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Swanville Junior High School is proud to announce Ellie Koetter as the April Student of the Month. Ellie is an eighth grade student. She is the daughter of Jerome and Mary Koetter. Ellie has a wide variety of hobbies, ranging from playing sports of any kind, hanging out with family and friends to babysitting. Her school day is very busy also. She has been in basketball … [Read more...] about Swanville School Jr. High April Student of the Month

Swanville Senior High School is proud to announce Heather Cook as the April Student of the Month. She is the daughter of Richard and Maria Cook and Kenny and Carol Wimmer and is currently a senior. Her hobbies include hanging out with friends, babysitting and shopping. Her future plans are to attend Bemidji State University and major in nursing. Heather played volleyball in … [Read more...] about Swanville School Sr. High April Student of the Month

Delegates from Wadena, Cass, Morrison and Todd Counties met in Browerville April 29th to endorse DFL candidates for election from the newly-reorganized State Senate District 9. Adrian Welle was endorsed as the DFL candidate for MN Representative District 9B, which includes most of Morrison County and parts of Todd County. Welle, currently serves as a Pierz City Councilmember … [Read more...] about Welle Receives DFL Endorsement for House District 9B

The Upsala 15s JO volleyball team wrapped up its seven tournament season with an appearance at the NCR St. Cloud Area Championships on April 29. The team finished second in their pool defeating older teams from Eden Prairie and Dassel-Cokato and narrowly losing to Hutchinson 2-1. In the gold division tournament they lost to the 16s team from Sauk Centre, who were the eventual … [Read more...] about Upsala 15s JO Volleyball Finishes Season

The Knights of Columbus are proud to have 3 generations of Knights in their council. Gene Brinkman (center) has been a member for 62 years; Marc Brinkman (left) has been a member for 27 years; and Justin Brinkman (right) joined the Knights in March of 2012. Congratulations to the Brinkman family. Photo submitted by Ken Sinclair. … [Read more...] about Three Brinkman Generations in the Knights of Columbus