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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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...]
Students Honored as Hurricane Heroes
At the January 8 Houston School Board meeting, four high school students were recognized as Hurricane Heroes. Seniors Grayden Beckman and Avery Evenson are the AAA nominees; in order to qualify for the honor, the students needed to have a 3.0 or higher grade point average and be involved in both athletics and fine arts. AAA which stands for Academics, Arts and Athletics is an … [Read more...]
Lanesboro Public Input on Semester Tests
Once again, the Lanesboro School Board heard concerns from the citizens about semester tests at the school at their regular board meeting January 14. Ollie Lepper addressed the board to share her opinion about the school’s semester test policy. Lepper commented that she felt the policy goes against the idea of staying home when you are sick. She gave the personal example of … [Read more...]
Chatfield School Board Discusses Veterans’ Memorial Proposal
At the January 14, 2026 school board meeting, board members David Sovinski, Katie Priebe, Tom Keefe, Jill Harstad and Mark Johnsrud were present. Board member Josh Thompson was not present. Also present were Superintendent Ed Harris, elementary principal Shane McBroom and high school principal Eric Nelson. Student senate representatives Owen Schwanke and Mason Sulu-Mehus and … [Read more...]