Battle Lake News Archives

This weekend if you are looking for great shopping deals, a way to help out someone else, or a fun fitness activity, youa re in luck! Crazy Days will take over Fergus Falls Thursday through Sunday, while Chief Wenonga Days will be the main attraction in Battle Lake.

Forty years ago today, on July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 Commander Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Lunar Module pilot, set foot on the moon.

Fergus Falls Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment science scores indicate local students are hovering right around state averages.

DFL Candidate for Governor Matt Entenza, former Minnesota State House DFL Leader, will make a campaign stop in Battle Lake for a potluck picnic meet-and-greet on Wednesday, July 22.

If you're coming back from the lake this weekend, let's hope you have better luck than the drivers who got stranded during last Sunday's nine-hour closure of Interstate 94.

Is anyone else depressed from hearing so much about the misery in America? Even though we know there isn't much to be hopeful or joyful about, it might be nice to hear news that isn't totally about economic malaise or the alleged "good news" television stations are airing, full of tips as to how we can survive this recession.

The Phelps Mill Festival 25th Anniversary Celebration will be held this Saturday and Sunday.

One hundred years ago on July 7 in a small North Dakota town, Ethel Nelson was born at her parents' home.

Hundreds of people visited the Regional Treatment Center Tuesday for the auction of former city and campus property.

Celebrations begin in Erhard with a parade at 11 a.m., with evening fireworks shows scheduled in New York Mills and Perham.