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P.O. Box 144
Wood Lake, MN 56297

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Coming Soon...
In order to keep expanding and keep this small town newspaper alive, we must make some changes. Some of those changes must deal with content, and so you can look forward to the following changes:
1. New Features -- Two new features are coming soon! The "Where Are They Now" feature will spotlight Wood Lake High School and Lakeview alumni by running three of their returned questionaires per week, as space permits. Another new feature will be the "A Closer Look" which spotlights the programs and services that are available in The Messenger's coverage area with a more in-depth look than a person can get from reading a pamphlet.
2. The only way to go is up -- We started out covering the Wood Lake, Hanley Falls, Echo and Belview area, but as things go, we need to add more coverage area in order to continue to grow, and so we will soon be covering Cottonwood! Look forward to more Cottonwood stories and postings.

Musings from that Over the Hill Guy
One of our most loved features in The Messenger is the weekly column "Musings from that Over the Hill Guy" written by former Wood Lake News publisher Curtis B. Warnke. Curt writes about his days in legislation as well as his memories of Wood Lake from the 40's and up.

Current features...
For over a year now, The Messenger has been running a "Did You Know" column on the Public Forum page. We decided it was time to "spice things up" a bit, and so new this month is the "What You Didn't Need to Know, But You'll See It Here Anyway" column. Also new this month is the "Minnesota Made" series, featuring articles about Minnesota artisans.

Who We Are
For those of you who don't know, The Messenger is a newspaper in southwest Minnesota that covers the small towns of Wood Lake, Hanley Falls, Echo and Belview. The Messenger was created by Jessica Stölen in 2002. This newspaper was built from the ground up, putting the news in a town that had been without for two years. In our first year of business, we tripled business -- pretty good considering that The Messenger is run by one person only! The Messenger is six pages and covers all city council, school events for the Lakeview and E.C.H.O. Charter School, community events and we run features weekly.