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The Amery City Council met on January 7, 2026, at the Amery City Center. Mayor, Rick Van Blaricom called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.

Polk County Sheriff Brent Waak announced he will not run for a third term and plans to retire when his current term ends in ...

The Bangor girls basketball team outscored Amery 28-17 in the second half to prevail 46-39 Feb. 1 in Somerset.

The parable in the Bible that made the biggest impact on me as a child was the story Jesus told of how, when the master went away, he gave his servants talents to safeguard. Of course, in the literal ...

The Amery boys’ wrestling team had two first-place finishes at the Indee Invitational Jan. 31. Westin Ingham cruised to the 150-pound title as he recorded two pins and a 19-4 technical fall over Clear ...

Letts finished with 31 points. Dayne Mumm had 26 points and six rebounds for the Bearcats, while Will Fettig chipped in with 12 points and eight rebounds. Raul Raseron Sanchez added nine points and ...

Our Pet of the Week is the lovely Savannah, a 4-month-old spayed female torbie kitten who came to us as a found stray.

Kobe Russell scored 16 points, while Max Monteith posted a double-double as the Prescott boys basketball team defeated Amery 56-47 Jan. 30.

Turtle Lake/Clayton participated in the Lakeland Invitational Jan. 20, with the boys finishing with five firsts: Gavin Snyder (126), Luke Popenhagen (138), Brandon Wright (175), Walker Nykanen (215), ...

The combination of Marley Larson and Laura Johnson supplied enough offense for the Hudson girls’ hockey team to defeat Western Wisconsin 4-3 Jan. 30.

State and federal workforce programs will offer transition assistance to roughly 230 Polaris employees facing layoffs starting this summer as the Osceola plant begins shutting down operations.