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Dear Pat: We are building a room addition to our house. A group of friends is going to help frame and raise the walls. What is the best way to raise them, and how do we take care of bowed wall studs? -- Suzanne C. Dear Suzanne: It sounds as though you have already purchased the...

Technology has caught up with the shrinking American home just in time. These days for a home office you merely need a narrow table desk and Wi-Fi. Maybe you are content working in bed while you sit cross-legged in your pajamas. Not everyone is that nimble and a wide variation of...

WILLMAR - They couldn’t be described as a crowd. But there was a steady stream of longtime customers coming and going Tuesday at Denny Dawson’s barbershop in downtown Willmar. Some stopped to chat for a minute and write in a book of well wishes and memories. Others stayed...

NEW YORK (AP) -- As people lay badly bleeding in the smoke of the Boston Marathon bombings, rescuers immediately turned to a millennia-old medical...

Karla Schaefer and Adam Hemmesch were united in marriage Oct. 13 in Lake Henry. The bride is the daughter of Tim and Cindy Schaefer of Paynesville. The groom is the son of Frank and Patti Hemmesch of Paynesville. Matron of honor was Peggy Schaefer, sister-in-law of the bride. Bride's...