My colleague Brandon Pham is a neat, young meteorologist. He’s from the East Coast so the Upper Midwest is a new experience for him. He’s taken to it pretty well, ...

Gianna Gale Singer was born at 9:07 p.m. on Monday, June 22, 2026 to Lacey and Troy Singer of Barnum. She weighed 8 and a half pounds.

Jeremy Duane Wersal, 38, of Hibbing, Minn. flees police officers on a stolen motorcycle in a high-speed chase in an attempt to transport narcotics northbound.

Every year, Pine County hosts Bike MS, a fundriaser aimed to aid in the fight against Multiple Sclerosis (MS). This large crowded bike ride would be seen pedaling through Finlayson ...

Carlton County is seeking nominations for male and female Outstanding Senior Citizens to be honored in an award ceremony at the Carlton County Fairgrounds at noon on Senior Day, Friday, ...

Even though the 2026 legislative session has adjourned, we continue to work on rooting out fraud in public programs that has cost taxpayers billions upon billions of dollars. Here is ...

This month we bid farewell to Jupiter as it dives into the sun’s afterglow. But Venus is still blazing away in the west after sunset.

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that enslaved people were free. President Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation m ...

On Sunday, June 28, 2026, at approximately 6:29 p.m., the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash in Thomson Township.

Aaron Borchardt, a lifelong Pine County resident and veteran law enforcement officer, has officially announced his candidacy for Pine County sheriff. With nearly two decades of public safety experienc ...

The Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone rescued two African caracals, Chanel and Ryker, who had been kept as pets. During Chanel’s ...

MARCIA SARVELA is a resident of Kettle River. To submit items for the column she can be reached by phone at 218-273-4045 or send a letter at PO Box 175, Kettle River, MN 55757.