Morgan Berg News Today

England's state church and the Roman Catholic church just allowed blessings for same-sex couples. But like U.S. Methodists, they face a backlash against modernizing.

The Goodhue County Fair got underway Tuesday with the usual fun for everyone in rural Zumbrota. It ends Saturday with KDHL conducting several live broadcasts.

Led by pitching standout Morgan Berg and region Player of the Year McKenna Mueller, New Kent wins its first-ever softball state championship.

Credit union awards 5 C.O. HS seniors scholarships totaling more than $10,000 EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — SELCO Community Credit Union celebrated the 31st year of its annual scholarship program by awarding $52,500 in college scholarships to 20 graduating high school seniors throughout Oregon, including five students from Central Oregon area schools. Each scholarship recipient will receive $2,500 to use toward college-related expenses, while the inaugural Richard Metzler Opportunity Scholarship re...

Print In an empty nook of the Norwegian Seamen’s Church in San Pedro, long-ago memories bubble up like sea foam. Here, sailors would huddle thousands of miles from home and regale one another with yarns about their lives. In another corner of the church long since repurposed, the seafarers gathered to smoke before settling down to read newspapers from tiny towns in Norway and drink coffee. When they weren’t listening to a Lutheran pastor’s sermons, the mariners found bunks to sleep in, ...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA A Norwegian church in San Pedro honors a saint who brings light to darkness. Fitting in a pandemic [Los Angeles Times] In an empty nook of the Norwegian Seamen’s Church in San Pedro, long-ago memories bubble up like seafoam. Here, sailors used to huddle thousands of miles from home and regale each other with yarns about their lives. In a corner long since repurposed, the seafarers gathered to smoke, read newspapers from tiny towns in Norway and drink coffee. There...

A Norwegian church in San Pedro honors a saint who brings light to darkness. Fitting in a pandemic Lila Seidman © Provided by The LA Times Sunday marked St. Lucias Day, one of the biggest holidays on the Scandinavian calendar. Pastor Morgan Berg, 37, led an outdoor service at the Norwegian Seamens Church. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) In an empty nook of the Norwegian Seamen’s Church in San Pedro, long-ago memories bubble up like sea foam. Here, sailors would hu...