What fun is a museum if things never change – if you’ve seen it once, why see it again? Now, I can say without a doubt that some items are meant to be on permanent display. At MCHS, we have our ...

Watertown City Council adopted amendments to its ordinance related to its council appointment process during its meeting Tuesday night.The amendments establish standardized processes for interviewing ...

The Wright County Sheriff’s Office has the following unclaimed items in their possession: keys, coins, watch, credit card, wallet, currency, toilet, documents ...

Dianna Mary Hausladen, 78, of New Germany, MN, passed away Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, at her home surrounded by family. She was a faithful member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Winsted, MN, where the ...

Terry L. Shipman, 60, of Annandale, MN, died Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, MN. A committal service will take place at 1 p.m. Friday, March 7, 2025, at Sylvan Cemetery in ...

Alvin Charles Speigner, 80, formerly of Watertown, MN, passed away Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, at Meeker Manor in Litchfield, MN, under hospice care. The memorial service for Alvin Speigner will take ...

Winsted City Council approved the plans and specifications for the next phase in the city’s ongoing rehabilitation of its sanitary sewer system during its meeting Tuesday night.The project will entail ...

LESTER PRAIRIE — Despite leading for just 12 seconds the entire game, the Mayer Lutheran girls basketball team found a way. Taking on rival Lester Prairie, the Crusaders didn’t have their best but ...

LESTER PRAIRIE — In a matchup of two teams who were desperate for a win down the stretch of the regular season, it came down to the wire. After the Mayer Lutheran boys basketball team built a 16-point ...

In 2023, Minnesota became the 23rd state to legalize the possession, use, and growing of cannabis; since then, the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has worked to establish a licensing ...

From the Herald Journal files of past newspapers. February 23, 2015 (10 years ago) Mike McNulty, Lester Prairie superintendent, announces he’ll be leaving Lester Prairie Schools to accept a position ...

Lester Prairie Schools will be holding their Kindergarten Registration on Thursday, March 6th from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the School Commons for children who will be 5 years old by September 1, 2025. This ...