Football: Warriors Dominate to 1AA Finals Caledonia opened the season with a 21-14 upset loss to Rushford-Peterson. They opened the season 1-2, losing to Triton 13-3 in week three too. Those days are eons ago. The Warriors are hot. They have not lost since week three including blasting foes in the 1AA quarters and semis. Versus St. Charles (6-seed, 2-6) in the quarters, … [Read more...]
Cross Country (11/3)
Boys Cross Country: #1 LARPH Wins Third Straight 1A Title It is undoubtedly their best team in their seven-year state run. Despite their main adversary Cotter/Hope Lutheran being ranked #3 in state, top-ranked LARPH boys cross country was a cut above. They posted their lowest team score, and largest margin of victory, of their four section titles the past five seasons. Of … [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...]
Volleyball (10/27)
Volleyball: Warriors Finish TRC Unblemished, Top Byron, Get #1 Seed Already guaranteed a share of the Three Rivers Conference title, #5 in Class AA Caledonia volleyball took down Wabasha-Kellogg to clinch a perfect run through league play, and they ended the regular season by topping Byron. At Wabasha, Cal easily handled the Falcons 3-0 (25-10, 25-8, 25-10). Avery Augedahl … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/27)
Cross Country: LFC Girls Win First TRC Crown Since 2016 For the first time since 2016, LFC girls cross country claimed the TRC Meet team title. Ellen Cullen’s group (78) outdid nearest foes PEM (94), Chatfield (104), and Dover-Eyota (120) while GMLOS (161) took sixth, LARPH (204) ninth, and Kingsland 11th (of 11 teams). Naturally leading the Burros was sophomore Autumn … [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...]