Rice News

A photograph in Frank Espada's book "The Puerto Rican Diaspora" shows a faintly smiling man sporting a button that declares, "We Try Harder." That detail easily applies to the subjects in the impressive portfolio Mr.

Student absentee numbers are getting closer to normal throughout St. Cloud metro area schools.

Sartell Mayor Tim O'Driscoll has filed paperwork to run for the Republican nomination for the state House of Representatives seat held by Dan Severson, R-Sauk Rapids.

On Aug. 30, volunteers working with the St. Cloud chapter of Radio Emergency Associated Communication Team conducted the 2009 Benton County K-9 Golf Tournament at Wapicada Golf Club.

If you want a dinner of rice and beans, and a glance inside the cupboard reveals only rice, you may have to ask a neighbor to supply the meal's other key ingredient.

Jan Wicks of Clearwater got a chance to look face-to-face and talk issues with seven Republican candidates for governor.

SAUK RAPIDS - Want to meet the Republican candidates for governor? The Benton County Republican Party on Thursday will give you eight minutes with each of them.

The number of St. Cloud school students who have been hospitalized with the flu rose to four today, school officials said.

This is a good week for those on a tight budget. Events include two really cool arts shows in one space, two huge art crawls, and a even some free ballet.

SAUK RAPIDS - Rep. Dan Severson of Sauk Rapids has filed the paperwork to explore a campaign for secretary of state.

ST. PAUL - During a challenging time for Minnesota's dairy industry, the spotlight shifted to the future generation at the inaugural Minnesota 4-H Dairy Showcase.

A Rice man was arrested early Sunday after a woman reported being stabbed with a pocket knife.

MELROSE - There were 182 descendants of Edward Gilman of Caston, Norfolk, England, who gathered for a family reunion July 26 in Melrose.

Mary Carlson & Robert Langner, both of Rice, are happy to announce their engagement & forthcoming wedding.

Kindergartners in three St. Cloud schools with growing minority populations will take math and reading tests this year to help the school district get a better handle on a success gap between white and minority students.

A teacher at Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School has been charged in Benton County District Court with providing alcohol to students.

In 1956, at the age of nineteen, Rosa Morrone was almost past the prime marrying age in her native town, Polla, south of Naples, Italy.

WAITE PARK - Sally Kinney and Audrey Speed have a simple prescription for long-term health: golf, and lots of it.

RICE - The young tortoiseshell cat purred as she rubbed against Jan Hovda on a sunny summer day.

RICE - The young tortoiseshell cat purred as she rubbed against Jan Hovda on a sunny summer day.