No serious injuries in plane crash
A Fargo pilot and two passengers escaped serious injury when a float plane overturned on Lake Lizzie Friday morning.
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Coming up
Summerfest a hit
Coming Sunday — Fergus Falls' Summerfest made a good rebound in 2009.
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Sports Camp
Now in our online photo gallery: Photos from the Lions West Battle Lake Fishing Tourney. Click here.
Erhard Parade Celebrates the Fourth
Live music will be performed by Silverado in the Erhard Park from noon to 5 p.m.
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RTC memories auctioned Tuesday
Surplus city equipment will also be for sale at Tuesday’s auction, which will begin at 8:30 a.m.
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Today's Opinion
Happy Fourth of July
In honor of the Fourth of July, we’d like to share a couple facts about Independence Day we found
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Multimedia
Alex Miller and his dad, Chad Miller, put a turtle on the ground Thursday morning, July 2 during turtle races in downtown Battle Lake. The Millers were winners of their heat and advanced to the semi-finals. Races are held at 11 a.m. each Thursday during the summer.
Blogs
Alli's food finds
A Fergus Falls resident reveals some great ways to prepare locally available products.
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Featured Topic
Come back trees
If for some reason you need to cut down a tree in the willow or aspen family, you will discover that they have a trick up their sleeve or trunk.
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Hot Issues
RTC memories auctioned Tuesday
Surplus city equipment will also be for sale at Tuesday’s auction, which will begin at 8:30 a.m.
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Columnists
Dave Churchill
A little bit of independence left
We carefully glued and taped them to small toys, then blew the toys to pieces
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- Tom Hintgen (Monday)
- Alan Linda (Tuesday)
- Jeff Hage (Friday)
- Joel Myhre (Saturday)
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