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The Prairie Dunes neighborhood is located just east of the Grey Cloud Dunes SNA and south of NorthPoint in southwest Cottage Grove.

Cottage Grove City Council approve street assessments

The Cottage Grove City Council addressed a wide range of municipal business at its Wednesday, Oct. 7 meeting, with major items including special assessments for street improvements, the next phase of …

Brian Boothe is the new principal at Park High School.

Park High School principal sees destination school future

For new Park High School Principal Brian Boothe, leading the Cottage Grove school represents more than a professional milestone. It is an opportunity to serve a community with deep family connections …

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Hastings Journal 2026 Election Voter Guide part 1

Editor's note: The Hastings Journal invited all candidates in the races featured in this voter guide to answer questions about issues affecting Hastings and the surrounding communities. Candidates in …

Hastings High School senior Isabella Stagno addresses members of the Hastings Area Rotary Club after being recognized as the club’s Student of the Month. Stagno spoke about her love of music, her commitment to helping others and how she learned that leadership does not always mean being in the spotlight.

Isabella Stagno earns Rotary Student of the Month honors for service and quiet leadership

For Hastings High School senior Isabella Stagno, making a difference does not always mean standing in front of a crowd or being the loudest voice in the room. Sometimes it means decorating a …

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Nov. 3 Mid-Term Election coverage

State ballot choices set for Nov. 3

The fall general election arrives in earnest Tuesday, Nov. 3. With early in person voting now in progress, these are the ballot candidates for state executive and legislative branch races. …

The Pumpkin Queen will roam the Pierce County Fairgrounds during the Haunted Fairgrounds Festival bestowing these tickets upon guests.

Community brings Halloween festival dream to life

ELLSWORTH – The Haunted Fairgrounds Festival scheduled for 2-8 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Pierce County Fairgrounds, hosted by The Witch on West Warner, has grown bigger than the organizers ever thought …

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Pictured with the new signs that will go on the wall by the computers and on the door to the private use area are Library Board President Deb Smith, Owen Mayor Scott Jalling, Owen Library Director Loralee Petersen, and Prevail Bank Owen Branch Manager Carrie Heltsley.

Prevail Bank donates to Owen Public Library

Prevail Bank donated $5,500 to the Owen Public Library to help make new resources a reality. The computers have been moved out of the room where they were and placed in an area for public access. …

Owen-Withee is host to two foreign exchange students

The halls at Owen-Withee High School are being shared with two foreign exchange students this year. Amy Siemon is 16, from near Frankfurt, Germany and is staying with Patricia Steiner. She has two …

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Self-Employed and Can’t Get a Mortgage? The Loan Type May Be the Problem

Many self-employed borrowers who are told they do not qualify for a mortgage are not actually unqualified. They are applying through a loan type that measures income in a way that works against them. …

A Seller’s Strongest Negotiating Position in Fairfield County, CT Starts Before the First Showing

The Fairfield County, Connecticut housing market heading into fall 2026 doesn’t fit neatly into a single headline. Some homes are drawing multiple offers above asking. Others, in the same county …

Mortgage-Dependent Buyers Are Being Squeezed Out of the Florida Keys

There is a growing divide in the Florida Keys housing market, and it runs along a single fault line: whether a buyer needs a mortgage. Cash buyers – many of them retirees and business owners from …

Massachusetts Appraisal Rules Change in November. Buyers Who Wait to Prepare Will Lose Deals.

Most Massachusetts homebuyers will not think about new appraisal rules until those rules delay their closing. By then, according to Colleen Barry of Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty, the …

Housing Is the Largest Asset Most Americans Own. It’s Also the Only One They Don’t Diversify.

Stock portfolios get diversified. Bond holdings get diversified. Even alternative investments get spread across categories and geographies. But the single largest asset on most American household …

Columbus, Ohio Has 2.23 Million Residents and Barely 6,000 Homes for Sale

A metropolitan area of 2.23 million people should have a deeper housing market than what Columbus, Ohio is showing right now. According to Central Ohio MLS data cited by Barbara Gale of the Gale …

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