A day's worth of snow accumulation on a windowsill obscured the view and was almost as high as the Christmas cactus--appropriately in bloom--inside. The basket is a foot tall.
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- Wheaton Pool Fund receives $100,000 gift from high...
- Area cities participate in second phase of WCI inf...
- Red Cross to offer online training in lifesaving s...
- Tax clinic volunteers needed
- Small Business Success Series kicks off Jan. 15
- New grant program benefits two regional early chil...
- Ten reasons to shop locally
- Detroit Lakes chosen as a "capital for a day"
- The "Holiday Train" chugs into west central Minnesota
- Old is new in Sabin
- Snow falling on Fergus
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