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For nearly a century, soldiers preparing for battle have honed their skills at a massive military facility in the center of Minnesota: Camp Ripley.
The 53,000-acre campus is larger than the city of Minneapolis. Simulated wars are fought in this slice of Morrison County, where tanks, missiles and heavy aircraft ar...
The Little Falls City Council got its first look at what a Community Recreational Center could look like, Monday.
John McNamara of Wold Architects and Engineers of St. Paul gave a presentation to the Council on potential specifics of the project, if it moves forward. For that to happen, city voter...
The wheels are still in motion on a potential major public improvement project in Randall.
Wednesday, City Manager Matt Pantzke updated the City Council on the status of the city’s preliminary engineering report (PER). In January 2021, the Council voted unanimously to partner with Widseth Smith and Nolting for the repor...
There is a Chinese proverb which states: “A good neighbor is a found treasure.”
A group of people in Morrison County have taken up the cause to provide a gem of a resource for those who give of themselves for others.
As an internal medicine physician at CHI St. Gabriel’s and th...
As spring approaches, so does road construction season in Morrison County.
The Morrison County Board of Commissioners approved the 2022 Transportation Improvement plan as presented by County Engineer Tony Hennen at a recent meeting. The plan consists of construction on 19 different projects within the county, with lengths of work varyin...
More than a year has passed since Jake and Brooke Carrow purchased Enchanted Dairy in Little Falls from Brooke’s parents, Ron and Jeannie Miller and her Uncle Marv Miller, on Jan. 1, 2021.
“Marv and Ron have been a huge help in getting us through this first year. There wer...
The possibility of making renovations to Morrison County’s historic courthouse moved one step closer to becoming a reality, Tuesday.
The Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 to enter negotiations with Vetter Johnson Architects on renovations costing up to $4 million on the structure. Commissioner Randy Winscher cast the lone vote against th...
Anderson: Reinforce the local economy
Feb 25 2022We all want a healthy, thriving economy. Strong economies make all other aspects of a successful society — affordable daycare, clean lakes, and rivers, robust youth programs — possible.
The residents of Little Falls made it clear in those first OurTown 56345 visioning sessions that a robust local economy was on...
Now that the new Congressional and Legislative districts have been released by the state, the city of Little Falls can move forward in its own redistricting process.
The city has been working on a plan to redraw the boundaries of its three council wards since fall 2021. The need to d...
In a former officers' quarters from 1931 and surrounded by the aircraft of wars gone by sits Minnesota’s Military Museum, a museum at Camp Ripley that has been open to the public for more than 40 years.
"To really drive home and make real the experience of Minnesota soldiers since 1858,"...
