A mayor who faces a misdemeanor charge of obstructing Humane Society work by releasing strays into a national forest now wants charges brought against a Humane Society director.

Doha • Secretary-General of the Qatari Red Crescent Society, Dr Mohammad Ghanem Al Ali Al Maadheed has been recently elected as a non-permanent member of the Islamic Committee for the International Crescent (ICIC).

The state Department of Correction was awarded $540,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice to implement programs to help prisoners re-enter society, it was announced Wednesday.

A strained economy has taken its toll on many throughout the region, but it's been unusually kind to friends of the four-legged at the Richland-Wilkin Humane Society.

The American Cancer Society has selected Ann Brehmer of St.James and Richard Bock of Madelia to serve as co-honorary chairs for this year's Relay for Life of Watonwan County.