FOLEY – There comes a time in every baseball player’s career where the mitt feels less snug on the hand and the physical requirements of playing a season-long sport become too exhaustive to overcome.

Concerts from award-winning artists, live performances from skaters and freestyle motocross athletes, and a massive car show with vehicle giveaways to community members in need – Celebrate MN aims to bring St. Cloud and surrounding communities together in August for a free festival like they have never seen before.

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FOLEY – The Benton County 4-H Camp Benton, with a theme of “Making Magic Happen in 4-H,” was a popular event with lots of smiles and laughs and campers learning about themselves.

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FOLEY – Having brought his business to his hometown of Foley in 2003, operating from the Falcon National Bank building a day after the phone lines were installed, Brian Thorsten recently looked back on his two decades as the founder and owner of Thorsten Financial Services Inc. in Foley.

The Benton County Board continues to contemplate key details of a draft cannabis public use ordinance.

In a process that typically happens every eight years, the Foley School Board voted to adopt social studies curriculum for all grades at its July 17 meeting.

At the annual Big Brothers Big Sisters of America National Conference June 27 in Anaheim, California, Ann Matvick was honored with the Brick Award for Program Staff Person of the Year.

PIERZ – As the Gilman community prepares for the city’s premier annual city celebration, Gilman Days, Frank Voigt is preparing his increasingly popular float for the Gilman Days parade.

FOLEY – When Heidi Jeub pioneered the Tiny School of Art and Design in 2019, a mobile art studio that she pulls as a trailer, she had a vision to bring quality instruction and materials to communities that otherwise may not have access.