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Remembering a 1902 storm that killed Brandon teacher, pupil

The tornado struck at approximately 1 p.m. on May 20, 1902. ....

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Alexandria's Lake Ida named by inventor, author and rambler

The journey of Myron Coloney. ....

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The rise and fall of the man who named Lake Darling in Alexandria

Andreas Darling was a "rolling stone" and a larger-than-life adventurer until his murder by a gang of "bushwhackers" on a Missouri farm. ....

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133 years ago a shootout in Minnesota left one Millerville Township man dead

133 years ago a shootout in Minnesota left one Millerville Township man dead
At the center of it was a “very unlucky man” named Henry Schecher, according to Brittany Johnson, director of the Douglas County Historical Society.
Written By: Al Edenloff
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The grave of Henry Schecher, a suspect in a deadly shooting in Millerville 133 years ago, is in the Kinkead Cemetery in Alexandria. (Celeste Edenloff / Echo Press)
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. This is a story of a heated land dispute, a deadly encounter involving a one-armed suspect, a murder trial, allegations of a buried gun, and ultimately, redemption.
It all played out on a small plot of Minnesota farmland in the southeast corner of Millerville Township back in 1888. ....

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133 years ago a shootout in Minnesota left one Millerville Township man dead

133 years ago a shootout in Minnesota left one Millerville Township man dead
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