• News

    Willows complex looks for early 2026 completion

    Steve Prinsen Staff Writer For many years, Annandale faced a shortage of apartments, but in 2019 property management firm INH Properties of Waite Park built Pintail Ponds, a 51-unit apartment complex on Annandale’s south side [...]
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    Finding balance and each other

    Wendy Storkamp Correspondent What do you think of when you think of the word balance?  Do you think of standing on one foot with the hopes of not falling over?  Do you think of the [...]
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    Cardinals trap team caps season at state

    Ryan Bergeron Managing Editor The Annandale Cardinals trap team capped not only its season but also the entire spring sports season. By virtue of the team’s performance at the Minnesota Trap Shooting Championship, held June [...]
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    The Fourth of July Celebration has kicked off

    Wendy Storkamp Correspondent Riley Fournier and Becky Gunnarson stood on the back patio of Southbrook Golf Club on the evening of Friday, June 27, looking at each other, both slightly out of breath. The last [...]

News

News

Willows complex looks for early 2026 completion

Steve Prinsen Staff Writer For many years, Annandale faced a shortage of apartments, but in 2019 property management firm INH Properties of Waite Park built Pintail Ponds, a 51-unit apartment complex on Annandale’s south side […]

News

Finding balance and each other

Wendy Storkamp Correspondent What do you think of when you think of the word balance?  Do you think of standing on one foot with the hopes of not falling over?  Do you think of the […]

News

Cardinals trap team caps season at state

Ryan Bergeron Managing Editor The Annandale Cardinals trap team capped not only its season but also the entire spring sports season. By virtue of the team’s performance at the Minnesota Trap Shooting Championship, held June […]

Sports

News

Cardinals trap team caps season at state

Ryan Bergeron Managing Editor The Annandale Cardinals trap team capped not only its season but also the entire spring sports season. By virtue of the team’s performance at the Minnesota Trap Shooting Championship, held June […]

Sports

Sal Wirth defends 3,200-meter state title

Ryan Bergeron Managing Editor Eight Annandale Cardinal track and field student-athletes–covering nine events– represented the program at the Class AA Track and Field State Championships from St. Michael-Albertville High School, June 11 and 12, some […]

Obituaries

  • Marlin Duane Holm

    Marlin Duane Holm, of South Haven, Minn., passed away peacefully on July 3, 2025, at the age of 93. Born on May 27, 1932, in South Haven, Marlin lived a full and joyful life marked [...]
  • Brenda Rolfhus

    Brenda Joyce (Naumann) Rolfhus, 81, of Paynesville passed away peacefully with family by her side on Monday, June 23, 2025, due to complications of stage four lung cancer. Service will be held at Nordland Lutheran [...]
  • Timothy J. Helms

    Timothy J. Helms, age 68, of Annandale passed away after a short illness on June 23, 2025, at the Annandale Care Center, joining his parents and sister in heaven. A committal service will be held [...]
  • Doris Kaskinen

    Doris Ann Kaskinen, 92, of French Lake, Minn., passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at her home in French Lake surrounded by her loving family. Doris was born July 30, 1932 to Nels [...]
  • Russlie Froemming

    Russlie D. Froemming, age 90, of Silver Lake, formerly of Annandale, died Monday, June 16, 2025 at Cedar Crest Assisted Living. Funeral Services will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 28, 2025, at Buffalo United [...]

Community

  • Area runners take on Boston

    Steve Prinsen Staff Writer Every distance runner’s dream is to run a marathon, 26.2 miles, and a runner’s ultimate dream would be to qualify for the Boston Marathon and compete in the historic event. Subscribe [...]
  • Highway 55 open house on April 3 well attended

    Steve Prinsen Staff Writer A crowd estimated at more than 100 city and area residents attended the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOT) and the City of Annandale’s Highway 55 road construction project open house Thursday, [...]
  • It’s Expo time

    By Steve Prinsen Staff Writer Final preparations are underway for the 27th Annandale Expo Saturday, April 5, at Annandale High School. The Expo runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and it will feature about [...]

Opinion

  • To find nature, take a look

    by Stan Tekiela www.naturesmart.com The key to “seeing” nature is to stop and look. I know that seems rather obvious but it’s true. The simple act of stopping and looking is really all it takes [...]
  • An amazing shorebird

    Last week while leading a photo workshop in warm and sunny Florida, I was walking down a long stretch of beach with my group of photographers in tow. The sun had just come up spreading [...]
  • Amazing Woodpeckers

    Stan Tekiela Nature Smart Once again, I found myself sitting outside in my small photo blind trying to capture a handful of images of birds in a winter/snowy setting. The temperatures where a balmy minus [...]

Legal Notices

  • Legal Notices – July 16, 2025

    SUMMONS State of Minnesota County of Wright District Court Tenth Judicial District Court File Number 86-FA-25-2594 Case Type: Dissolution without child In Re the Marriage of: Serenity Holt, Petitioner and Mark David Holt, Respondent THE [...]
  • Legal Notices – July 9, 2025

    SUMMONS State of Minnesota County of Wright District Court Tenth Judicial District Court File Number 86-FA-25-2594 Case Type: Dissolution without child In Re the Marriage of: Serenity Holt, Petitioner and Mark David Holt, Respondent THE [...]
  • Legal Notices – July 2, 2025

    SUMMONS State of Minnesota County of Wright District Court Tenth Judicial District Court File Number 86-FA-25-2594 Case Type: Dissolution without child In Re the Marriage of: Serenity Holt, Petitioner and Mark David Holt, Respondent THE [...]