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Whether you enjoy tomatoes sliced, sauced, or cooked in your favorite recipe, they taste best when grown and harvested from your garden or container. With more than 10,000 varieties available it can be difficult to select the best ones to grow in your garden.
Start by looking for those varieties...
With recent softening in the grain markets, what is the outlook for 2024? Dr. Frayne Olson, Crop economist and marketing specialist from North Dakota State University, expects the January 12 USDA reports to set a reference point for the markets going forward. Crop inventories, consumption and...
The University of Minnesota Extension will offer a free online class to farm operators on how best to price and market farm goods direct to customers.
The series of three classes will be on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. on Feb. 6, 13 and 20. A self-guided workbook will be available to apply the knowledge to...
Get perched on reading! Challenge yourself to read more this season with the Winter Reading Challenge at the Great River Regional Library.
“Perched on Reading,” the 2024 Winter Reading Challenge begins Monday, January 2, 2024, and runs through Tuesday, February 28.
This challenge provides fun...
Three hands-on educational retreats focused on multi-generational farm transition are being offered across Minnesota.
Multiple generations, spouses, partners and/or other relevant parties of family farms are encouraged to attend the Farm Transition Retreats together for a deep dive into...
Swanville Public School is pleased to announce the December Senior High student of the month, junior Josie Larum. Josie is the daughter of Julianne Peterson and Josh Larum. While at school her favorite part of being there is seeing her friends and having a good variety of classes. She enjoys...
The year 2024 brings the celebration of birth for Kristina Vosen and Anthony Compton, Little Falls, who welcomed their new baby girl, Iela Ann, into the world on January 3, 2024. Iela was born at 1:32 a.m., weighing 7 pounds, 5 ounces, and measuring 20 inches. She is the couple’s first child. The...
American Lutheran Church
215 9th Street SE, Long Prairie
A PLACE TO COME HOME TO…9 a.m. Sunday worship service which is broadcast live on KEYL 1400 AM and 103.1 FM radio and live-streamed on Facebook and posted on our website. Sunday School is at 10:15 a.m. ACTIVITY SCHEDULE: Thursday, Dec. 28: 9 a...
As you scour the seed catalogs and websites for new and favorite flower and vegetable seeds, take time to inventory the seeds you have saved from previous years. You’ll save money by not buying more of the seeds you already have so you’ll have more to spend on something new.
Starting with fresh...
