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    February 23, 2018
    Americans Jessica Diggins, left, and Kikkan Randall celebrate winning the gold medal in the ladies' cross-country skiing team sprint freestyle final during the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games at Alpensia Cross-Country Centre. Soobum Im / USA TODAY Sports
    Minnesota hero Jessie Diggins, and her mom, talk about the skier's historic golden moment
    AFTON, Minn. — Afton native Jessie Diggins still has the weathered scrap of cardboard that her idol Kikkan Randall signed for her nearly...
    sports/otherFebruary 23, 2018 - 5:34pm
    May 26, 2017
    Belwin Conservancy in Afton, Minn., held a bison release Saturday, May 20. Festivities began at 11 a.m. with the first truck releasing bison around noon. Jake Pfeifer / RiverTown Multimedia
    Where the buffalo roam
    A herd of bison stampeded onto the prairie during Belwin Conservancy's bison release Saturday, May 20. The annual event is in its ninth year...
    sports/outdoorsMay 26, 2017 - 10:17am
    October 19, 2009
    Cedar Bluff, stealth tower on Oct. 20 Afton City Council agenda
    The Afton City Council will be discussing several big issues during the Tuesday, Oct. 20 meeting. These issues include: •Further discussions regarding the proposed Cedar Bluff Development. Discussions have been ongoing since February of last year, in which time developer Len Pratt...
    newsOctober 19, 2009 - 8:13am
    May 28, 2009
    Fritz Knaak, Afton's city attorney, is also one of the attorneys working on Sen. Norm Coleman's U.S. Senate election recount case against Al Franken. The Minnesota Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on June 1. Submitted photo
    Afton city attorney is a major player in Senate recount
    Afton city attorney Fritz Knaak may have his work cut out for him in Afton, but there is another case currently commanding his attention -- Minnesota's...
    newsMay 28, 2009 - 4:18pm
    February 5, 2009
    Outdoor events
    Snowshoe, hike in Afton Saturday A candlelight snowshoe and hike along a two-mile trail are scheduled from 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Afton State Park. Candle luminaries will be set out along trails and, depending on the cloud cover, a section of the easy cross-country ski loop...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 5, 2009 - 12:00am
    December 16, 2008
    Afton man accused of molesting granddaughters
    An Afton man was charged Monday with two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct for an incident involving two of his juvenile granddaughters. Washington County Sheriff's deputies arrested Richard Allen Balsimo, 62, at his Afton residence on Thursday, Dec. 11. He was taken...
    newsDecember 16, 2008 - 12:00am
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