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Wrestling (1/26)

January 26, 2026 by Paul Trende

LARP’s Carter Bronk and GMLOS’ Cael Smith get physical in a 145-pound match at the Screamin’ Eagles’ quadrangular. Bronk won by 18-14 decision and LARP swept the quad plus a home triangular (including topping #3 K-W). All told, they went 7-1 on the week to improve to 5-1 in the TRC, 16-3 overall. Photo by Paul Trende

Wrestling: LARP Posts Seven-Win Week Including Topping #3 K-W LARP wrestling continued their strong season with seven dual wins in eight tries including sweeping a triangular and a quadrangular at home. In Lewiston on a Tuesday, LARP took care of #3 in A Kenyon-Wanamingo 43-21 and Winona High 69-6. The win over the Knights was the Screamin’ Eagles’ second victory over a … [Read more...]

Boys Basketball (1/26)

January 26, 2026 by Paul Trende

Chatfield’s Brooks Lea looks to elude Cotter/Hope Lutheran’s Lewis Shira in the teams’ notable TRC matchup. The Gophers beat the TRC-East leading Ramblers 67-57 and Albert Lea 77-57 to run their win streak to six. Photo by Leif Erickson

Boys Basketball: Class AA Uncertainty It was week that showed that the Class AA race in boys basketball is very uncertain (save #2 Goodhue).  Gophers Top East Co-leader Cotter, Albert Lea to Win Sixth Straight Chatfield’s boys continued to roll. On Monday, they notched a win over TRC-East leader Cotter/Hope Lutheran (4-0, 11-2), a team that had been ranked #6 in the … [Read more...]

Hot Shots (1/26)

January 26, 2026 by Paul Trende

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In notable SEC boys games, East-leading Lanesboro beat West second-place Grand Meadow 57-47 behind Nick Taylor’s double-double (19 pts, 14 rebs). Spring Grove then got a double-double (22 pts, 12 rebs) from Devon Williams including two free throws with 12.7 seconds left to prop a 65-61 Lion lead on the Burros in a 65-63 win. Taylor went for 28 (pts) and 13 (rebs) in defeat. He … [Read more...]

Caledonia Public Schools Has Available School Board Position

January 26, 2026 by Kaitlin Longhauser

Caledonia Area Public School’s board members met Tuesday, January 20 at Caledonia Elementary School in room #162. Board member Mike Peterson called the meeting to order at 4 p.m., led with the Pledge of Allegiance, then conducted Roll Call. Board members present included Peterson, Julie Augedahl, Chad Harms, Leigh King and Melissa Marschall. Derek Adamson was absent. District … [Read more...]

Mabel-Canton Sets Course for 2026 at Annual Organizational Meeting

January 26, 2026 by Charlene Corson Selbee

The 2026 organizational and regular school board meeting was held on January 20 in Mrs. Peter’s Science Room number 50. The meeting opened at 6 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by the approval of the revised agenda and the minutes from the December 16 board meeting. Board members present included Jason Marquardt, Dustin Tollefsrud, Traci Livingood, Diane Wilder, … [Read more...]

Wrestling (1/19)

January 19, 2026 by Paul Trende

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Wrestling: Warriors Top LARP, Sweep WK Triangular Wrestling in the TRC authored up another surprise. The first shock was LARP beating #2 Chatfield 39-36 to start the year. At W-K triangular, Caledonia/Houston (3-13) topped LARP (2-0, 8-1) by 36-36 score on criteria. The dual came down to the last weight between ranked wrestlers. Cal/Hou started with pins by Kiptyn Meiners … [Read more...]

Gymnastics (1/8 & 1/10) 

January 19, 2026 by Paul Trende

Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 128.975, Kasson-Mantorville/Triton/Stewartville 127.425 (The Warriors’ first win of the season came against K-M/T/S. Harper Myrah had the team’s best score and finish with a first-place 8.9 in floor exercise. She was second in all-around (33.725) and placed among the top three at all four individual stations. Myrah was second on vault with 8.825, … [Read more...]

Hot Shots (1/19)

January 19, 2026 by Paul Trende

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Caledonia’s girls basketball beat PEM 81-54 and St. Charles 72-39. Aubrie Klug scored 39 versus the Bulldogs and 29 versus the Saints. The Warriors (7-0, 10-3) lead the TRC-East over Cotter/HL (4-2, 7-7). Nadia Happel scored 28 points as R-P topped W-K 88-25. Hailee Warren scored 23 as Kingsland topped St. Charles 56-48. Avery Kingsley scored 22 as Houston topped A-C/G-E 69-48. … [Read more...]

Basketball (1/19)

January 19, 2026 by Paul Trende

Lanesboro’s Quadyn Kettner takes the charge from LeRoy-Ostrander’s Reid Hungerholt in the Burros 83-33 SEC win. Team Burro, the SEC-East leader (4-1, 8-2), has won five in a row. Photo by Paul Trende

Basketball: Around the Horn Hoops It was a week of basketball games between area teams. LeRoy-Ostrander and Lanesboro had a boys/girls series, as did Fillmore Central and Chatfield, Spring Grove (SG/M-C) and Grand Meadow, Houston and L-O. The Falcons also hosted Kingsland in boys b-ball, as did L-O with GM, Mabel-Canton with Houston, Houston with Lanesboro, and SG with M-C. … [Read more...]

Lanesboro Arts Hosts High School Exhibition

January 19, 2026 by Wanda Hanson

Georgia Foltz, from Preston, stands by her monotype “Oracle.” Photo by Wanda Hanson

On a dark, snowy evening in January, Lanesboro Arts presented a sparkly contrast to the night. The well-lit gallery was humming with people of all ages strolling around to check out a wide variety of art created by high school students from area schools.  January 10 was the opening reception for the annual high school art exhibition. Art work from over 40 high school … [Read more...]

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