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The Storm volleyball team rushes the court after clinching their spot in the Minnesota State High School League Class AAA State Tournament with a 3-0 win over Detroit Lakes in the Section 8AAA championship Nov. 7 at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School in Sauk Rapids. The Storm will play Princeton in the state quarterfinals at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul.

Encore performance

The Sauk Rapids-Rice volleyball team was a locomotive that could not be stopped from start to finish of the Section 8AAA tournament. The Storm waltzed through the bracket, mostly toying with …
Foley quarterback Carson Brenny (left) and running back Roman Rudnitski get excited as they head off the field following the latter’s touchdown run against Mora in the Section 5AAA semifinals Oct. 31 at DeRocher Field in Foley. Rudnitski’s score gave Foley a 20-0 lead in the third quarter.

Terror in the trenches

The Foley High School football team were feeling right at home on All Hallow’s Eve. The Falcons gave the Mora Mustangs some Halloween scares in the Section 5AAA semifinals, invoking terror on …
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Zac Van Beck, a conservation planner and estimator with Kanati Land Management in Avon, kneels behind a harvested buck. Van Beck helps design and implement food plots and other practices to increase habitat for wildlife.
Preparing for the hunt
As the firearm deer season opens, hunters are hunkering down in their deer stands, anxiously waiting for another picture on the trail cam and hoping their efforts throughout the year will pay off. …
Conservation Officer Activity
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reported the following conservation officer activity as of Nov. 2.    District 11 : The position for MN DNR Conservation …
News Briefs
Measles cases hit highest state total in 36 years  ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Health reported Oct. 29 that the number of measles cases in Minnesota for 2026 has reached a …
Brant Duhn
Crime & Public Safety
Foley woman extricated in Le Sauk Township crash ST. CLOUD — Heavy rains played a part in a single-vehicle crash in Le Sauk Township, Stearns County, Nov. 2. According to the Stearns …
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Caught in the cold: The hidden costs of rain on livestock

At the end of October and early November, Central Minnesota has been sprinkled with rain, moving us away from ominous drought status. Naturally, moving away from drought status is desirable, but what …

Numbers are not my love language

“OK,” he said. “Once you get to the end of the row, what you want to do is count about 20 — no, 18 — rows over and then from there, aim for the six you want. Straddle Row 3 and Row 4 with …

Hunting the wily whitetail

Although I haven’t hunted whitetails for quite a few years, there was a time when I was an avid deer hunter. Living on the Mississippi River in the southern part of our state, I was able to archery …