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2024 Featured City: Buffalo Lake

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Basketball Results Prior to 1960

Found in the scrapbook for the 1960-1961 Danube Hawks basketball, belonging to Rod Black was a none dated clipping listing the basketball results from 1931-1959. Year —- Champion —– Runnerup 1931 Glencoe Brownton1932 Buffalo Lake Glencoe1933 Brownton Norwood1934… Read More

Wilkinson honored for World War I Duty

Published in the Redwood Gazette November 11, 1993, written by staff writer Vicki L. Gerdes FRANKLIN – Seventy-five years ago today, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an historic treaty… Read More

1986 Laker Graduates Buffalo Lake High School

Baumgarten, Mona Lynn Burgstahler, Beth Michelle Burgstahler, Joel Denton Dobberstein, Jody Ann Ewert, Merrellen Jencine Fredrickson, Keri Jo Glaeser, Craig Warren Hillman, Lisa Ann Inselman, Kelly Jean Kadelbach, Teresa Ann Krumrey, Bradley Kenneth Kubesh, Kathleen Louise Moore, Amanda… Read More

War Fund Campaign, Bird Island Union, 12-12-1918

Report by Districts We give below a synopsis of the report of Renville County’s United War Fund Campaign. G. O. Bergan, Captain Sacred Heart District, cash $6084.50, pledged $4176.25, allotment $10,224.00 subscribed $10,260.75. Dr. A. M. Erickson, Captain… Read More

Letter From Ernest Wallner, Buffalo Lake News, 11-8-1918

The following letter was received by Virgil Wallner from his cousin, Ernest Wallner, now in France. France, Sept. 15th, 1918 Dear Cousin: Your most welcome letter came to me yesterday, together with one from cousin, Lillian, and I… Read More

Former Buffalo Lake Boy Dies in France, Buffalo Lake News, 10-25-1918

Frank Prelvitz received a telegram last Wednesday bearing the sad message that his brother, William had died of wounds, in France, September 29th. William W. Prelvitz entered the army on June 25th last, from Mantidor, N.D., and was… Read More

Olivia Times June 20, 1918: 147 Men Selected for Army: Renville County Sends Largest Quota Next Monday

The list of men to report here Sunday is a follows: Leo Rudolph Abraham, Arthur Chester Abraham, Edward G. Agre, John Manley Allmon, Edwin Helsberg Anderson, Johannes Anderson, Leslie Antonsen, Joseph Henry Beck, Robert B. Bengston, Henry M…. Read More

From France published by the Olivia Times August 29, 1918

The following letter was received this week by the editor of the News from William C. Fredrickson, one of the boys in the February draft who left from here. Somewhere in France, July 30, 1918 Dear Thomas; I… Read More

A Letter From England published by the Buffalo Lake News on August 9, 1918

Melville L. Bottomley of the U. S Air Service writes on interesting letter home. Dear Brother:             I have not received any letters from you lately so am writing again. I suppose you are busy as the old… Read More