Cottonwood, MN

A Cosmos woman died after a semi-SUV crash early Thursday morning west of Cosmos.   The state patrol says it was reported at 2:29 a.m. on Highway 7 in East Lake Lillian Township.  A Mitsubishi Outlander, driven by 33-year-old Brittany Ann Gehrke of Cosmos, was westbound on Highway 7 and the semi was eastbound when they collided.  Portions of the highway were briefly closed while the crash was investigated.  The semi driver, 41-year-old Roger Jennings of Cottonwood, and his passenger, 23-

Personal (please list occupation, education and family):  Airline Pilot. Studied aviation at St. Cloud State University. Married with 3 children and one grandchild. Why am I running for a school board seat? I have been on the Lakeview School Board for eight years. I enjoy being an active community member. It’s important that each community (Cottonwood & […]

A Cosmos woman is dead after a semi-SUV crash early this morning west of Cosmos.   The state patrol says it was reported at 2:29 a.m. on Highway 7 in East Lake Lillian Township.   A Mitsubishi Outlander, driven by a 33-year-old Cosmos woman, was westbound on 7 and the semi was eastbound when they collided.  Portions of the highway were briefly closed while the crash was investigated.   The semi driver, 41-year-old Roger Jennings of Cottonwood, and his passenger, 23-year-old Jose Trochez o

The Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Office reported 44 calls in the week of October 18th through October 24th. Among the calls were one accident with injuries, one accident without injuries, one domestic assault, one sexual assault, [...]

Lochiel, Arizona — A centuries-old cottonwood known as the “grandmother tree” was cut down Oct. 5, after activists spent 71 days protecting it from border wall construction. The tree stood near the U.S.-Mexico border in the San Rafael Valley, southeast of Tucson. Protesters took turns occupying a platform in its branches, keeping someone in the The post Trump Administration’s Border Wall Project Destroys ‘Grandmother’ Tree After Border Patrol Raids Protest Camp appeared first on KBFT

COTTONWOOD—The funeral service for Eunice Boerner, 94, will be at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, October 16, 2026, at the English Lutheran Church in Cottonwood. Visitation will be from 12:30 until 2:00 p.m. prior to the service at the church. Interment will follow at English Lutheran Cemetery in Cottonwood. Eunice Gertrude Bahn was born on October […]