Area Breaking News
2nd Street in Proctor will be closed at 5th Street to all traffic
Effective Immediately, 2nd Street in Proctor will be closed at 5th Street to all traffic. This closure will cause all of Route 3 west of the railroad tracks to be curtailed. Buses should not cross the tracks and should instead detour as follows. Route 3 From Downtown: Buses will run regular route to Highway 2…
Read MoreHoghead Festival Button Winners
The five winning Hoghead button winers are: 57 208 494 561 770 Winners have until Sept. 1 to claim their prize. Prizes can be picked up at the PowerHouse.
Read MoreGolden Spike Found
Found by Anthony Larsen, Lillian Larsen, Olivia Banker, Aiden Banker, James Fulto
Read MoreHoghead DTA detour adds to route confusion
Hoghead DTA detour adds to route confusion The annual “Proctor Hoghead Festival” DTA bus detour will last through Sunday until the street cleanup is completed. Third Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets will be closed at various times through approximately noon Sunday. To reduce passenger confusion Route 3 Proctor buses will use only one detour for the…
Read MoreDTA buses detour for 2nd St. project
The DTA began detouring their buses last week due to Proctor’s 2nd Street project that began on June 1. Notices were posted the day construction began. This construction will require Proctor Route 3 buses to detour as follows. Route 3 From Downtown: Buses will take regular route to 2nd Street and North 5th Avenue…
Read MoreDFL introduces legislation to legalize adult-use cannabis
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Today, legislators from the Minnesota House and Senate joined advocates to announce legislation for the legalization of adult-use cannabis in Minnesota. “We know Minnesota’s current cannabis laws are doing more harm than good,” said Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL – Coon Rapids), the bill’s House author. “Over the last 3 years, DFLers in the…
Read More150 years ago speech helped create Proctor
Proctor missed another important historic date. It was 150 years ago on January 27, 1871 James Proctor Knott delivered a satirical speech in the House known as Duluth! or The Untold Delights of Duluth. The speech ridiculed a bill subsidizing westward expansions of railroads. The speech is sometimes reprinted in collections of humorous speeches or…
Read MoreFighting for our newspapers
By U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar — On May 7th of last year, the Hastings Star Gazette printed its last issue. The paper’s first issue as The Hastings Independent was published in 1857, a year before Minnesota gained statehood. Generations relied on papers like this for local news—they told you who was born and who died, whose daughter just…
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