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...]
New Board Chairman for Houston School
After seating new board members Steve Walters and Lisa Schultz, the Houston School Board quickly took care of the organizational part of their January 9, 2025, meeting. In a twist from most years, there were actually two nominations for board chair, Josh Norlien and Mimi Carlson. After a vote, Norlien was chosen as chairman and Carlson was then voted in as vice chair. Mark … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Cayden Lea scored 28 points as R-P’s #7 in Class A boys beat PEM 78-47. Cole Thompson scored 22 as R-P beat Kingsland 74-52 for their ninth win in a row. Max Erdman had 21 in defeat. The R-P win streak ended with a 78-71 loss to West leading St. Charles (5-1, 11-3). The Trojans (5-2, 10-2) trail #2 in AA Caledonia (7-0, 11-2) in the TRC East. Ben Udstuen went for 22 (pts) and … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (1/7 & 1/9)
Cal/SG/Hou 129.6500, K-M/Triton 128.000 (The Warriors’ team win resulted from an especially good night on the balance beam. Cal/SG/Hou claimed five of the top six all-around scores with Vivian Kittleson second, Ayla Lange third, Harper Myrah fourth, Tyla Halverson fifth and Madelyn Foellmi sixth. Kittleson placed first on the uneven parallel bars and had the team’s best score … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/7 – 1/11)
LARP 31, Albert Lea 34 (In a tight dual with three lead changes and two ties, LARP led 15-6 after 127, but trailed 31-21 after 172. Zach Plank (189) won a 13-0 major and Chase Drazkowski (215) via pin to tie the dual 31-31. At 285, Albert Lea’s Evan Schroeder won 4-3 over Jaden Perez for the win. Christian Zibrowski (121) and Quintin Betthauser (145) also had pins for the … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (01/20)
East Leading ‘Canes, Cards Winners of Busy SEC Week Teams from the SEC-East played multiple game versus each other, plus versus LeRoy-Ostrander. Houston at Spring Grove went to overtime. Jake Merchlewitz’s ‘Canes built a 37-23 second half lead before SG roared back. Devon Williams scored seven straight points and Bryce Berns scored six via the drive late, the last … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (01/20)
SG Tops King, GM, and R-P, Leads SEC The Spring Grove girls took sole possession of first place in the SEC with a 79-53 runaway win over Kingsland followed by a bizarre comeback 59-49 road victory at Grand Meadow. A day later, the Lions took a tight 56-53 non-conference home victory over section rival Rushford-Peterson. The Lions led the Knights all game, including a 38-26 … [Read more...]
R-P School Board Holds First Meeting of 2025
The Rushford-Peterson School Board held their first meeting of the new year on the frigid evening of Monday, January 13. Chris Grindland called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. He nominated Amy Woxland to take over from himself as chairperson of the board. Other nominations were Ken Sawle as treasurer, and Matt Helgemoe as clerk. All were elected to their respective … [Read more...]