After losing several starters and shifting his lineup to capitalize on strengths of returning players, coach Darin Swenson expected the Litchfield volleyball team to go through an adjustment period.

Back to school … that’s what time of year it is! Yet that phrase “Back to school” is pretty loaded. There are all kinds of things that are associated with that – things like anxiety, fear, worry, ...

Public transportation took a big step up in Meeker County with the addition of a new vehicle to Central Community Transit’s already-crowded bus garage in Litchfield. Using an $80,000 grant ...

By his own admission, Scott Rehmann wasn’t much of a student in high school. But he learned how to research – investigate – things pretty well during a law enforcement career ...

I speak from my heart. Your tears will be many, and your hearts will fall to the ground because of what will happen to me, but the world around you will have glad hearts. All of you will be ...

The robins are here. A very unusual phenomenon was observed in the sky, being a combination of rainbows, sundogs and halos continuing all afternoon. John F. Kaspar of ...

It won’t be long before Troy and Kelly Higgins, Mike and Shannon Lien and Ryan and Shannon MulQueeny are among the 12 local couples who will cha cha their way to fun, fame and fundraising ...

After almost three decades as a newspaper reporter, Stuart Groskreutz knows the ins and outs of interviews pretty well. Except when he has to answer, rather than ask, the questions. “That was ...

The McLeod County Board took a brief look under the hood of local Department of Natural Resources operations this past week when regional director Scott Roemhildt visited with his staff. “Our agency ...

Entering what might be best described as a season of uncertainty, first-year Litchfield boys tennis coach Justin Wittrock is certain of at least a couple things. “It should be a pretty exciting ...

Loving this year’s One Book, One Community selection, “Carolina Moonset” by Matt Goldman? If so, how about meeting the author? Yup. That’s right. Goldman is making an author appearance ...

This month is the 112th anniversary of the RMS Titanic sinking. Billed as “unsinkable,” the 1912 luxury ocean liner was on its maiden voyage with 2,223 people aboard – 1,324 passengers and ...