The Falcons Wire

Cold Spring shops bring gifts, treats, beers to central Minnesota

Cold Spring is home to a mix of shops that are community staples and relative newcomers, offering locally made beers, desserts, gifts and more.

Cold Spring Bakery cooks up sweet treats for Minnesotans for 80 years

The Cold Spring family-owned bakery has created wedding cakes, donuts, cookies and other treats for nearly 80 years.
St. Cloud Times

Cold Spring’s free concert series returns with Beatles tribute band, local business night

A unique night of music, community and celebration of local businesses is coming Thursday, July 17, to downtown Cold Spring. Now in its fifth year, Rock the River offers free monthly concerts every ...
inforum

A biblical plague of grasshoppers gave rise to a Minnesota chapel

From pests to prayers: The "Grasshopper Chapel" in Cold Spring, Minnesota, was built in the aftermath of an infestation of Rocky Mountain locusts that devastated the Midwest from 1873 to 1877. The ...
WJON

Jessica Rae O’Brien, 61, Cold Spring

Jessica Rae O'Brien, a dedicated mother from Waubun, touched many lives with her passion for family, gardening, and community ...
inforum

26 hospitalized after acid spill at Minnesota meat-packing plant

COLD SPRING — Twenty-six people were hospitalized Friday, June 6, following a chemical spill at the Pilgrim’s Pride meat-packing plant in Cold Spring, Minnesota, according to a news release from the ...