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Riverland PTK chapter making broad impacts

Published 8:00am Saturday, May 18, 2024

Over the years, Riverland Community College has been able to celebrate its success rate for students in a variety of ways. Helping to further highlight ... Read more

Bishop triples in two as Blossoms beat USC

Published 9:00pm Friday, May 17, 2024

The Blooming Prairie baseball team beat United South Central (5-14 overall) 2-0 at the University of Minnesota Friday. Carter Bishop had a two-run triple to ... Read more

Vikings bounce back from slow start to beat Lyle-Pacelli

Published 8:55pm Friday, May 17, 2024

The Hayfield baseball team came out a little awestruck against the top team in Class A, but the Vikings found their comfort zone and eventually ... Read more

Designed Opportunity: Austin senior puts design skills to the test for district

Published 7:01pm Friday, May 17, 2024

Austin High School senior Ava Denzer didn’t know what to think last school year, when she was pulled from class and asked to go down ... Read more

Service provides a moment of peace

Published 6:30pm Friday, May 17, 2024

By Rachel Campbell Rev. George Favell eloquently describes the Taizé ceremony as: “An experience that allows (people) to appreciate the benefit of being intentionally silent.” ... Read more

Army will present Purple Heart to Minnesota veteran 73 years after he was wounded in Korean War

Published 5:35pm Friday, May 17, 2024

ST. PAUL — After 73 years and a long fight with the U.S. Army, a Korean War veteran from Minnesota who was wounded in combat ... Read more

Monarch population, host plants hurting from climate change. Expert shares how to help

Published 5:35pm Friday, May 17, 2024

By Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton Monarch butterflies are beginning to return to Minnesota and should start arriving in droves in the next two weeks. ... Read more

Austin Area Foundation launches scholarship for STEM education

Published 5:34pm Friday, May 17, 2024

The Austin Area Foundation and the Science Fair Mentoring Project has partnered in the establishment of the Rick Herreid Science Scholarship. This scholarship will honor ... Read more

Pair of Adams students awarded scholarships

Published 5:31pm Friday, May 17, 2024

A pair of Adams students have received a $1,000 scholarship through the 2024 Road to Success scholarship by Huseby Insurance of Adams and Grinnell Mutual ... Read more

Education Briefs

Published 5:29pm Friday, May 17, 2024

Buena Vista University 2024 Spring Dean’s List Austin Katelyn Neilsen Southern New Hampshire University 2024 Winter Dean’s List Austin Nicholas Gustafson LeRoy Cassidy Milks University ... Read more

Toastmasters meet in June

Published 5:28pm Friday, May 17, 2024

Toastmasters International will be hosting meetings of the Mid-Day Club on Saturday and Tuesdays in June. The club will meet for generally one hour from ... Read more

Michael Cohen pressed on his crimes and lies as defense attacks key Trump hush money trial witness

Published 5:28pm Friday, May 17, 2024

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers accused the star prosecution witness in his hush money trial of lying to jurors, portraying Trump fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen ... Read more

Convictions: May 6-13

Published 5:27pm Friday, May 17, 2024

— Becky Jo Boser, 37, Waltham, was sentenced to one year supervised probation and fined $200 for gross misdemeanor financial transaction card fraud-use with no ... Read more

Peggy Keener: Rub-a-dub-dub

Published 5:27pm Friday, May 17, 2024

Question: what has a shiny corrugated two-sided metal plate framed in wood? Everyone of our mothers had one. Heck, everyone of us probably had one. ... Read more

APS Column: Technology tools for safety at APS

Published 5:23pm Friday, May 17, 2024

By Amy Thuesen APS Director of Technology When you think of technology in schools, you likely picture students on laptops and teachers using lots of ... Read more