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Playoff Pigtail Volleyball (10/22)
17-seed Glenville-Emmons (5-13) 2, 16-seed Houston (5-17) 3 > 25-16, 16-25, 23-25, 25-15, 15-10 (H: E. Melbo 10 kills, 11 digs; S. Keehner 3 kills, 25 assists, 9 digs; K. Klunder 8 kills, 15 digs, 5 aces; L. Pedretti 11 kills, 10 digs, 4 aces; B. Rodriguez 5 assists, 21 digs, 3…
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Three Rivers Conference Volleyball (10/19)
Caledonia 3, PEM 0 > 25-7, 25-20, 25-17 (C: Elsa Blum 15 kills on .462 hitting, 8 digs, 17-17 serving, 4 aces; Avery Augedahl 28 assists; Ashlyn Reinhart 11 kills, 10 digs, 3 aces; Paizley Lange 3 kills, 14 digs, 20-20 serving, 3 aces; Lauren Goetzinger 10 digs; Adrienne Lange 7…
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South-East Sub-District Football (10/20 & 10/21)
Spring Grove 7, #7 in 9-Man Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons 20 (SG: C. Gerard 14-125, TD rushing, 8 tackles; Sam Klug 15 tackles. With their statistical offensive leader Dylan Halverson out injured, the Lions managed only 70 yards of total offense but defensively limited…
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Cross-District Football (10/22)
Fillmore Central 28, St. Clair/Mankato-Loyola 6 (FC: Q. Kaase 10-126, 2 TDs, conversion rushing, 21-yard reception, 49-yard interception return; Grant Daniels 12-74 rushing, 16-yard reception, 12 total tackles; Bridon Bahl 7-60, 2 TDs, conversion rushing, 2 of 4, 37 yards…
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Hot Shots
Blake Hubbard rushed for 288 yards and had three total touchdowns (two rushing, pick six), while Parker Armagost added 193 yards and three rushing touchdowns as Grand Meadow ran for 582 yards in beating Faribault B.A. 58-18. Hubbard surpassed 1,000 yards rushing. The Larks (5-3…
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Football: Defensively Offensive #1 Warriors Finish Out Perfect Regular Season
In their regular season finale, the new #1-ranked team in Class AA used a scoring defense to easily handle neighbor LA Crescent/Hokah. Carl Fruechte’s Warriors had three fumble return touchdowns. In the first quarter, Max Schmitz sacked Lancer quarterback Maverick Moor and…
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Football: Chatfield Downs #4 in Class AAA Pine Island 34-7
After a 53-3 drubbing to #1 in Class AA Caledonia in week seven, Chatfield football rallied in a big way in their regular season finale. Versus unbeaten Class AAA #4 Pine Island (7-0), the Gophers both wiped away the week seven game, and got revenge for a 30-0 (injury-depleted)…
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Volleyball: Lions Down Southland, Grab First Conference Title Since 1984
Spring Grove clinched a share of its first conference volleyball title in 42 years with a 3-0 (25-12, 25-14, 25-20) win over Southland. This co-championship of the SEC East is the Lions’ first since the 1984 co-championship of the River Valley Conference. SG did not trail during…
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Football: Knights Fight Off Huge Burro Run, Win on Last Second Play
In the best South-East game of the year, Kingsland (4-3) got a TD run as time expired to post a crazy win at #10 in 9-Man Lanesboro (6-1). The contest started with the Knights jumping out to a 30-8 first quarter lead. Kingsland senior Bently Wiersma had a hell of a quarter,…
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Volleyball: Five Set Wins Lead M-C to Shared East Title, Showcase Win
It was unheard of for decades. Coming off a 3-0 loss to Spring Grove which ended Mabel-Canton volleyball’s 231-match SEC win streak, M-C started their next/last league match by dropping sets one and two to Grand Meadow. M-C had thus lost five straight SEC sets, and they were…
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Volleyball: #2 Falcons Top L-A to Grab First Out-Right TRC Title Since 2014
Fillmore Central, ranked #2 in Class A, entered its final TRC match game, having already done a lot of the hard work towards a conference title early in the season. Big wins over second place Dover-Eyota and third place Caledonia happened in league games one and three. Travis…
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Fillmore Central Approves Purchase Agreement with City of Preston
At the regular October 27 Fillmore Central School Board meeting, Superintendent Heath Olstad noted that the Facility Committee has been meeting to review the potential purchase agreement with the City of Preston. The agreement will allow the city to purchase land at the…
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Fillmore County Requests State Disaster Assistance
Emergency Manager Jason Harmening asked the county board at their October 27 meeting to consider the submission of a letter to Governor Tim Walz requesting state disaster assistance for damage resultant of the September 18 flood event. Beginning on September 18 there were…
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Houston County Board Approves Watershed District Reappointments, New Staff Hire
The Houston County Board of Commissioners met October 27 at the historic courthouse, approving routine business and consent agenda items, including reappointments to the Crooked Creek Watershed District and a gambling permit for the Gopher State Sportsman’s Club. Routine…
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Pastor Devotions – At the End of the Day
By Pastor Mark Woodward Maple Leaf Parish of the UMC Cherry Grove, Fountain, Preston, and Spring Valley: Faith Churches (and Lenora) A school teacher asked her students to write an essay of 1,000 words describing something beautiful. One young student turned in a picture of a…
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Journal Writing Project – How AI is Changing Society
By Brenna Krips What is AI? Artificial intelligence (AI) can mean different things to different people. Some see it as a helpful tool for everyday life, while others view it as a harmful machine that is hurting the planet and humanity. Factually, AI is a broad branch of computer…
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One Moment, Please… I’m Looking Forward to November 4
Get out and vote. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to participate in the process. Interestingly, I was thinking about the impact of each person’s vote in a smaller population like most of our rural communities. At a local level, especially, each person’s vote equals a higher…
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Chatfield Wastewater Treatment Facility Plan
At the October 26 meeting of the Chatfield City Council, Maria McCarty, civil engineer at Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc., presented the plan to update the wastewater treatment facility. Mayor John McBroom and councilors Pam Bluhm and Mike Urban were absent. The plan was…
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Caledonia City Council Approves 12-Month Data Center Moratorium
At the October 26 regular meeting, the Caledonia City Council approved Ordinance 2026-02, establishing a moratorium on data centers within the city. City Clerk/Administrator Jake Dickson noted that the 12-month moratorium could be lifted before the 12 months expires. However, he…
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Harmony Data Center Ordinance Recommended by P & Z
The Harmony Planning and Zoning Commission met October 28 to hold a public hearing for the city’s proposed data hearing ordinance. Approximately 20 residents addressed the commission on the subject. Chair Jesse Grabau outlined the evening’s procedure: each speaker was allowed…