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This week in history in Douglas County.

Seventeen teams participated in a night of comradery and fun to raise dollars to support health, education and financial stability.

Companies show public and job-seekers what they're all about during Tour of Manufacturing.

On Monday, Sept. 27, the Alexandria Area Community Foundation honored Jeanne Batesole and Vern and Judy Anderson with the Ruth McDonald Award in Philanthropy.

Our homecoming week helped highlight the start of the school year: dress up days, fireworks, hall of fame induction and the community parade helped create a fun week.

Council closes meeting to discuss investigative data The council voted to close a portion of the meeting to discuss "active investigative data," which is allowed under Minnesotas open meeting laws. According to the brief explanation in the councils meeting packet, city staff requested the opportunity to update one active investigation. No other details were given. Alexandria Police Chief Scott Kent was at the meeting. Tabled request for transient license approved The council issued a transient...

Alexander Oskar Holverson grew up in Douglas County and still has relatives locally. Written By: Karen Tolkkinen | × The Holverson brothers, taken in April 1911, one year before the Titanic sank, from left: Sidney, Henry, Alexander and Walter. (Contributed) It’s been 109 years since the RMS Titanic sank in the icy Atlantic, and the memory of an Alexandria man who perished that day lives on. Alexander Oskar Holverson, who grew up in Urness Township and Alexandria in Douglas C...

This week in history in Douglas County. Written By: Rachel Barduson | 2:00 pm, Mar. 3, 2021 This week in 1971, 50 years ago: Over 200 people were “snowed in” following the Region Six wrestling tournaments in Alexandria when a blizzard struck. Teams and fans found they couldn’t leave when blowing snow closed most of the highways in the area so they bedded down in the Jefferson High School gymnasium. People slept on wrestling mats and bleachers throughout the night, according to Hig...

Kansas Profiles: Getting attached at Kipp Ron Wilson Special to The Kansan Those who own skid-steer loaders point out that these industrial machines can have many uses. Perhaps their only limitation is the type of equipment that can be attached to those skid steers. These attachments can pull posts, wind wire, cut trees, dig trenches, mix concrete and more.  Today we’ll learn about an innovative rural Kansas business that specializes in designing attachments for those skid steer loaders, whi...

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