Rushford-Peterson Schools had five new teachers join the staff this year. Taylor Allen, kindergarten; Belle Berg, fourth grade; Jodi Monerson, K-4th grade music; Grace Dahl, grades 9-10 math; and Robbie Strand, MSHS business and head football coach. Taylor Allen, the new kindergarten teacher, used to always play school with her siblings growing up. During COVID, Taylor … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Flashback – Norwegian Kubbestols
By Cheryl Boyum Eaton 1877 Peterson Museum Board Member Many people are familiar with the talents involving Norwegian descended women, notably the baking of lefse, rosettes and krumkake, and the fine handiwork like tatting, weaving and rosemaling. Fewer are aware of the folk art products made by Norwegian men. These talents have been “passed down” to their … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central Gears Up for Winter Sports
At October 27 Fillmore Central School Board meeting, Superintendent Heath Olstad updated the board on the fall sports season. Both the football and volleyball teams received the #1 seed and won their first rounds in playoffs. Winter sports will be starting soon. Forty-four students are signed up for boys basketball, 33 for girls basketball, and 35 total for wrestling. Athletic … [Read more...]
Two New Positions Created at Rushford-Peterson
The Rushford-Peterson School Board approved the creation of two new staff positions at their regular meeting on October 20. The first was a track meet manager position. According to Activities Director Clay Olstad, the school has been holding more and larger track events in recent years. This coming year, eight events will be held at R-P including the True Team meet and … [Read more...]
Spring Grove Schools Share Data and Construction Updates
Spring Grove School District’s school board members met Monday, October 20 at Spring Grove Public Schools in the library. The meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m. with all board members present. The Consent Agenda received unanimous approval. Laura Moen was hired as a Special Education and Language Arts teacher for the 2025-2026 school year. Principal Matt Rosaaen added … [Read more...]
Mabel-Canton Receives Clean Audit Report
Riley Knutson with Smith Schafer presented the Mabel-Canton school’s financial summary for the school year ending June 30, 2025, at the October 21 school board meeting. Board members present included Jason Marquardt, Dustin Tollefsrud, Traci Livingood, Amber Tripp, and Mark Weidemann. Diane Wilder was absent. Knutson announced that the school received an unmodified “Clean” … [Read more...]
Kingsland Board Questions if Standardized Tests are Keeping Up With the Times
During their October 20 meeting, the Kingsland School Board reviewed the 2024-2025 Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Report, which details various goals set by the district based on standardized test assessments. The first goal was to have all 4-year-old preschool students achieve 80% kindergarten readiness on 60 skills sets. The school surpassed this with 100% … [Read more...]
Chatfield Welcomes Three New Elementary Teachers
Jessica Kral is a 2020 graduate of New Ulm Public High School and graduated from Winona State University in December 2024 with an Academic and Behavioral Strategist (ABS) Special Education degree. In Chatfield, she is teaching special education in grades 4-6. This is Jessica’s first full-time teaching assignment but she worked in other local districts, including Chatfield, as a … [Read more...]
Caledonia Public Schools Approve Coaching Contracts
Caledonia Public School District’s school board members met Monday, October 20. Boardmember Mike Peterson called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. then led with the Pledge of Allegiance. All board members were present. District employees present included Superintendent Craig Ihrke, Middle/High School Principal Nathan Boler, and Community Education Director Gretchen Juan. … [Read more...]
Two New Teachers at Lanesboro Schools
Lanesboro Schools welcomed two new teachers this fall. Morgan Knutson is teaching secondary life science and Lea Jensson is teaching elementary special education. Morgan Knutson feels that she was always meant to be teacher; she loves working with kids and helping them learn. her awesome science teachers in high school fed her love of science. Morgan graduated from … [Read more...]