Grasston News

Motorists will encounter a detour on Highway 107 at Grasston, in Kanabec County starting July 6 as crews begin reconstruction of the Snake River bridge.

By Rachel Kytonen rachel.kytonen@ecm-inc.com She has a skip in her step, is wise as an owl and is busy as a bee-and she's turning 90 years old this Friday.

Minnesotaa TMs Department of Transportation unveiled its 2009 construction list last week.

Melissa R. Sunderland was originally charged with one count of repeated sexual assault of same child, for multiple sexual assaults against a 15-year-old boy, twice at his grandmother's house in Wood River Township and once in Pine City.

The highway department has closed portions of Kanabec County Roads 17 near Grasston and 14 near Fish Lake due to flooding.

The timeline is challenging. Half of the funds for the projects must be committed within 120 days.

Gustaf Alfred Hellzen, Jr. a oeKing Vasaa passed away on February 14, 2009 peacefully at his home in Mora, Minnesota.

By Rachel Kytonen rachel.kytonen@ecm-inc.com Next time you look up and see a blue and white, 1966 Citaborea tail dragger, it just might be 67-year-old Retta Nelson sitting in the cockpit.

Local governments adopted their fiscal year 2009 budgets last week but did so knowing that what may be significant cuts in state aid disbursements are on the horizon - cuts which have the potential to take a ...

Governor Tim Pawlenty has announced plans to bridge what he said was a $426 million budget shortfall for 2008.

Their hand forced by the state legislature, Kanabec County commissioners repealed a tax on local gravel production last week.