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...]
Hot Shots (1/12)
Caledonia’s boys took on tough competition, losing to West Salem 93-79, beating #3 in AA Pequot Lakes 59-55 in overtime at the Target Center, then losing to #2 in AA Belle Plaine 78-76 as a part of the Southern Minnesota Hoop Festival (at Mayo High School). Sophomore Grant King scored 29, 27, and 28 points in the three games with 12 combined three pointers. The Warriors (3-0, … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/12)
Boys Basketball: Three Wins Runs Trojans Win Streak to Five Rushford-Peterson’s boys downed Baldwin-Woodville and TRC foe Fillmore Central at their home holiday tourney, and got a good Class AA win over Lake City at the Southern Minnesota Hoops Festival, to improve their win streak to five. The Trojans topped B-W 86-53 amidst the 3-Coop Shoot-for-Three tourney. Six Trojans … [Read more...]
Girl’s Basketball (1/12)
Girls Basketball: Falcons Top Trojans in Frenzied Overtime Game In an excellent girls basketball contest, FC took on R-P at the Trojans’ 3-Coops Holiday hoops tourney. It took overtime and featured 172 total points. FC came out inspired and built a 31-17 lead. R-P narrowed the score to 39-36 only for the Falcons to score the final six points of the half for a 45-36 lead at … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/12)
Wrestling: Teams Excel at Bi-State Chatfield’s boys and girls, LARP’s boys and girls, and Caledonia/Houston’s boys wrestling teams all trekked to La Crosse for the 43rd annual Bi-State tourney featuring a hoard of top teams and top wrestlers from Minnesota and Wisconsin. All three schools got multiple placers at an event with around 40-50 wrestlers per weight … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (1/5)
Spring Grove/Mabel-Canton’s Siri Konkel had a point-assist double-double (15 pts, 10 asts) as the Lions beat St. Charles 69-32. SG/M-C (5-1, 8-2) leads the SEC over Southland (4-1, 6-1) and Lanesboro (4-1, 6-3). Caledonia’s girls, ranked #6 in Class AA, fell in two big games, losing a state quarterfinal re-match with Minnehaha Academy 55-54 and to Wisconsin’s … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/5)
Girls Wrestling: Gophers Sweep Pine Island Quad As girls wrestling continues to grow, there will be increasingly more specific girls dual meets. Chatfield trekked to Pine Island for a girls quadrangular with the Panthers, Rochester-Mayo, and St. Charles. The Gophers, who have good girls wrestling participation numbers, won all three duals. They built a 45-18 lead on Mayo and … [Read more...]