Emmons News

As the 2013 Minnesota legislative session winds down, lawmakers are expected to pass a budget bill in the coming days.

Writes The Crone's Daughter: "My dad, who died several years ago at the age of 91, told about his experience after the bombing of Pearl Harbor: "He, like all the other young men in his small Northern Minnesota town, had enlisted in the Army prior to the bombing.

A visitor walking into the gymnasium at Lanesboro High School might notice a couple of unique things.

The Brainerd District grades 6-8 oral spelling bee will be 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Forestview Middle School/Cafetorium. Nisswa Garden Club will meet Thursday at Ernie's on Gull.

Jeanette Mae Herfendahl, age 98, of Fairmont, Minn., formerly of the Emmons area, died Thursday, Jan.