Warriors Post Second Straight 4-1 Week For a second straight week, Caledonia baseball won four of five games. Their 12-3 record over the final 15 games has them a top four post-season seed. Shawn Bauer’s group first avenged a loss to Lewiston-Altura. The Warriors scored four in the bottom of the first and then never looked back in a 9-1 win. Reid Klug gave up just one … [Read more...]
Track and Field (5/26)
GMLOKS is State True Team Runner-Up, LFCMC Takes 8th For a third straight year, GMLOKS girls track and field is the state True Team runner-up. For the second straight year, they do so by a very narrow margin, and this year against the team they topped at sections. Aaron Thauwald’s group (538) took second to 1A rival Cotter/Hope Lutheran (543.5) with Luverne (485.5) taking … [Read more...]
Softball (5/26)
Hurricanes Ascend to Shared SEC Title Playing games of descending toughness, Houston softball posted a 3-0 week with two big victories. They ascended to a share of the SEC title. The biggest win was a Tuesday showdown with league leader Southland. Houston took advantage of 12 walks and they hammered out 10 hits. Josh Swenson’s ‘Canes built a 10-1 lead midway through the … [Read more...]
Golf (5/26)
Warrior Girls Top Falcons to Secure TRC-East Title, Boys Teams Tie Leading the division by one match over Fillmore Central, Caledonia’s girls topped the Falcons 186 to 203 in the regular season finale to shore up the TRC-East golf title, sweeping the season series. Amidst high winds, Warrior Jazzlyn Hauser medaled with a 41. Teammates Hayden Harms (48), Maggie Herman … [Read more...]
Chatfield Builds New Press Box
Chatfield School District used their new press box for the first time this year at a track meet on April 24, 2025. The new building has storage area in the bottom level and two more levels that will be used by CCTV, Chatfield coaches, timers, announcers and visiting team personnel. Each of these levels has three separate rooms. During the track meet, this reporter asked … [Read more...]
Caledonia Public Schools Holds Short Board Meeting in May
Caledonia Area Public School board members met Monday, May 19 at Caledonia Elementary School in room #162. Board member Mike Peterson called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. and led with the Pledge of Allegiance. Board members present included Derek Adamson, Julie Augedahl, Chad Harms, Leigh King, Melissa Marschall, Spencer Yohe and Peterson. District employees present … [Read more...]
Mabel-Canton School Board Approves Sale of Bonds
The Mabel-Canton School Board held its regular meeting on May 20 at 6:00 p.m. in Room 50, Mrs. Peter’s science classroom. Board Chair Chris Miller opened the meeting and led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance. Senior Municipal Advisor Jodie Zesbaugh with Ehlers & Associates presented a presale report for the voter approved school building bonds. The board unanimously … [Read more...]
R-P to Vote on Building Referendum in November
Superintendent Dr. Ben Bernard presented the results and recommendations of the Steering Committee for a possible building project at the May 19 regular Rushford-Peterson school board meeting. Three meetings were held on April 30, May 5, and May 14 with an average attendance of 20 people. Members of the committee had been solicited from the entire community. According to … [Read more...]
Spring Grove School Board Approves Bond Sale, Announces Staffing Changes and Year-End Events
At the May 19 Spring Grove School board meeting, Senior Municipal Advisor Shelby McQuay of Elder & Associates, the district’s independent municipal advisor, reported that the recent bond sale aligned closely with expectations. The board approved the sale of $1,210,000 in General Obligation Facilities Maintenance Bonds, Series 2025A, designated for indoor air quality … [Read more...]
Area High School Senior Pursues Career in Musical Theatre
Greta Kunene’s initial reaction to acting was a negative one. The Missoula Children’s Theatre company was in southeastern Minnesota and was holding auditions for a show. When her mom Brenda Kunene asked if she wanted to audition, Greta said no. Thankfully, her mom made her do it anyway, and Greta found out that she loved it. At that first show, she was chosen to play Wendy in … [Read more...]