• News

    Staff honored for service

    By Tom Westman Staff Writer Four Annandale School District support staff members were honored in November for their outstanding work. They were among 137 educational support staff from across Central Minnesota honored by Resource Training [...]
  • News

    Bid OKed for road project

    By Steve Prinsen Managing Editor The Annandale City Council  took steps at its Monday, April 8, meeting to move forward with a major street construction project to residential streets south of Highway 55, including Highland [...]
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    Three Cardinals moving on to State

    By Wendy Storkamp Correspondent And then there were three. Three Annandale High School Speech team competitors will compete at the State tournament on Friday, April 19, at Shakopee High School. And there’s the wonderfully large [...]
  • News

    Housing projects moving forward

    By Steve Prinsen Managing Editor The Annandale City continues to move forward with a pair of housing projects that  will add capacity to its growing community. At the Monday, April 8, monthly meeting, the council [...]
  • News

    BPA students do well at State, prepare for more

    By Wendy Storkamp Correspondent What does BPA stand for? “Better. Proud. Amazing life skills!” declared Annandale Activities Director, Sam Lepa. Actually, BPA stands for Business Professionals of America, but he is not totally wrong. The [...]

News

News

Staff honored for service

By Tom Westman Staff Writer Four Annandale School District support staff members were honored in November for their outstanding work. They were among 137 educational support staff from across Central Minnesota honored by Resource Training […]

News

Bid OKed for road project

By Steve Prinsen Managing Editor The Annandale City Council  took steps at its Monday, April 8, meeting to move forward with a major street construction project to residential streets south of Highway 55, including Highland […]

News

Three Cardinals moving on to State

By Wendy Storkamp Correspondent And then there were three. Three Annandale High School Speech team competitors will compete at the State tournament on Friday, April 19, at Shakopee High School. And there’s the wonderfully large […]

Sports

Sports

Cardinals off to a hot start

By Logan Brunner Sports Correspondent Annandale’s best runners, jumpers, and throwers got off to a hot start this track and field season. Their first meet of the spring was held just down the road in […]

Sports

Cardinals end season in semis against Albany

By Logan Brunner Sports Correspondent The girls basketball playoff run met an unfortunate end Wednesday, March 6. The Cards faced the powerhouse program from Albany. Being one of the most dominant forces in girls basketball […]

Obituaries

  • Betty Jean Moffitt

    Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, at the First Presbyterian Church at 340 5th Avenue South, St. Cloud, Minnesota, for Betty Jean Moffitt, age 77. She died on Tuesday, [...]
  • Dale A. Raustadt

    Dale A. Raustadt, age 81, of Maple Lake, entered the presence of his Savior on Sunday, April 14, 2024. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 26, at Heartland Evangelical Free Church, [...]
  • Arvid ‘Arv’ A. Klemz

    Arvid “Arv” A. Klemz, age 86, of Buffalo, Minnesota and formerly of Maple Lake, Minnesota (Sugar Lake) was taken home by the Lord on Sunday, April 7, 2024 surrounded by his loving wife Pam and [...]
  • Linnea Grovender

    Linnea (Nelson) Grovender age 89, of St. Anthony, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Maris Grovender; parents, Walter and Alice Nelson; siblings, Wilford Ray Nelson, [...]
  • Gloria J. Nelson

    Gloria J. Nelson, age 72, of Annandale, formerly of Maple Grove, died on Monday, April 8, 2024, of an aggressive form of bile duct cancer at Robbinsdale North Memorial Hospital surrounded by the love and [...]

Community

  • Calling all hot dish lovers

    By Brenda Erdahl Staff Writer The “Hot Dish Hotties,” aka the American Legion Post 131 Auxiliary Club, have been pouring through their cookbooks and will soon be slaving over a hot stove once again in [...]
  • Holiday Train arrives Dec. 13

    By Brenda Erdahl and Tom Westman Staff Writers The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train returns to Central Minnesota this year with a stop  in  Annandale on Wednesday, Dec. 13. Subscribe to the Annandale Advocate to read [...]
  • Main Street Holiday Saturday

    Main Street Holiday is a welcome tradition in Annandale’s downtown. Residents and visitors can count on a festive afternoon and early evening to get in the holiday spirit. The event is planned for Saturday, Dec. [...]

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 – April 17, 2024

    MINUTES ANNANDALE CITY COUNCIL March 18, 2024 CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: The City Council of Annandale, Minnesota met for a regular meeting on February 12, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. at the City Hall Council Chambers. [...]
  • Legal Notices – April 10, 2024

    STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF WRIGHT TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION Court File No. 86-PR-24-1365 Estate of LaVerna Muriel Anderson a/k/a LaVerna M. Anderson, Decedent NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR PROBATE OF [...]
  • Legal Notices – April 3, 2024

    STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF WRIGHT TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION Court File No. 86-PR-24-1365 Estate of LaVerna Muriel Anderson a/k/a LaVerna M. Anderson, Decedent NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR PROBATE OF [...]