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13 Sleepy Eye FFA members compete in Agriscience Fair

The Roland Peterson Agriculture Education Science Fair was held on March 13 at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus. The Minnesota Future Farmers of America (FFA) Association uses this invitational as the Minnesota FFA's Agriscience Fair. The highest-ranking FFA member or team of ...

SW Minnesota Men’s Chorus dinner show April 14

The Southwest Minnesota Men’s Chorus is coming back to Springfield. The group will be doing their annual spring dinner show Monday, April 14 at the Springfield Area Community Center. The shows begin at 7 p.m. Tickets for the show will be $30 per person which includes the show and dinner served by the chorus members. Only advance tickets will be sold and will be available at the Springfield Advance-Press (507-723-4225), the F&M Bank (507-723-4800) or from chorus members beginning March 28. No tickets will be sold at the door. The chorus, formerly known as the Marshall Area Men’s ...

Park and Rec Report

•Summer Brochure will be available online March 29 with online registration already available. Register for swim lessons, youth sports, camps, pottery and view Rec on the Go and Puppet Wagon activities. Visit the website at newulmmn.gov, click on the park and rec button, then click on registration. Registration for all programs must be done online or in person at the Rec Center. Scholarships available for activities to those meeting the financial qualifications. Please call 507-359-8344 for additional information. •The indoor garage at the Civic Center is scheduled from 8 a.m. ...

Sleepy Eye takes second at regional Knowledge Bowl meet

SLEEP EYE - The Sleepy Eye Public Knowledge bowl team took 2nd place at the Regional Knowledge Bowl meet on Monday, March 10th. The team of Landon Wendinger, Paige Haala, Damian Sanchez, Anna Johnson, and Mateo Hornsby will be competing at the state tournament at Cragun's Resort in Brainerd ...

FFA Best Informed Greenhand Team takes first at regions

On Tuesday, March 11th, the regional competition for the Best Informed Greenhand (BIG) Career Development Events (CDE) was held in Jackson, MN. For the BIG Team competition, members took a written 50 question test to show their knowledge of FFA facts, parliamentary procedure, history, and ...

MVL’s Clair Woller takes first in extemporaneous reading at Northfield

Saturday, March 15th, Minnesota Valley Lutheran's nine-member speech team competed at a large tournament held at Northfield High School. Over 400 students participated in this meet. Senior Claire Woller finalled in extemporaneous reading where she won first place. Next Saturday, MVL's speech ...