Area News

“Celebrate the Bold North” is the theme for Gaylord’s 2021 Eggstravaganza, which will be held Thursday through Sunday. A full schedule is planned for the four-day celebration, that was postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Friday morning breakfast, coronation and the Saturday night dance are free with an Egg days button.

Here are your 2021 candidates…. Alondra Cardenas is the daughter of Adan and Claudia Cardenas. Alondra will be a senior at Sibley East High School this fall. She loves to babysit, helping around the house and especially enjoys fixing cars. After graduation she plans to attend college for auto mechanics. Alondra is sponsored by Brick…

A construction crew found this unoccupied Nissan Sentra Thursday morning along a portion of Sibley County Road 8 which is closed and under repair.  The vehicle ended up in a spot where a bridge is being replaced, approximately 1/4 mile east of State Highway 22.  Authorities reported Friday that the vehicle owner believes the Sentra…

A project that has been backed by the city council for months now calls for an all-town home development on city-owned land along Eighth Street. Planned are twin homes on a triangular piece of land on the northernmost end of Eighth Street. Part of that land, on the south end, once served as a track.…

Scott Holmquist, of Gaylord, surprised his mother Lola on Saturday, returning home after a year long deployment.

Liens totaling more than $8 million have been filed against the medical school developer group.  For more on the story, see the August 5th issue of The Hub.

Long-time Gaylord resident Ruth Lund reached the century mark on Sunday, August 2. Lund was born Aug. 2, 1921, on a farm southeast of Gaylord to Albert and Edith Schmidt. She was the youngest of three children. After attending country school for two years, she graduated from Gaylord High School in 1939. After Lund graduated…

With students, families, and K-12 educators preparing for the start of the 2021-22 school year amid concerns about an uptick in COVID-19 cases driven by the Delta variant, Minnesota health and education officials are recommending that schools follow the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) guidance for COVID-19 prevention in K-12 schools this fall. This recommendation…

Earlier this year, Michael Asmus, a local musician, was awarded a Minnesota State Arts Board grant. The grant provided funds to create a series of performances in a virtual or in-person format. The first performance of the series will premiere online on Monday, August 2 at 7 p.m. with a zoom chat will follow the…