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Area swimming pools opened for the summer earlier this month and the kids wasted no time jumping in! Temperatures shot into the 90s last week making the pools in Fairfax and Morgan the place to be! (Staff photo by Lori Kopischke)
06/16/2026 - 8:00am
Beating the heat!
Area swimming pools opened for the summer earlier this month and the kids wasted no time jumping in! Temperatures shot into the 90s last week making the pools in Fairfax and Morgan the place to be! (Staff photo by Lori Kopischke)  
City & Country Days is here!
A town remembers – 70 years later
Local donations help to further Rieke’s mission
Morgan hosts Pickleball Court Ribbon Cutting
Morgan Council selects new design for water tower

Schools

06/02/2026 - 8:00am
Cedar Mountain School Board hears end-of-year reports
The Cedar Mountain School Board met to conduct regular business on Wednesday, May 20th in Morgan. The agenda was approved and they moved on to review and approve the Consent Agenda, which included fundraiser list for 2026-27 and the following...
GFW School Board discuss shortfall in education funding from State
Reflections and looking ahead at GFW Public Schools
GFW End of the Year Traditions and Celebrations
Senior Essay Winners
Cedar Mountain holds inaugural Hall of Fame inductions

Obituaries

06/12/2026 - 9:45am
DAVID CHARLES SATHER
DAVID CHARLES SATHER July 15, 1934-June 8, 2026 David Charles Sather, age 91, of Redwood Falls, MN, formerly of Franklin, MN went home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 8, 2026, at River Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center in Redwood Falls. ...
HELEN TROCHLIL
DAVID C. SATHER
EILEEN (OTTO) STECHMANN
RUTH ANN LORANG
MERLIN LANDGRAFF

Sports

The 1956 Fairfax Golden Eagles Baseball team – (front row from left) Bat boys Ken Grams and Tom Kist, (second row) Carl Wagner, Marv Huiras, Jim O’Malley, Lyle Uren, Dennis Huiras, Pat O’Malley, (back row) Tom Murnan, Deryl Boyum, Clayton McCoy, Jim Brunner, Jim Dickmeyer and Coach Ray Luce. (File photo)
06/16/2026 - 8:00am
A town remembers – 70 years later
FHS’s first trip to a State Tournament   By Denise Bonsack, Publisher There are few things in a person’s life that stick with them as ‘key’ moments – a wedding, the birth of a child, maybe the death of a parent, and a huge success. Seventy years...
Ruiz, Wersal do well at State Track Meet
Hewitt competes at State Meet
GFW Tracksters compete at Section Meet
River Valley Wildcats find success at section meet
River Valley Wildcats do well in Conference Meet