When the Redwood Falls amateur baseball team left the Tomahawk East League after the 2013 season, the league was left with an open spot for a new team. Ten years later, the team that replaced them, the Courtland Cubs, are playing in the Amateur Baseball State Tournament for the second time ...
Loretta Lynn and the Coalminers did their thing Saturday night at the Brown County Fair, delighting large crowds at both shows with music, comedy and plain old friendliness. Even the hard rock fan couldn’t fault the act, full of the latest country songs by entertainers Sandy and Randy ...
A Sleepy Eye native is helping save the planet, fighting global marine pollution by leading beach cleanup efforts and making jewelry from single-use plastic collected in Thailand. Reclaimed is a project by traditional tattoo artist Liz Kolbe. She spends about half the year on the remote, ...
The great thing about working in a library is that you get to see so many books cross the service desk. After these books caught my eye I just had to check them out. The first two that got my attention were picture books. And yes, adults can check out and read picture books for their own enjoyment. The artwork catches me first, then a charming story. The aunts are visiting! They’ve arrived with their snapping purses, hand sanitizer, lip balm, and passion for quilting. They’re ready to see the sights, pinch your cheeks, and protect you from the monsters in your bedroom. “Oh No, ...
Enamel has been used in decorative arts since at least the Middle Ages. It was especially popular in Europe and Asia in the 18th and 19th centuries. With this in mind, it may sound like an unlikely medium for the 20th century. But modern art embraces the unexpected. Karl Drerup, an artist who trained in painting, illustration and ceramics in Berlin and Florence, then emigrated with his wife in the 1930s to escape the rise of fascism, started making enamels in New York in the 1930s. Later, he would call himself “the first one in New York who made any enamels at all.” That may have ...
This year’s summer reading program theme was Dig Into Reading. I want to take a moment to thank all of the parents, caregivers, children, and teens who participated this year. I would also like to thank the library staff. They did an excellent job helping to make the program happen throughout a very busy summer. We recorded 1027 people in attendance at the 39 programs scheduled this summer. 721 in-house scavenger hunts were completed, and 366 crafts were created during the eight weeks of the program. This summer we added the Wheel of Fun to our program. On each of the even weeks of the ...
