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Andrea Borsvold

One-Pot Wonders: Simple Family Meals

While I love spending time in my kitchen and making elaborate meals using every pot in the house, the cleanup makes me never want to cook again. We...

Bruce Brierley/When the Carry-Out Kid Thinks You’re His Grandpa

I’m not quite sure how it happened, but somewhere along the line it crept up on me and then attacked with the stealth of a mountain lion. Now, I’ve...

Andrea Borsvold

Raising Readers: Creating a Literacy-Rich Home

I have always wanted my kids to grow up loving reading and diving into books for entertainment. We have read to them since they were in the womb,...

Community Focus

HEALTH SEMINARS AND PUBLIC FORUM COMING TO KARLSTAD, MN

Concerned about your health and don't know what steps to take. Two opportunities will be availableon Saturday, March 28, 2026 to have your questions answered. Dr. Noah...

NLCA Presents: The She Gees

The Music of the Bee Gees Like Never BeforeRoseau School Theatre, Sunday, March 8Get ready to groove to the timeless tunes of one of the most...

Harry's House

Meals, Munchies and More

Banana bread is good, but a little boring. I also make the occasional loaf of blueberry bread because it’s less time consuming than making muffins....

Meals, Munchies and More

A couple of weeks ago I shared one of my most baked and favorite “quick” bread recipes, One Hour French loaves. This week I’m sharing an equally...

Small holy interactions might be the best testimonial for the...

By The Rev. Devlyn BrooksThis week, before our Wednesday Lenten service, I had the privilege of enjoying dinner with my congregation, family style...

Gus Gus' passing reminds us of the beauty of life's fragility

By The Rev. Devlyn BrooksIt seems cruel to be writing about loss again so soon. But this week we said goodbye to our oldest dog, Gus Gus, after a...

Left to right: SFD-Gannon Nelson, SFD-Josh Sundby, Nelson Park Twp.-Ben Kleinwachter, Nelson Park Twp.-Sunny Safranski, Wright Twp.-Greg Labarski, Wright Twp.-Mark Weber, Wright Twp.-Becky Weber, Wright Twp.-Raymond Kasprowicz, (behind) SFD-Austin Growhowski, Nelson Park Twp.-Julian Stusynski, and SFD Chief-Shawn Rominski

Stephen Fire Department Hosts Township Officials

The Stephen Fire Department hosted its annual steak fry for local township officers on Monday, March 2, providing an opportunity for open...

Karlstad City Council met in regular session

The Karlstad City Council met on Monday, March 2nd for their regular meeting. After approving the minutes from January's meeting and motioning to pay the monthly claims,...

Local Woman Charged with Felony Cannabis Possession

Jessica Marie Klegstad, a resident of Halma, Minnesota, has been charged with felony possession of cannabis in the first degree, according to a complaint filed by the State...

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST FILES OF THE KARLSTAD ADVOCATE AND NORTH...

100 Years Ago March 12, 1926Life Sentence Mandan, March 2, William Steller, Jr., 18 years old and Amon Horst, 20, were sentenced to life imprisonment in the state...

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST FILES OF THE KARLSTAD ADVOCATE AND NORTH...

100 Years Ago March 5, 1926Clarence Fick captured a wolf the other day with his bare hands and beat it to death with a short club. The wolf had wandered into Albert...

Bonnie Rae (McNatton) Carlson

Obituary/Bonnie Rae (McNatton) Carlson, 80

Bonnie Rae (McNatton) Carlson, 80, formerly of Halma and Stephen, Minnesota, died under hospice care at Valley Care and Rehab in Barnesville,...

Minutes of Regular Meeting Board of Education Badger ISD 676 PO Box...

Minutes of Regular MeetingBoard of Education Badger ISD 676PO Box 68, 110 Carpenter Avenue East, Badger, Minnesota 56714Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 6:00 P.M. in the Business...

Seniors sit around and chat about their books sharing the food inspired by their novels.

Read accross America

Students at Tri-County spent the week celebrating Read Across America with fun activities centered around books and literacy. Highlights included...

Tri-County Students of the month February 2026

Knowledge Bowls team advances to Region Meet

The Subregion Knowledge Bowl meet was held Tuesday, March 3, in Thief River Falls. Representing Tri-County were juniors Braelyn Gonshorowski and...

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