Echo Press Newsminute, week of September 7-13, 2025
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MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, reporter Lisa Johnson talks about turbulence surrounding an Alexandria Airport runway project, a wrapup of two great fall festivals, and a look at Alexandria Public Schools proposed capital projects levy. Those stories and more, this week on the Echo Press News Minute. Check out the top headlines from September 10 and September 12 below: September 10, 2025 September 12, 2025
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Echo Press Newsminute, week of August 31-September 6, 2025
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MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, reporter Lisa Johnson talks about back to school, the West Central Initiative making a difference in Douglas County, a witness to the Kensington Bank robbery 50 years ago tells his story, and a Minnesota town comes together to honor its veterans. Those stories and more, this week on the Echo Press News Minute. Check out the top headlines from September 3 and September 5, 2025, below: September 3, 2025 September 5, 2025
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Minnesota Night Skies: all the planets hang out in the morning sky, and "cosmic baloney"
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This month on , September means cooler temps and no mosquitos - great stargazing weather! We’ve got tips for watching the lunar eclipse (the one that's not visible in North America) September 7 . There's a double - or triple - conjunction September 19 this month (if you want to ). Venus, Regulus, and that ol' crescent moon will be, as Bob says, "stacked like a Viennese torte." Plus, it sounds like something out of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Bob says the idea of a Blood Moon is "particularly heinous." Autumn begins at 1:19pm September 20, and look for...
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Echo Press Newsminute, week of August 24-30, 2025
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MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, reporter Lisa Johnson talks about Alomere Health Board’s hopes to convert to non profit status, lots of photos from Millerville Butter Day, an expanded cell phone policy in Osakis that may cause some cell-shock when school starts, a much-deserved Service to Mankind award for a local couple and an update on an Alexandria child torture case. Those stories and more, this week on the Echo Press News Minute. Check out the top headlines from August 27 and August 29 below: August 27, 2025 August 29, 2025 ...
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Echo Press Newsminute, week of August 17-23, 2025
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MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, reporter Lisa Johnson talks about the Douglas county fair, efforts to host Hockey Day Minnesota in Alexandria in 2028, an active shooter training exercise in Osakis and the Douglas County Commission’s efforts to balance funding requests with some less-than-idea budget news. Those stories and more, this week on the Echo Press News Minute. Check out the top headlines from August 20 and August 22 below: August 20, 2025: August 22, 2025:
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Echo Press News Minute, week of August 10 - 16
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MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, guest host Kris Kerzman talks about Garfiled Days, housing in Douglas County, new improvements to Fillmore Park, the Douglas County Fair, and other coverage available now from the Echo Press. Check out the top headlines from August 13 and August 15 below: August 13, 2025 August 15, 2025
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Echo Press Newsminute, week of August 3-9, 2025
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MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, reporter Lisa Johnson talks about Alexandria’s all-female motorcycle collective, the local hospice providing training for death doulas, an upcoming law enforcement training in Osakis, and lots of Resorters coverage available in the Echo Press. Those stories and more, this week on the Echo Press News Minute. Check out the top headlines from August 6 and August 8 below: August 6, 2025 August 8, 2025
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Echo Press Newsminute, week of July 27 - August 2, 2025
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MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, reporter Lisa Johnson talks about Art in the Park, the Alexandria Historic House Tour, the splash pad delay and romance novels as an escape when life gets too serious. Those stories and more, this week on the Echo Press News Minute. Check out the top headlines from July 30 and August 1 below: July 30, 2025 August 1, 2025
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Minnesota Night Skies: Keep the moon at your back and enjoy the Perseids!
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This month on , August is the month of the full Sturgeon Moon! We’ve got tips for watching the Perseids mid-month, either from your very own lounging chair in the backyard, or . Jupiter and Venus are in conjunction this month (if you want to ). Look to the northeast August 12, between 4:00-5:00am to see what Bob calls “a potentially life-changing” event. Mercury returns, and Bob assures us that it’s ok if we really didn’t notice Mercury was missing in the first place. Plus Bob’s got , for all your stargazing needs. And next month, no meteor showers, no bright stars,...
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Echo Press Newsminute, week of July 20-26, 2025
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MINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, reporter Lisa Johnson talks about the death of a pioneer in local television and the Echo Press, new owners for Anderson Greenhouse, the Alexandria family named 2025 Farm Family of the Year, some impressive anniversaries, and a new playspace for kids called Grammy’s Town. Those stories and more, this week on the Echo Press News Minute. Check out the top headlines from July 23 and July 25, 2025 below: July 23, 2025 July 25, 2025
info_outlineMINNESOTA — In this episode of the Echo Press News Minute, reporter Lisa Johnson talks about a one-two punch from Alexandria in the fight against cancer, the renovation of the historic Belmont Apartments, fun in the sun made in the shade at the Alexandria Splash Pad, a proposed ordinance to stop hogging parking spaces, a good save by the Douglas County Public Works Director, and a 2022 Alexandria High School graduate goes pro.
Those stories and more, this week on the Echo Press News Minute.
Check out the top headlines from July 16 and July 18 below:
June 16, 2025:
For the first time, Relay for Life event was moved indoors (w/videos)
About 175 vehicles on display at 2025 Central Lakes Cruzers Roddin' Round the Lake car show
Belmont Apartments in Alexandria is getting a makeover
Alexandria Splash Pad users will have it made in the shade
'Babe the Blue Ox' teaches friendship lessons in Alexandria
Stuve: Looking back at a memorable 2024-25 school year
June 18, 2025:
Inspiration Peak stands tall in the heart of Otter Tail County
Are drivers taking up too many parking spaces in Alexandria?
Mother Nature didn't cooperate with the Summer Sounds first concert of 2025
Douglas County Commissioners approve second lowest bid for culvert project near Miltona
Optometrist John Hoven from Eye Associates of Alexandria traveled to Guatemala to help patients
Baseball: Alexandria graduate J.D. Hennen signs with MLB's Baltimore Orioles