Peel the potatoes and trim 1/2 inch off each end to create a flat end. Cut the potatoes in 1- to 1.5-inch pucks and place in a bowl of cool water. Allow potatoes to soak for 10-15 minutes. Optionally, ...

Owner of Treeline Acres Farm and Nursery Candice Zimmermann will present on “Companion Planting for a Successful Harvest.” ...

North Central Small Business Development Center will host a session highlighting practical ways for small businesses to use AI.

The No. 1-seeded Pequot Lakes Patriots will face the No. 2-seeded Pierz Pioneers in the Section 7-2A final at 6 p.m. Friday, March 13, at Crosby-Ironton High School. The game originally was to be ...

Steffen Lindstam tops off a container of soda tabs, donating over 43,000 on March 4 at Pine River-Backus Elementary School while his teachers, friends and family watched.

The Crow Wing County Land Services Department will be temporarily closing selected forest trails on county managed lands to motorized vehicles. These closures are due to vulnerable trail surfaces ...

Council member Scott Pederson brought up the wear and tear to the flags on display on Main Street. It was suggested that the city wouldn’t have to fly the flags in the winter months to reduce the wear ...

Bobby’s home debut for the Wild was a rollercoaster of emotions for the family. Playing wing on the third line, he left the game for a time in the first period after going hard into the boards ...

Travis Konecny scored the only goal in the shootout as the Philadelphia Flyers erased a Minnesota Wild lead and left the Grand Casino Arena fans stunned on Thursday night. The Wild took a lead into ...

Kyler Murray is signing with the Vikings. After being released by the Arizona Cardinals on Wednesday afternoon in a mo ...

Relationships between people and their environments plays into designing sustainable communities, rural Pine River columnists say.

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