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NORTHFIELD a ' The city Public Works Department has declared a snow emergency beginning Wednesday at 10 p.m. while the Minnesota Department of Transportation has extended its travel advisory for the area through midnight.

Ben and Linda Lind prefer to kick their way through winter with the same mode of transportation used by their hardy Scandinavian ancestors.

Caledonia Police Chief Randy Schefelbine discusses policy issues with the city council, as Councilman Bob Standish and City Administrator Bob Nelson listen.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Caledonia's Winter Wonderland celebration just wouldn't be complete without the Houston County Historical Society's Old Fashioned Christmas.

Companies can grow despite the recession and even get financial incentives for doing so if they know where to look.

Four people, including two children, were injured early Saturday morning in what police described as a domestic shooting in a Madison duplex.

Share + Nov 27, 2009 8:05 am US/Central HOUSTON, Minn. 1 of 1 It's in high need.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor and T.W. Budig ECM Capitol reporter "We've received enough vaccines to go ahead with limited flu shot clinics in the schools.

United South Central Schools Superintendent Jerry Jensen got a big surprise last month.

We currently have 19 criminal sex crimes under investigation here. Thata s more than we had in a year when I worked in Austin, which has over 20,000 people,a said Caledonia Police Chief Kurt Zehnder during the Nov.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Approximately $2,080 in cash and credit card receipts were taken from the safe at the Caledonia Liquor Store sometime between closing time Friday night Oct.

Nine out of 10 southeastern Minnesota counties have property tax rates below the state average, says a report released Thursday by the Minnesota Taxpayers Association.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Using a portion of the old saying "You can't fight City Hall," Houston County Sheriff Doug Ely informed the county board there really isn't a lot the county can do regarding Mn/DOT increasing the speed limits through Sheldon and Black Hammer.

By Craig Moorhead Special for the Argus At the Oct. 19 meeting of the ISD #299 Board of Education winter sports coaching contracts, snow removal and other seasonal issues were on the agenda, along with budget concerns.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Sometimes the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

A metal pole shed containing 350 big round bales was a total loss following a fire at the Burdell Hahn farm in Yucatan Township.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Houston County continued to receive good news concerning construction costs of the justice center, which will be built in downtown Caledonia beginning next spring.

A Richfield title company owner has been charged by federal prosecutors with misappropriating $470,000 in fees from hundreds of property transactions and failing to file accurate 2007 income tax forms, according to documents made public Wednesday.

Members of Tri-County Electric Cooperative enrolled in Operation Round Up recently gave $5,640 in donations to worthy causes in September.

Houston Countya TMs planning and implementation of an impending H1N1 epidemic and vaccination clinics received a boost from the federal government last week.