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Alexandria girls soccer coach Tom Roos talks with his team before a drill during an Aug. 18 practice at Alexandria Area High School. The Cardinals are looking to build on a 10-win season from 2019. Starting in 2022, Roos will coach the men's and women's soccer team for the Alexandria Technical and Community College Legends. (Eric Morken / Echo Press)

Sports

Alexandria College adds volleyball and soccer; Roos, McGuire tapped as head coaches

News

Max J. Beilke Veterans Affairs clinic in Alexandria to move to a larger site, offer more services

News

Water use restrictions to begin in Alexandria

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'Best of the Lakes Area' now accepting nominations

Brenton employees Sam Holen (left) and Mike Haburn nail together a section of wall framing for a Habitat for Humanity home, while Habitat crew leader Eric Stenborg (center) watches during a build event at Brenton Engineering in Carlos Wednesday. About 50 employees in several shifts took part in the event. (Lowell Anderson / Echo Press)

Nonprofits

Brenton Engineering builds Habitat walls in parking lot

Bob Strawn pulls another hank of curly leaf pondweed from the lake in front of his Lake Irene home. This year, Lake Irene got permission to spray an herbicide on the invasive plant in part of the lake, and Strawn said it has made a huge difference. (Contributed)

Science and Nature

Lake Irene neighbors unite against curly leaf pondweed

Obituaries

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Jul 21st 2021 - 3pm

Kenneth L. Robinson

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Weather

Tracking dry heat Sunday. Humid & storm chance Monday

Sports

Grand Rapids defenseman Jack Peart fires the puck during a Feb. 11, 2021 game at Hermantown Ice Arena. Peart is the News Tribune's All-Area Player of the Year. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)

Hockey

Jack Peart, Minnesota's 2021 Mr. Hockey, taken in 2nd round of NHL Draft by the Wild

Sports

Alexandria College adds volleyball and soccer; Roos, McGuire tapped as head coaches

Softball

Magaard, Porter, Habberstad grab team honors after 16-win season

Business

Agriculture

Anheuser-Busch grower days talks new varieties and genetics

Agriculture

Bringing back bison: Herd could mean food sovereignty is on the horizon for Red Lake Nation

Agriculture

Speak out against animal rights activist legislation

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Wellness

Health Fusion: Garden green protein smoothie with banana, apple, mint and kale

Wellness

Life might be returning to normal, but caregiving tech keeps changing

Wellness

Health Fusion: All about diabetes. Experts discuss the connection to obesity and dementia, islet transplantation and how to reduce risk

Government

Government and Politics

Minnesota officials say COVID-19 still a public health disaster, press for continued SNAP benefits

Government and Politics

State of Minnesota, 2 major unions reach tentative contracts

Government and Politics

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Education

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz shakes hands with Nisswa Elementary student Isabella Brooks while Elizabeth Collette waits on the playground at Nisswa Elementary School Thursday, July 22, 2021. The governor and Education Commissioner Heather Mueller toured the school and thanked the teachers for their strength while teaching through the pandemic. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch

Education

Gov. Tim Walz tours Nisswa Elementary School, praises educators' response during COVID-19

Education

Maureen Eigen, Jeff Patience, Jeremy Smith answer questions at school board candidate forum hosted by Alexandria Sertoma

Education

Alexandria Area High school classroom dedicated to retired business teacher Ellsworth Holm

Osakis

Osakis

Osakis Police Blotter: July 8-14

Letters

Letter: Let's strive to be friends and good neighbors in Osakis

Osakis

Osakis Police Blotter: July 1-7

Northland Outdoors

Black bears looking for food are oportunistic and will even raid bird feeders in broad daylight when natural food sources like berries are in short supply. (Shutterstock)

Northland Outdoors

Drought drives bears to search for food in Minnesota's north woods

Northland Outdoors

Conservation groups and legislators alike mourn John Helland, driver of environment policy

Northland Outdoors

As 'Plan B' fishing trips go, they don't come much bigger than Lake Superior and Isle Royale

Opinion

Editorials

Other View: How newspapers face a dilemma any farmer can relate to, and what can be done

Editorials

Thumbs Up/Thumbs down

Letters

Letter: Over politicization of COVID results in ignorance, anger

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Travel

Audra Mari visits the 'live-work-play environment' at The Lights in West Fargo on the latest 'Backroads'

Music

Lonestar, Terri Clark to perform at Anderson Bash in Alexandria

NewsMD

Health Variant: Sizzling heat waves are here. Here's why, and how to beat them

Crime and Courts

Photographs compiled by Violence Free Minnesota of people who died in 2020 in domestic violence situations. (Courtesy of Violence Free Minnesota)

Crime and Courts

As search for Eric Reinbold continues, advocates urge domestic violence awareness

Crime and Courts

Canadian man pleads guilty to having 67 firearms in car near Fergus Falls

Crime and Courts

Bail fees raised against Douglas County suspects facing drug charges

MN Public Notices

Legal Notices

Public Notice Publish July 23, 28, 30, 2021 OSAKIS TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS There will be a Special Town Meeting for the purpose of amending the levy previously set at the Osakis Township Annual Meeting in March of 2021, on Monday, August 2, 2021, 7PM at the Lillian Building at 211 1st Ave E Osakis MN.

Legal Notices

Public Notice Publish July 23, 2021 NOTICE OF FILING DATES FOR ELECTION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.

Legal Notices

Public Hearing Publish July 23, 2021 Notice of Public Hearing Pursuant to Section 10.

Lifestyle

Reach Church, located at 1310 N Nokomis NE. Across the street from Casey's Amusement Park. (Lowell Anderson / Echo Press)

Lifestyle

Reach Church of Alexandria celebrates centennial with parking lot block party

Travel

Montana tribe welcomes back tourists after risky shutdown pays off

Northland Outdoors

On the Maah Daah Hey Trail, a humbling and beautiful experience like no other

Echo Press Special Publications

Vacationer July/August 2021

Chicz July/August 2021

I Do Bridal Guide 2021

Vacationer June/July 2021

Generations Summer 2021