Fillmore County Journal

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Kingsland School Board Taking Applications To Fill Vacancy

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On Monday, April 20, the Kingsland School Board received Board Chair Kyle Rader’s resignation as he will soon be moving out of the district. Rader will remain on the board until June of this year. Superintendent Scott Klavetter explained because there are more than 90 days left of Rader’s term, there will need to be someone appointed to his seat. “Basically there are two … [Read more...]

Spring Grove School Board Approves Revised Budget

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The Spring Grove School Board unanimously approved the revised 2025–2026 revenue and expenditure budget at its April 20 meeting. District Accountant Tanya Elton presented the board with a new report formatted to make it easier for board members to see where the costs are coming from. Elton reminded the board that she is pretty conservative. She underestimates revenues and … [Read more...]

Caledonia Public Schools Welcomes Whitney Steele

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Caledonia Area Public School board members met Monday, April 20 at Caledonia Elementary School in room 162. Board member Mike Peterson called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m., led with the Pledge of Allegiance, and conducted roll call. All board members were present except for Chad Harms. District employees present included Superintendent Craig Ihrke, principals Nathan Boler … [Read more...]

Lanesboro Art Students – Movement at VAC

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April 10 brought an enthusiastic Lanesboro art team to Madison, Wis. to compete at the state of Wisconsin VAC (Visual Arts Classic). The theme for the event was movement – both actual and symbolic. In order to compete, the team first needed to score a team first place at regionals. Art teacher Stena Lieb learned four years ago that as a registered member of the National Art … [Read more...]

R-P Successful in Hiring Season

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At the April 20 regular Rushford-Peterson School Board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Ben Bernard informed the board that he was “extremely impressed” with the candidates for positions at R-P. He shared that there were some hard decisions as a result in the hiring process. “I feel like we added some excellent people to the staff for next year,” Bernard concluded. New personnel … [Read more...]

Baseball (4/20)

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Baseball: Warriors Start With Four-Win Week  Caledonia baseball began its 2026 season with four wins in six days. The Warriors swept a cold Monday doubleheader with Rushford-Peterson at St. Mary’s University. They took game one 9-1 behind senior Landon O’Heron’s dual effort (7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K, Win, 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R). Will Allen (2-4, two 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R), … [Read more...]

Track and Field (4/10) 

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Triton Meet (K-M’s girls (152.5) topped D-E (89.33), BP (82), and Chatfield (80.33). K-M’s boys (155) topped Albert Lea (132.33), Triton (102), D-E (96), and Chatfield (95.33). Lourdes, Hayfield, Medford, and Schaeffer also competed. For Chatfield’s boys, Ross Stoehr (110-hurdles > 17.00; 300-hurdles > 45.02) had two first places. Lane Schmaltz took first (Pole Vault > … [Read more...]

Hot Shots

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M-C’s Tylar Wenthold pitched her team to wins over Spring Grove 7-2 and FC/L 15-0, throwing a four inning perfect game in the latter. Lion Claire Sherburne hit a home run and had 14 strikeouts (15 walks) in the loss to the Cougars. Shelby Tesch hit a grand slam home run, struck out 10, and got the win, as R-P beat SG 8-2. Sherburne struck out 19 in defeat. Chatfield softball … [Read more...]

Softball (4/20)

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Softball: #3 Hurricanes Roll 53-1 to Improve to 7-0 Houston softball is ranked #3 in Class A, as high as it has been in decades (if ever). The Hurricanes continued their big start to the season with four more wins by a collective 53-1 tally. Versus Lyle/Pacelli, Josh Swenson’s group won 14-1 in five innings. Frosh Claire Frauenkron was perfect at the plate (3-3, two 2B, 2 … [Read more...]