”Mrs. Ferdinand Luedtke of this city was pronounced dead by the physician last Monday, of apoplexy of the heart. The funeral was to have been …

Springtime is a favored time of year in Minnesota. The long winter is at an end, the sun shines high in the sky, and the copious amount of sno…

Imagine a trail that is little more than two-wheel ruts that cut through the earth. Alongside it are woods, endless marshland filled with rave…

It’s 2022, a year that will mark the 160th anniversary of one of Minnesota’s most historic events — the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.

It was the 1850s. The United States was both on the rise and in a precarious position at the same time. Land in the West was becoming fast ava…

History is a wonderful thing. Like a movie, it’s rife with stories of drama, action, tragedy, suspense, and even a bit of comedy thrown in her…

It was Oct. 20, 1905, a stormy Saturday night in Hutchinson. On such a night as this, a gathering of people braved the storm and crowded into …

It was Oct. 30, 1938. The year was unprecedented in history. All eyes were on Nazi Germany, where nuclear fission had recently been discovered…

It was a normal Friday on Sept. 6, 1907, in Glencoe. Men went about their business, women tended to their homes, and kids did what kids do. Li…

Many years ago, before modern refrigeration, there was a trade practiced across the Upper Midwest. It was the job of harvesting ice, and it wa…