Mark Ollig’s grandmother, Marie Antoinette (née King) Ollig, operates the Winsted Telephone Company’s Monarch legacy model switchboard in the early 1930s (likely around 1932). The movable ...

The commissioners unanimously approved a plan that will meet state law requirements for county employees for the Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) employee benefit. The commissioners evaluated plans ...

Notice is hereby given of a hearing regarding a Planning and Zoning request in Jessenland Township, Sibley County, Minnesota. The hearing will take place at 7:00 p.m. Monday, August 18, 2025 at the ...

Hutchinson police say they were dispatched to Novation Credit Union on Hassan Street following a report of a man trying to cash a $3,875 check. Officers say 33-year-old Jacob Allen Soppa was taken ...

Mary A. Ott, 73, of Green Isle, MN, passed unexpectedly Wednesday, July 30, 2025. Mary left her family with all of them knowing how much she loved them. She will be sorrily missed. Mary was born to ...

It’s about how our school districts are losing over $74 million in federal education funding, a result of what the US Department of Education has essentially held hostage. On the surface, some might ...

The Sibley County Board of Commissioners gathered for their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday in the commissioners’ board room of the Sibley County Court House.Agenda items that garnered the most ...

Mary A. Ott, 73, of Green Isle, MN, passed unexpectedly Wednesday, July 30, 2025. A funeral service will take place Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, at 11 a.m. at St. Brendan’s Catholic Church in Green Isle.

True to the movie’s message, over the past several decades, plastics have become ubiquitous. But lately there’s been concern over their health impact as they make their way inside human bodies because ...

Green Isle native and Sibley East alum Lily Beneke recently completed her award-winning track and field career at Minnesota State-Mankato. Lily Beneke capped off an outstanding collegiate track and ...

Mark Ollig’s selfie with the Brainerd water tower. Photos by Mark Ollig. After a visit with my son and his family, who recently moved to the Brainerd Lakes Area, I headed to the north end of Gull Lake ...

95 Years Ago, July 31, 1930 Louis Kill, Editor Fred Soeffker of Arlington Township lost a horse during the lightning and rainstorm last Friday night. A bolt of lightning entered the barn and struck ...