New London

NEW LONDON — Nate Pederson takes a stance, makes a pitch and slides a bag of beans across the board to score an easy three-pointer. He’s hoping there will be more of that on Saturday, when New London hosts its first-ever bean bag tournament as part of the community’s Water...

NEW LONDON — Block by block, as volunteers sponged and dabbed paint Thursday onto the looming, white exterior walls of Mord’s Hardware in New London, the shape of a grinning little boy sitting on an inner tube in the water began to take shape. Depending on how many volunteers...

SIBLEY STATE PARK — Bennett Schwartz has not been invited to the Home Run Derby at Target Field, but at Sibley State Park he proved he could swing a butterfly net like a major league pro. On Thursday he was snagging dragonflies zipping by like speed balls fired by Aroldis Chapman. Bennett...

NEW LONDON — Vicki Norton and Darryl Parsons recently lost almost all of their physical possessions in a house fire caused by a lightning strike June 14.

NEW LONDON — The demolition Tuesday of the old Lebanon Church attracted a crowd of community members who wanted to watch and document the end of the historic New London landmark.

Area artists will be in Willmar, New London and Spicer setting up displays of their artwork at 13 area homes and businesses for the 10th annual Studio Hop. Studio Hop is a weekend for the public to enter the local art community, meet local artists and see their studios or workshops....

Workers from Marcus Building Movers move two historic cabins Wednesday from the old Lebanon Church property in New London to a property near Games Lake. The cabins were the original meeting place of the church founders. Demolition of the Lebanon Church is postponed until the cabins...

NEW LONDON — The State Patrol is looking for the public’s help tracking down a semi that illegally passed a stopped school bus on Friday...