Новости за 05.07.2017

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Goalie Reto Berra has signed with the Anaheim Ducks, returning to North America less than three months after agreeing to a three-year deal with Fribourg-Gotteron in his native Switzerland's top league.

Bob Geldof has announced that the Boomtown Rats are releasing a new album called 'Mega' - their first in over 30 years.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The developer of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline said Wednesday that it no longer has private security personnel in North Dakota, including a firm that state regulators say operated illegally without a license.

U.S. stock indexes were mixed Wednesday as energy companies skidded along with oil prices, but technology stocks rose and reversed a portion of their recent losses.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes were mixed Wednesday as energy companies skidded along with oil prices, but technology stocks rose and reversed a portion of their recent losses.

NEW YORK (AP) — The photo is haunting. Among a number of figures gathered on a dock, the fuzzy image seems to be that of a woman, her back to the camera, gazing at what may be her crippled aircraft…

A vaccine developed in Madison has been shown to protect prairie dogs from plague, a bacterial disease that killed millions of Europeans during the Middle Ages and has sickened three people in New Mexico this year.

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders have signed third-round defensive tackle Eddie Vanderdoes to a four-year contract.

BOSTON (AP) — Gene Conley, one of the only players in history to win championships in two major professional sports, has died. He was 86.

COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) — Cummins Inc. says it plans to invest $50 million to renovate its Columbus headquarters and about $30 million more for a railroad overpass on a primary route into and out of the southern Indiana city's downtown…

SPARTA—The Monroe County Board of Supervisors listened to a presentation from the Scenic Mississippi Regional Transit Program during the board’s regular monthly meeting June 28.

La Crescent-Hokah High School’s hockey program has been coached by JP Piche for the last 25 years. After his resignation in March, questions arose about his replacement.

Billy Hestand knows a surefire recipe to reach kids: free food and fun mixed in with audaciously ridiculous quantities of mud.

Enforcement of the Minnesota buffer law is in Houston County’s hands after the Houston County Board of Commissioners agreed to oversee the task.

La Crescent-Hokah School District’s Kids Company always has a hodgepodge of activities available, but the year-round day care has put this summer’s focus on field trips.

While it may seem like the current construction is never-ending, MnDOT already has the next 10 years relatively mapped out in the District Six 10-year Capital Highway Investment Plan.

The following editorial appeared in the June 23 Minneapolis Star Tribune.

The Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation is asking all communities with populations of 5,000 or less to consider the question “What would it look life if your community started thinking more like an entrepreneur?”

The following editorial appeared in the June 24 St. Cloud Times.

City aggregation of property, policies, and seeking-out developers for specific projects, and crafting our community image all depend on a common vision, a common goal. We are nearing the end of the process of idea generation, public input, refining and…

A person prayed, “Lord is it true that a thousand years are like a minute to you?”

Even though all eight of the La Crescent-Hokah High School and Middle Schoolers returned from their service trip to the Dominican Republic, they may not stay in La Crescent for long.

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Houston County will be 6 p.m. Aug. 4 at the Hokah Fire Station, 9 Mill St., Hokah.

The following Houston County residents were named to the spring 2017 Dean’s List:

After nearly a quarter century of dedicated work, Semcac La Crescent Senior Dining Site Manager Shirley Schwake retired Monday, July 3.