by Cori Hilsgen news@thenewsleaders.com Kennedy Community School foster grandparent volunteer Darlene Bechtold was elected by the school's eighth-grade class to ...

by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com The stage at Sartell High School will become a tuneful swirl of plaids, kilts and tartans ...

photo by Tara WieseSchwegel saws a dead pine tree from the backyard of the Newsleader office. He also removed a ...

by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com Sartell SummerFest 2016 will kick off a weekend of fun starting Friday, June 10 with a ...

by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com A Sauk Rapids-based center for independent living is holding a create-your-own-video contest to reduce the stigma ...

by Dave DeMars news@thenewsleaders.com The Rice City Council struggled mightily at its June 6 meeting to decide whether a variance ...

by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com A Sauk Rapids man was sentenced last week to 324 months in prison for sex trafficking ...

Shop local! It should be obvious that shopping at local businesses strengthens local economies. Each dollar spent at a local ...