Arlo Hark and Josephine Trople have both been surrounded by agriculture their entire lives. Both grew up on their respective family’s farms. Trople in Washington, running cattle and making hay, and Hark was raised on his family’s small farm near Lonsdale.

The Cannon Falls Police Department’s 2020 Annual Report was presented in front of The Cannon Falls City Council on March 16. 

After a year like 2020, millions are exhausted, touch-starved and in need of good old fashioned self care. 

The Cannon Falls School District will be asking voters to support a four question referendum on May 11.

During the Feb. 16 Cannon Falls City Council meeting, Community and Business Development Specialist Laura Qualey presented the 2020 Economic Development Authority’s annual report. 

With Lent beginning on Feb. 17, many will be spending their Fridays looking for the best place to have fish. 

Losing weight is one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions, but by February, many people have already thrown in the towel. Registered dietitian and nutritionist Joseph Gonzales talked to The Beacon about how to maintain that, often big, lifestyle change.

Every summer Cannon River is filled with people cruising along the shallow water in kayaks, canoes and rafts. Many residents, and visitors, rent their crafts from Cannon Falls Canoe and Bike Rental, but not last summer.

From a classic American lager and a Belgian ale, to a marshmallow fluff cocoa stout and a mango milkshake NEIPA, Tilion Brewing Company has a brew for anyone.

The one outdoor activity that every Minnesotan has to try at least one time is lacing up some skates for a few laps around the ice skating rink.

The Cannon Falls Community Pool will reopen to the public in June, barring COVID-19 is under control.

The Cannon Falls and Randolph School Districts have always strived to keep their facilities clean. 

The CannonBelles cheese plant construction has come to a halt due to plumbing permits taking an extended amount of time to be approved.

When cable TV came to Cannon Falls in the late 70s, former Cannon Falls High School audio and visual teacher Jim Deacon took advantage of the new technology and the creation of public, educational, and government access (PEG) channels to create a community television station. 

John Burch Park has lit up the night for more than half a century, and baseball at the park dates back to the 1930s, according to Stadium Journey. The lights that allow night time usage of the park today, were installed in 2002 after a town-wide effort, including loans and a large fundraisin…

The winter hunting season is almost here, and topped off with Christmas, many current and soon-to-be dog owners are probably wondering the best ways to train man’s best friend.

Nestled between an alleyway and an antique store sits an old two story building. Stepping under the red awning and through the glass door customers are hit with the sweet scents of fresh baked goods.

In 1857, Minnesota frontier pioneers were settling into Cannon Falls and the general area. 

Across the country, hundreds of millions of voters turned out to support their candidates last week. 

Ask anyone of a certain age living in Minnesota about the Halloween blizzard of 1991. It’s almost becoming a mythical tale of power lost in homes, hundreds of cars being pulled out of ditches and snow as far as the eye can see. 

The country is just weeks away from an election that will determine many positions at a federal and statewide level. 

The November presidential election is less than two months away.

This story originally ran in the Sept. 17 edition of the Beacon.