When the Gazette visited the Duke Memorial Redwood Area Animal Shelter on Tuesday afternoon, there were seven dogs, 10 kittens, and 17 adult cats on the premises, waiting to be adopted; “That could all change by seven this evening — people will come in to adopt a kitten, then leave with the kitten and a full-grown cat, too," said Teri...

In every graduating class are students whose names the public recognizes and who receive the attention because they are in the limelight; then there are are the seniors behind the scenes....

“The biggest misconception people have about us is that the bus service is just for seniors, or the handicapped,” said WCA transportation coordinator David Maguire; “It’s for anyone who doesn’t have good transportation.”

There isn't much time left to get first-hand accounts of battles of World War II: what follows is the first in a two-part series about Stan Kindler, a Marine who took part in the battle of Saipan in 1944....

Rice Home Medical broke ground on a 7,000 square food, $1.5 million medical supply store on the site of the old Motel 71 this week.

During the annual Evening of the Stars celebration, members of the senior class were honored through the presentation of scholarships, as well as each of the honor students received the cords they are going to wear as part of the graduation ceremony.

Whether it is Carolyn Laufenburger hitting the right note on the piano or Jim Gallery getting a piece of pigskin through two upright poles, the message was the same: to be successful one needed to be precise, and all six of the Redwood Valley Hall of Fame inductees demonstrated that tradition of excellence during their induction among the...

“I have enjoyed working in education, because you never know what each day is going to bring when you walk into the classroom.” said retiring elementary school teacher Cindy Hillger.

Heather Bidinger is not one to seek out accolades or recognition for the job she does, but because of the way she performs Bidinger was named the 2013 Minnesota Academy of Physician Assistants...

"Across the Universe: was the theme of this year's Redwood Valley High School prom; for a small town, a high school prom isn't just a fun get-together — it's a snapshot of rural America in the 21st century....

Keith stood at the end of the long jump pit in the Redwood Area Community Center (RACC) fieldhouse Monday evening, preparing to jump; for a severely mentally disabled Special Olympics athlete, making a two foot jump costs as much concentration and effort as it takes the high school track athletes to jump 10 feet.

So how did the 56th annual Minnesota Inventors Congress Invention and Idea Show go?;“You mean, except for Friday?” laughed Deb Hess, Director of Inventor Services.

It’s too late to congratulate Pastor Nate Belkstrom for receiving the Rotary Club’s “Service Above Self” award on April 15 — he's back conducting seminars in Eastern Europe for another month, demonstrating why the club gave it to him in the first place.

Two Redwood Valley FFA career development event (CDE) teams are going to be competing at the state FFA convention next week.

On the auction flyer, it was described as a “half-million bushel grain storage facility with railroad access” — to people in the area, it’s just the old North Redwood farmers elevator, and after 80 years it's being demolished this summer.

Contrary to what you may have heard, Big Buddies of Redwood County hasn’t moved; in fact, in some ways the youth mentoring program is expanding, said Redwood County Coordinator Leslie Myrom this week.

“George Ramseth called me one day. He said they needed an English teacher and asked if I was interested,” said new Redwood Valley Hall of Fame inductee Barb Darr; "He was my mom and dad’s principal. I knew about him, and at that time in Buffalo Lake George Ramseth was a legend.”