I LOVE sticky post-it notes in all shapes and sizes. Whenever I find them on a garage sale or at a thrift store, I always pick them up, whether I...

 One of the first jobs I ever had was working for a local landscaper in the sleepy little hamlet of North Boston.G.R. Thompson's Landscaping was...

It’s the end of the school year for everyone in the Midwest, and for homeschool, it’s no different. Our lessons have lessened over the past month,...

Kevin “Beef” Sele’s Memorial Ride was held on Saturday, May 16, 2026, which was Kevin’s birthday.  The ride was cool and dusty, but nothing like...

Summer is for snacking. Whether you head for the lakes on the weekend, chill on your deck or invite the neighbors over and set up some lawn chairs...

Summer is officially here even though the solstice isn’t for a couple of weeks. We’ve had plenty of heat and enough of a breeze (sometimes too much...

If you’ve got kids who will be home for the summer, meal planning just got more difficult. Smoothies are always a hit with the kids and even the...

By The Rev. Devlyn BrooksOur confirmation classes are wrapped up; senior Sunday was celebrated; we’ve passed Memorial Day; and now our church’s...

The Final Assessment Hearing was held for the public. For street improvements to Harding St., Lincoln Ave. and Lofgren Ave. in the City of Karlstad...

Corban Kraulik of Karlstad was busy Monday morning, the first of June, at the Wikstrom Telephone Company on Main Street. Washing windows and doing...

Country music fans will once again make their way to Wagon Wheel Ridge next week as Kick'n Up Kountry returns to Karlstad June 10-13, bringing four...

100 Years Ago  June 18, 1926Killed in accident while preparing to grind feed last Saturday afternoon at 1:30, John Walfred Nygren, son of Mrs. Louis Nygren living six miles...

100 Years Ago  June 4, 1926One day of the school year that the pupils look forward to is the annual school picnic. The Karlstad school is planning to have one on Friday,...

Robert "Marshall" Storeby, age 81, of Karlstad, passed away Sunday, December 21, 2025 at the Karlstad Health Care Center.Robert Durwood Marshall...

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