jan Malcolm, presented her with the award. (Contributed)
Tubbs wins state award: Horizon Public Health leader is retiring in January
When Sandy Tubbs received a call about an award she was going to be receiving from the Minnesota Department of Health, she was quite confused. She...
 Business / healthcare November 16, 2018 - 6:27am
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Carlos native Aaron Steidl hits Wofford quarterback Brandon Goodson during the FCS quarterfinals at the Fargodome on Dec. 9, 2017. Steidl went from a walk-on at NDSU to now a team captain as a fifth-year senior for the 10-0 Bison this fall. (David Samson / Forum News Service)
Steidl, Jordheim make the most of their five years at NDSU
Before every game, when the North Dakota State football players are about to go back into the locker room after pregame warmups, nose guard Aaron...
 sports / football November 15, 2018 - 5:00pm
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources sold about 666,000 licenses and permits last year between the firearm, muzzleloader and archery seasons. Hunter success last year was about 35 percent during the firearms season, DNR statistics show.
Minnesota deer kill down 9.5 percent from last year
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — The number of deer shot by Minnesota hunters after the first nine days of the firearms deer season is down about 9.5 percent...
 outdoors / sports November 14, 2018 - 4:13pm
County gives lakes group $50,000
It may have been half the amount asked for, but the Douglas County Lakes Association will receive funding from the Douglas County Board of Commissioners for the Douglas County Water Legacy Fund. Following much discussion at a special budget meeting Wednesday afternoon, the commissioners...
 News / government and politics November 16, 2018 - 7:29am
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Three-month weather outlook sticks with warmer than normal winter forecast
WILLISTON, N.D. -- It sure looks good on a map. The reality remains to be seen. The Climate Prediction Center issued its monthly long-range temperature...
 News / Weather November 15, 2018 - 7:49pm
Chris and Joy Huisinga left corporate jobs to start a turkey farm. Trevor Peterson / Forum News Service
Meet new turkey farmers in the US’s largest turkey-producing county
If you want to know where your turkey comes from this holiday season, get to know a turkey farmer. On our AgweekTV “Thankful for Ag” episode...
 Business / Agriculture November 15, 2018 - 4:14pm
Gov. Mark Dayton. Forum News Service file photo
Gov. Dayton back in hospital after post-surgery complications
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A month after undergoing back surgery, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton remained hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic Thursday, Nov....
 News / government and politics November 15, 2018 - 8:04pm
Driver taken to hospital after car goes off Highway 29
A woman was taken to the hospital Thursday night after her car went off Highway 29 and into the ditch near Forada. Jewel Dahl, 40, of Glenwood, was driving a 2011 Buick Enclave north on Highway 29 when the car left the roadway at Douglas County Road 4 in Lake Mary Township and went...
 News / accidents November 16, 2018 - 8:47am
Grandma Lois talks with third-grader Kayla DeBlieck about a book she read. Kayla could identify with how the main character got pestered by a sibling. (Karen Tolkkinen / Echo Press)
ABCs and TLC: Grandma Lois and Grandpa Bob dispense love, skills to elementary school students
Voyager Elementary School has something many other public schools do not: a grandpa and a grandma. Most days, Grandma Lois Peterson and Grandpa...
 community / people November 15, 2018 - 6:27am
Presents for kids who were adopted through the United Way's Adopt-A-Family Christmas gifts program last year were piled high in the United Way office. About 650 kids received gifts through the program. (Celeste Edenloff / Echo Press file photo)
United Way fundraising on rise: But needs of public also increasing
Let's begin this story with a number: 26,814. What is its significance? That is the number of times someone was served through the United Way...
 nonprofits / community November 14, 2018 - 5:16pm
Alexandria's snow removal policy takes effect
With the winter season starting early, the city of Alexandria reminds residents of its sidewalk snow and ice removal policy. "Please understand, there are many different users of these important pathways," said Sara Stadtherr, communications coordinator in a news release. "We appreciate...
 News November 15, 2018 - 5:31pm
At his retirement party last week, Cliff Korkowski from the Douglas County Car Care Program talks with guests, including Shirley Senden. His retirement from the program officially takes effect Dec. 15. (Celeste Edenloff / Echo Press)
'Blown away by the support': Korkowski retires from Car Care Program
Six years ago this month, Cliff Korkowski founded the Douglas County Car Care Program. This was after he retired from a similar program he ran...
 community / people November 14, 2018 - 6:14am
Roger Wagner (far left) and his fellow soldiers celebrated the holidays in 1967 by decorating a small Christmas tree. (Contributed)
Saved in Vietnam
Roger Wagner, an Osakis High School graduate from the Class of 1964, was a clerk in the Vietnam War and didn't expect the gunfire that erupted...
 News November 13, 2018 - 11:02am

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