Alexandria News

Alexandria, Minn-The all volunteer Alexandria fire department runs emergency drills every Monday night to ensure their readiness for emergencies.

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. - "He was always I'd say a humble soul, even when he won the region in cross country," Len Didier of Alexandria said.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is seeking comments on an Environmental Assessment Worksheet and an Air Emissions Permit for a proposed expansion of the Pope/Douglas waste-to-energy facility in Alexandria.

NATO forces found the bodies of three military contractors Tuesday who had been missing for two weeks, after their plane disappeared.

A Bemidji, Minn., native was one of three people to die in an Army reconnaissance plane crash two weeks ago in northeastern Afghanistan.

A jury in Douglas County court found 28-year-old James Brown of Alexandria, guilty of commiting a drive by shooting.

Owner Dave Langhoff runs shady Rest Resort, a "mom and pop" group of cabins on Lake Amelia just South of Alexandria, MN.

Many Scandinavian-Americans hold it as an article of faith, or at least reason enough to ignore Columbus Day: A rock plucked from roots of a tree in Minnesota in 1898 proves the Vikings were here first.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will host a public meeting on a proposed expansion of the Pope/Douglas waste-to-energy facility on Tuesday, Nov.

The Alexandria Police Department has taken reports of $100 counterfeit bills being passed around two different convenience stores in the City of Alexandria.

VA Flu Shots Schedule The St. Cloud VA will offer seasonal flu shots at all of their locations on the dates listed below.a There is no co-pay required for a flu shot.

Seasonal flu shots will no longer be available to the spouses of veterans on Tuesday and Wednesday at the St.

Cool weather has delayed at least one construction project in St. Cloud. A plan to close Ninth/10th Avenue on Monday evening for road construction was canceled.

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.- The YMCA has raised $8,165,000 dollars for the new facility, and that total is $600,000 higher than it was just a few days ago thanks to the late Maynard "Bud" Peterson and his family.

Members of the Otter Tail Lakes Property Owners Association and Otter Tail County Coalition of Lake Associations know that invasive species will be the main concern as the groups close out 2009 and prepare for 2010.

Lee & Vickie Olmschenk of Alexandria, MN, & Bruce & Jan Brock of the Netherlands, announce the marriage of their daughter Melissa Brock to Douglas Diedrichsen, son of Rich & Cathy Diedrichsen, of St.

Howard F. Almich, age 79, of Le Sueur, died at his home in rural Le Sueur on Thursday, Sept.

The VA Medical Center in St. Cloud will offer seasonal flu shots to veterans who receive their health care at the St.

Submitted by Kristin Holtz on September 23, 2009 - 7:12pm. Weddings Beeson-Wockenfuss Jill Renee Beeson and Erick Paul Wockenfuss were married June 6, 2009, at Turtlea s Social Centre in Shakopee.

Flu shots will be available this week for veterans at St. Cloud VA Medical Center.