Winona Senior Invite (The Warriors placed third (131.4) among five teams behind both Austin and Winona, ahead of both PI/ZM and Stewartville/Chatfield. Sophomore Vivian Kittleson tied for fourth place among 32 gymnasts in all-around with her career-best score of 34.3500. That was much due to her winning the individual competition on balance beam with a career-best score of … [Read more...]
Kingsland School Board Hears SMEC Audit Report
On January 22, Dan Armagost and John Mark Dundas, of the Southern Minnesota Education Consortium (SMEC), presented the Kingsland School Board with the fiscal year 2024 audit. SMEC is a multi-purpose cooperative of school districts that work together to provide support for special education students. Currently, there are seven member districts within SMEC including … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Caledonia’s boys got 22 points from Reid Klug and 21 from Garrett Konz in beating L-A 97-72. The #3 in AA Warriors then beat Mount Horeb 70-59 at the Midwest Players Classic. Klug scored 27 points. Brad King’s Warriors (8-0, 13-2) lead the TRC-East over R-P (6-2, 12-2). Greg Kennedy went for 30 (pts) and 11 (rebs) as FC beat PEM 80-71. Morgan Rohweder scored 27 as Houston beat … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/27)
Full-Strength Knights Post 3-0 Week A finally-at-full-strength Kingsland boys squad notched a 3-0 week. A non-SEC game versus Fillmore Central was a battle. The Falcons were down multiple rotation players and it showed early. The Knights jumped out 23-7. FC first fought back to down four twice. Kingsland replied, building a 37-25 lead. FC then battled back again, spurting … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/27)
Grove Girls Extend Winning Streak to Six The Spring Grove girls improved to 11-3 while extending their winning streak to six. Four of those wins involved overcoming second-half deficits, including two of the three games the week of Monday, January 13. The Lions dominated their only conference game at Lyle/Pacelli (77-34). It was sandwiched between non-conference wins at … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/27)
Wrestling: All Five Area Squads Mix It Up The week in wrestling saw the five ‘Journal-covered’ squads mix it up. Caledonia/Houston hosted Chatfield and W-K for a triangular. LARP hosted GMLOS and W-K. Dover-Eyota hosted the Gophers and FCLMC. The Cal/Hou tri in Houston had three very lopsided matches. Top-ranked Chatfield dominated, beating the Falcons 75-0 and the … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (1/14 & 1/18)
Cal/SG/Hou 132.4250, PI/ZM 133.4000 (The Warriors received the highest varsity and junior varsity team scores under the current coaching staff. Cal/SG/Hou had three of the top four all-around gymnasts with Vivian Kittleson second, Harper Myrah third and Ayla Lange fourth. Myrah placed first on vault and placed second on the floor with the team’s second-best score (8.7000). … [Read more...]
Caledonia School Board Says Goodbye to Member Tim Gunn
Caledonia Area Public School board members met Tuesday, January 21 at Caledonia Elementary School in room #162. Board member Mike Peterson called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m., led with the Pledge of Allegiance, then conducted roll call. Board members present included Derek Adamson, Julie Augedahl, Tim Gunn, Leigh King, Melissa Marschall and Spencer Yohe. School district … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Flashback Peterson’s Blind School Teacher
By Cheryl Boyum Eaton Fillmore County Historical Society Roy Maynard Johnson was born January 11, 1935, to Jens and Hazel Johnson at Moorhead, Iowa. He had two older brothers and a younger sister. His father was a farmer and the family moved to Belmond, Iowa, when Roy was in eighth grade. He took part in band, choir, and FFA. As a young child, he was diagnosed with … [Read more...]
Mabel-Canton School Board Elects Officers
On January 21, 2025, during the regularly scheduled board meeting, Mabel-Canton Superintendent Gary Kuphal led the newly elected and re-elected board members in the Oath of Office, followed by the election of officers. The district’s new officers are: Chairman Chris Miller, Vice Chair Dustin Tollefsrud, Clerk Jason Marquardt, and Treasurer Diane Wilder. The meeting was … [Read more...]