Silver Lake News

Logan Charles Dettmer of Swea City, Iowa, previously of Trimont, Minn., passed away suddenly at Fairmont Medical Center Sunday evening, May 11, 2008.

The filing period is closed, and among the candidates of local interest are former Lester Prairie Mayor Eric Angvall filing for state representative in District 18A, and former McLeod County Administrator Nan ...

A mother of young children. A retired corporate executive. A victim of violent crime.

Three men who made their marks in football headline the 2008 Class of Inductees into the KDUZ/KARP Sports Hall of Fame.

The election this year features numerous state representatives, county commissioner seats, as well as big ticket positions such as US senate, US vice president and president.

Rochester police arrested two men who possessed firearms during the July 4 fireworks display in downtown Rochester on Friday, a police spokesman said.

Setting up some type of gate access to the downtown Rochesterfest grounds and enforcing a dress code are two measures Rochester police are eyeing to increase security next year.

Team wins championship Congratulations to the Fairmont Area boys track and field team for its impressive victory in the state meet last weekend.

Workers are constructing the roundabout at County Road 10 and Highway 7 at a feverish pace.

It's been seven weeks since State Highway 7 between Silver Lake and St. Bonifacius was closed for construction, causing a long detour for motorists traveling between Hutchinson and the Twin Cities.

A severe car accident took place Wednesday - just days before graduation for HLWW - with four Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted seniors involved, as they returned from the section track meet on Highway 55 near ...

On the same day that one Wright County crash victim is scheduled for surgery, another will be remembered at a church gathering.

One of the four high school seniors involved in a deadly traffic collision in Wright County will be unable to walk for months, and there is uncertainty about the extent of her head injuries, her family says.

A car full of high school seniors collided with a pickup after pulling in front of the truck at a Wright County intersection, killing one of the teens and leaving two others in the car in critical condition, ...

The Minnesota Valley Lutheran boys and girls each placed third at the subsection track and field meet.

Two legislative sessions, 24 months, 730 days - however you measure it, the toughest part of the inaugural term for Ron Shimanski as the McLeod District representative came to a close this past week as the 2008 ...

When: 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday. Presentation at 7:10 p.m. Where: Cronin Home, 825 West Silver Lake Drive N.E. in Rochester.

“We are all inconvenienced by this. We just have to make the best of it until the end of the season and hope that things go smoothly”

Pond installation and widening of the roadway between Highway 25 and Carver County Road 10 are the latest phase of the Highway 7 construction project, MnDOT Engineer Kelly Brunkhorst said during the weekly ... via Herald Journal

All six McLeod County parks will officially open Thursday, May 1. Park hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. The parks are Buffalo Creek in Glencoe, Swan Lake by Silver Lake, William May Park near Winsted, Stahl's Lake ... via Hutchinson Leader - Newspaper and onl...

“Take the Plunge -- Volunteer for clean water”

If you think of Earth Day like the earth's birthday, you'd probably agree she's looking pretty good for 4.5 billion, but she could look even better. via Post-Bulletin