Over the past year, members of our communities, people across the state, and even people living across the nation, as well as other continents, have had more opportunities than typical to view the Aurora Borealis, otherwise known as the Northern Lights. The views can be visible through a camera lens, and in some instances are […]
Morris Area High School Students, along with the help of the St. Mary’s 6th grade class worked together to gather and organize items donated to the toy drive and clothing tree donations that were sponsored by the Morris Area Women of Today last week. The goal of the drive is to provide gifts for children
In recent years, food costs have increased at an alarming rate. According to the US Department of Agriculture, prices for food at home rose 11.4% in 2022, and that was on top of the 3.5% increases seen in 2020 and 2021. 2022’s increase was the largest annual increase in food prices since the 1980s. Inflation
Stevens County Food Shelf provides resources in and around the community Read More »
A new business has opened its doors in Morris. North Country Counseling, founded and owned by Charline Bengston, opened in October in Morris. Bengston began the business in 2017 in Glenwood, later opening a location in Alexandria that closed its in-person services during Covid. Bengston wanted to provide mental health services for rural areas specifically
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At nearly 106 years old, David Jergenson has quite the life story to tell. A native of Cyrus, Jergenson served in World War II and now shares his stories with those who are willing to listen. Jergenson has told his story to Pioneer PBS, given speeches to school assemblies, and most recently visited with Representative
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In 1993, a store called John’s Sportcards and Comics opened in a small building in what is now the Willie’s Supervalu parking lot. The owner of the store, John Amundson, was interested in sportcards and memorabilia, and says that comics kind of came with the territory. During this time, a new game called Magic the
Always on the cusp of pop culture: John’s Total Entertainment celebrates 30 years Read More »
The Stevens County Historical Society and Museum gained a new executive director five years ago when Cam Erickson joined the team on Oct. 1, 2018. Originally from Verndale, Erickson lived in southern Minnesota for at least 25 years before relocating to Morris when she married Deron Erickson. Erickson has a background of teaching, and owning
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Brooke Malek uses her faith to guide her in many aspects of her life, including exercise. 15 years ago she felt called to run. She began by using a treadmill and then met some friends who taught her how to run outside. From there, she began forming friendships around running and support for running. As
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At the age of 17, Joe Dalen decided he wanted to be a mechanic. His grandparents lived between Cyrus and Starbuck and always brought their vehicles to Scott Estenson for repair and maintenance work, so that’s where Joe went to get his start. He worked summers through high school and the end of college in
Hard work, passion, and some sweat equity lead to opening of Dalen Repair in Morris Read More »
Sarlettes Music in downtown Morris is celebrating 70 years of serving the community musicians and music students. In 1953, Walt and Florence Sarlette opened the doors of Sarlettes Music in 1953. Originally located on West 6th St. in a building where McGinnis Appliance now stands, the music store was in a two-story building known as
Music to our ears: Sarlettes Music celebrates seven decades in business Read More »