Local Interest

Workshops will explain opportunities available and path to becoming an approved vendor ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation is offering a virtual and several in-person workshops to small businesses hoping to earn MnDOT contracts for smaller construction projects, maintenance work or needs requiring specific professional technical skills. From tree … [Read more...] about MnDOT offers workshops to small businesses seeking agency contracts

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 3-30-2023 at approximately 7:25 pm, their office received a report of a two-vehicle accident on the Mississippi River Bridge, approximately two miles east of Bowlus, MN in Two Rivers Township. According to the Sheriff’s Office, 54-year-old Robert Bartkowitz of Little Falls, MN was traveling east on Nature Road approaching … [Read more...] about Morrison County Sheriff’s Office March 31, 2023

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 3-29-2023 at approximately 7:29 am, their office received a report of business burglaries in the city of Randall at Building Supply and Vanessa’s Place. According to the Sheriff’s Office, sometime between 6:30 pm on 3-28-2023 and 7:29 am on 3-29-2023 the suspect(s) made entry into Randall Building Supply. Once inside the … [Read more...] about Morrison County Sheriff’s Office March 30, 2023

The statutory end of the snowmobile riding season on grant-in-aid trails is midnight, March 31, when permits with private landowners expire. Snowmobile trails will remain open on public land while weather and snow conditions permit. Riders should be aware that trail grooming operations will cease when conditions are too warm to effectively groom. “We have had great … [Read more...] about Grant-in-aid snowmobile trails close March 31

By Lori Young Someone has been dumping garbage in the ditch (281st Ave.) near Grey Eagle and local residents are requesting that they come back to pick it up. Area residents try to keep the ditches clean and find this very disrespectful. In the photo above, it started as a neat little pile until people started rummaging through it. There is also a bag of garbage under the … [Read more...] about Trash Being Dumped in the Ditches