RIDGEWAY, Minn. - A century ago, there was no Lutheran church in Ridgeway, just an ill woman's request for communion in an out-of-the-way rural town.

St. John’s Lutheran Church, Palmerton, celebrated its 225th anniversary on Sunday with a service of Holy Communion. More than 100 people celebrated the occasion, said the Rev. Kenneth T. Melber Jr., ...

This year is the 100th anniversary for the Mirror Lake Inn. “There's a certain feel and there's a certain personal touch that that transcends time. It transcends the trends that are going on,” ...