A Funeral Service for Levi B. Rutzen, age 44, of Wells, will be Friday, December 19th, at 6:30pm, at Nasinec Funeral Home in Wells. The Rosary will be prayed from 4:30-5pm. Visitation will be held one and a half hours prior to the service from 5-6:30pm at the funeral home. Levi Bruce Rutzen died Monday, December 8th...

The Granada-Huntley-East Chain School Board approved a 34.9% increase in the district's official tax levy on Thursday, though Superintendent Doug Storbeck said it will translate to a 15% increase for taxpayers. The lower impact is due in part to the district's recent referendum, with the Ag2School state program providi...

Boys Basketball USC at Alden-Conger (On 98.1 FM & kbew98country.com, 7pm) Girls Basketball BEA at MN Valley Lutheran Nicollet at Martin Co. West

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Riley Green and Ella Langley have scored their second No. 1 together on Billboard's Country Airplay chart with "Don't Mind If I Do," which rose two places to reach the top spot on the strength of a 14% increase to 29.7 million audience impressions. Gre...

Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" was the most-played song on TouchTunes jukeboxes for the second consecutive year in 2025, continuing its 2024 reign that coincided with its record-tying run as the longest-running No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart th...

In a recent discussion about Christmas traditions with his record label, Big Loud, Morgan Wallen revealed that his favorite holiday movie is the 2003 comedy Elf, starring Will Ferrell. "I don't watch many Christmas movies, but if I had to pick, probabl...

Jake Owen is reassuring fans that he is doing okay and staying sober after posting a raw, emotional Instagram video expressing doubts about the music industry and his personal struggles, which he later deleted. In a follow-up TikTok, the 44-year-old co...

Taylor Swift's album The Life of a Showgirl secures its ninth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated December 20, earning 89,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. for the week ending December 11. Of Swift's 15 No. 1 albums, only...