Plainview News

If Charles Dickens had lived in northern Minnesota, he might have written "A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol." When: Nov.

Clark A. Schroeder received his Master's degree from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.

Fox is looking for recipes using the other white meat...submit yours for a coupon towards your next pork purchase from Wabasha County Pork Producers! October is National Pork Month! If you enjoy cooking with the other white meat, then share your favorite recipe with us and we'll give you a coupon good for $5 dollars towards *any pork product.

Driving cross-country in the family station wagon is part of American culture, and has been the subject of countless movies, sitcom episodes and nostalgic reveries.

Last week as I was wrapping up the stories we published in the Weekend edition on panhandlers in Rochester, a woman called to complain about "homeless" men who live in her building and panhandle for money near Apache Mall.

It is a sweet spot for Minnesota, especially in Rochester and Plainview. Processing or "packing" sweet corn and peas into cans or freezer bags is a major industry in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, the No.

They've finally seen the light at the Jon Hassler Theater in Plainview -- at least that's what supporters of the theater are hoping.

Sara McCabe of St. Charles, a daughter. Tuesday Aug. 18, 2009 Ehssan Gibreel and Saadelin Suliman of Rochester, a son.

"Wisecracks From My Father," a one-woman play based on the stories of a kindly -- and busy -- obstetrician, will be presented Friday and Saturday at the Jon Hassler Theater in Plainview.

An Elgin man allegedly shot another man's car in rural Plainview on June 29 because he was upset with the car's owner.

An Elgin man allegedly shot another man's car in rural Plainview on June 29 because he was upset with the car's owner.

An Elgin man allegedly shot another man's car in rural Plainview on June 29 because he was upset with the car's owner.

If at first you don't succeed, try and try again. It's not exactly Shakespeare, but that maxim hasn't been lost on Carter Martin, general manager of the Jon Hassler Theater in Plainview.

ELBA James Burke, 15, nervously sat on his grandfather's vintage Oliver 60 tractor Monday, his feet on the clutch and gas pedal.

One of our enterprising readers has figured out "the number" of the Web site on which the Obama administration announces stimulus projects.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced several more recalls of products containing possibly tainted non-fat dry milk.

July 10, 2009 - Kesso Foods, Inc. of East Elmhurst, NY is voluntarily recalling 8 oz.

July 7, 2009 - Calico Cottage, Inc. of Amityville, NY is voluntarily recalling 10 oz.

FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties.

Possible salmonella contamination has prompted a recall of some products containing non-fat dry milk, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.