With another successful Fourth of July Race behind him, 95-year-old Bob Hagstrom is already looking ahead to next year. The ...

Because the unworn dresses in my closet feel like promises to myself, waiting to be fulfilled. Someday, I will be asked to go ...

The headline read, Public Land Sell-Off In Senate Defeated After National Uprising By Hunters, Anglers, and Public Land ...

I haven’t been on a rollercoaster since I was 15 years old. I went to Six Flags in Illinois with my mom, sister, and my late ...

The fiber expansion involves boring or plowing new lines along roadways, installing pedestals and control boxes, and eventually connecting homes. Once finished, most of Scandia’s homes, especially ...

During summer, the population in the area increases as our summer friends come to visit. It’s the ideal time to celebrate the ...

Readers of the Country Messenger have nominated businesses and individuals in seven categories: eating and drinking, sports and recreation, health and fitness, shopping, arts and entertainment, local ...

Did you know that the Federal Government wants to sell three million acres of your public lands? In a proposal released by ...

From July 2 to July 9, nine residents of Scandia will travel to our sister city of Mellerud, Sweden, as part of the ongoing ...

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Jacob Fahlstrom arrived in Minnesota before Fort Snelling was built, spent decades making history. After Jacob Fahlstrom’s boyhood in Sweden, then several years working for the British in what’s now ...

Washington County Board of Commissioners approved an agreement to initialize the acquisition to purchase approximately 240 acres of land formerly owned by Kelley Land and Cattle Co. (also known as ...