It’s almost over. Months, or what seems like years, of campaigning toward the mid-term elections this coming Tuesday will give us a brief pause before the 2028 presidential election campaigning ...

By Sam PetersonGrant County Herald The Bucs went on the road in their final regular season game of the season to play the ...

By Mike Mallow Editor, Grant County Herald The two parks overseen by the county received updated rules last week. The Grant ...

By Sam Peterson Grant County Herald The regular season for the West Central Area volleyball team came to a close last week as they battled Melrose Area on the road Oct. 20 in their final West Central ...

News deserts are expanding in America. Ghost newspapers with reduced staff stretched so thin that news coverage is a thin, pale shadow of what a community needs and deserves are spreading. The ...

By Reed AnfinsonPublisher Through the summer, crews working for Anderson Underground of Sauk Rapids have been installing four large conduits along Minnesota Highway 9 through Grant, Stevens, and Swift ...

This is part of the ongoing voters guide series. For local candidates, see our special section in the Oct. 14 edition of the Grant County Herald. By Reed AnfinsonPublisher Taking on an incumbent ...

Randall Hedtke, age 91, of Barrett, MN passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at his residence in rural Barrett. Randall Robert Hedtke was born April 15, 1935, in Fairmount, ND. He was the sixth of ...

Ruth Elaine Sanford Reetz was born on May 3, 1938, in Parkers Prairie, MN, to Robert and Charlotte (Roberts) Sanford. Ruth and her parents moved to Elbow Lake, MN, when she was two years old, joining ...

As Friday nights fade, we are losing touch with one another. That is the trend University of North Carolina sociologist Neal ...

By Mike Mallow Editor, Grant County Herald After a delay, the West Central Area (WCA) School District finally received the ...