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Appleton prison may reopen, house California prisoners

APPLETON -- The Prairie Correction Facility at Appleton may reopen in 2012 and house prisoners from California. According to a news release from Corrections Corporation of America, the owner of...

news / region Fri, Nov 05, 2010 - 11:39am

Letter: Jobs for rural Minnesota

There is a lot of talk this election year about jobs. Everyone says we need more jobs here in west central Minnesota. As a retired resident of Appleton Township, having...

opinion / letters Tue, Oct 26, 2010 - 12:00am

Editorial: Good luck Appleton on federal prison bid

Appleton and its residents are hoping that Prairie Corrections Facility located there can score a major contract to house federal prisoners. The prison facility closed Feb. 2 laying off nearly...

opinion / editorials Fri, Sep 10, 2010 - 12:00am

Closed Appleton prison could receive federal contract

APPLETON - Optimism is high that Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton will reopen its doors to house federal inmates, with the potential of hiring back the 400 employees who lost...

news / local Thu, Sep 09, 2010 - 12:00am

Christine Evenson of Holloway captured this image as a fire at the Western Consolidated Cooperative elevator facility in Holloway sent a cloud of jet black smoke skyward on Thursday evening. Submitted

Fire fighters squelch blaze at Holloway grain facility

HOLLOWAY -- Firefighters from eight different departments extinguished a fire Thursday at the Western Consolidated Cooperative's grain handling facility in Holloway and prevented it from spreading to a large, grain...

news / region Sat, Aug 07, 2010 - 12:00am

Fire fighters squelch blaze at Holloway grain handling facility

HOLLOWAY -- Fire fighters from eight different departments extinguished a fire at the Western Consolidated Cooperative's grain handling facility in Holloway and prevented it from spreading to a large, grain...

news / region Fri, Aug 06, 2010 - 2:32pm

Access to broadband a step closer for residents of rural area

APPLETON -- Folks living outside of Appleton are on the verge of being able to do what their neighbors living outside of smaller towns like Cerro Gordo or Chokio already...

news / region Tue, Aug 03, 2010 - 12:00am

The Gethsemane Church in Appleton was the first church erected in Swift County. Preserve Appleton's Heritage Inc., is hoping the 1879 bui-lding can be saved after sewage filled its basement and went unnoticed for months. Tribune file photo

Effort to save Swift Co.'s first church is on again

APPLETON -- Randy Twitchell could not believe the generosity of people -- many of them strangers -- who donated thousands of dollars to save the historic Episcopal church in Appleton,...

news / region Wed, May 26, 2010 - 12:00am

The music of the Coffee House players of New London will be featured during a segment of Pioneer Public Television's "Postcards." Here, Don Schuck performs with the Coffee House players. Submitted photo

Pioneer TV turns its cameras on its rural, but largely undiscovered turf

Wouldn't it be fun to roam about and discover new people and places, and send postcards back home to tell friends about it? Welcome to Eric Olson's new gig as...

region / television Thu, May 20, 2010 - 12:00am

Phyllis Rieppel carves another northwoods scene into the palm of a moose antler on the bench of her workshop Tuesday in Appleton. The "hunt" for moose antlers can be difficult if not expensive, but the beauty of the works that can be created on the antlers makes it all worthwhile, she said. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Hunting of a different sort

APPLETON -- Finding a set of moose antlers worthy of decorating a wall has led many hunters to remote, northern woods. Phyllis Rieppel does most of her hunting for moose...

outdoors Sat, May 15, 2010 - 12:00am

52 months prison time for man, 35, in the death of his wife

BENSON -- Andrew Lemcke, 35, will serve up to 52 months in prison for second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of his wife. District Ju-dge Jon Stafs-holt sentenced Lemcke on...

news / region Tue, May 04, 2010 - 12:00am

Lemcke to serve 52 months for wife's death

BENSON -- Andrew Gordon Lemcke, 35, will serve the maximum sentence for second degree manslaughter in the shooting death of his wife. District Judge Jon Stafsholt sentenced Lemcke to 52...

news / region Mon, May 03, 2010 - 2:59pm

Second wave of troops returning today

MONTEVIDEO -- Welcome home ceremonies are scheduled today for the second wave of returning troops with the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery. Montevideo The 95 soldiers with the headquarters and...

news / region Sat, Apr 03, 2010 - 12:00am

Second wave of troops returning Saturday

MONTEVIDEO -- Welcome home ceremonies are scheduled on Saturday for the second wave of returning troops with the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery. Montevideo The 95 soldiers with the headquarters...

news / region Fri, Apr 02, 2010 - 2:41pm

Deployed National Guard members from across the region expected to return home over next two days

ST. PAUL -- More than 550 soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery will be returning home today and Saturday, according to the Minnesota National Guard in St. Paul...

news / region Fri, Apr 02, 2010 - 12:00am

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