5+ hour, 51+ min ago   (9+ words) Photo of the Week - February 6, 2026Alexandria Echo Press...

4+ week, 2+ hour ago   (355+ words) ALEXANDRIA " ICE agents were seen in Alexandria on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. Around 12:30 p.m., an Echo Press reporter was covering a rally of U.S. Senate candidate Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan at the Douglas County Library. The event was co-sponsored by Alexandria Indivisible. The reporter…...

4+ week, 10+ hour ago   (44+ words) Jerome Hanson took this photo on a Dec. 12 morning west of Hoffman. To see previous Photo of the Week submissions, go to our Photo of the Week photo gallery. If you have a good photo, email it to Al Edenloff…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (46+ words) David Abers took this picturesque photo at his home on Little Lake Osakis on Thanksgiving. To see previous Photo of the Week submissions, go to our Photo of the Week photo gallery. If you have a good photo, email it…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (74+ words) Mark Koch took this photo of a "beaver moon" over Lake Carlos State Park on Nov. 5, 2025. A beaver moon is a full moon in November when beavers are particularly active as they prepare for winter, building dams and stocking up…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (238+ words) Celeste Edenloff is the special projects editor and senior reporter for the Alexandria Echo Press. She has lived in the Alexandria Lakes Area since 1997. She first worked for the Echo Press as a reporter from 1999 to 2011, and returned in 2016 to…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (75+ words) The Hunt family picked up some unexpected photos on their trail cams on Highway 29, just north of Brother's Market in Miltona. "I always enjoy seeing local photos on page 2 of the paper so I thought I'd send them in," said…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (198+ words) Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "staff." Often, the "staff" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (55+ words) Carrie Wolfson took this photo of a sunrise over Lake L'Homme Dieu while she was on her way to work on Oct. 13, 2025. To see previous Photo of the Week submissions, go to our Photo of the Week photo gallery. If…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (53+ words) Celeste Edenloff is the special projects editor and a reporter for the Alexandria Echo Press. She has lived in the Alexandria Lakes Area since 1997. She first worked for the Echo Press as a reporter from 1999 to 2011, and returned in 2016 to…...