Owls

WILLMAR — Local birdwatchers have sighted snowy owls in Kandiyohi County, which is thousands of miles from the birds’ traditional home range above the Arctic Circle. Shalese Sands, of Willmar, went looking for a snowy owl Saturday afternoon, acting on a tip from Josh Wallestad,...

A beaten Mark Foss figured he’d finally found rock bottom in the back of a police car in April 2002, heading to prison for the third time. He was wearing state-issue clothes and chains on his hands and feet with all those hazy memories from years of drinking, drugging, dealing and...

PRINSBURG — A late first-half surge broke open a close game and the Central Minnesota Christian boys basketball team eased past Yellow Medicine East 67-48 in a non-conference game on Monday. Nine Bluejays scored, led by Austin Bulthuis with 14 points and 6 rebounds. Grank Hoekstra...

KERKHOVEN — Basketball teams typically want nothing more than a win on game night, but the KMS boys team’s encounter with Hancock on Monday was just a small part of something much bigger. Before, during and after Hancock’s 72-33 victory over the Saints, friends, well-wishers...

BENSON — Emma Peterson’s runner in the lane fell at the buzzer and the Braves came away with a 63-62 non-conference win over Hancock on Thursday. Trailing by one, Benson had fewer than four seconds left in the game to go the length of the court for a final attempt. Peterson took...

Temple's softball players were pressed up against the terminal windows at the St.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Hancock overcame a 10-point deficit, 27 turnovers and an underdog role to upset top-ranked Goodue 58-54 in the quarterfinals of the Class A state girls basketball tournament Thursday at Williams Arena. Kendra Schmidgall, after a quiet first half, led the Owls' second-half...