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Mathiowetz has championship junior year

SLEEPY EYE — After coming up short in the Class A State Girls Basketball Tournament last season, Sleepy Eye St. Marys’ Morgan Mathiowetz worked to make sure she got her chance to get to that stage once more. Mathiowetz was one of the top players in Class A this year, and one would be ...

Mathiowetz setting standard at SD State

BROOKINGS, S.D. — For someone who played high school basketball for a small Class A school in Minnesota, the impact Madison Mathiowetz has made during her basketball career has been anything but small. The Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s High School all-time leader in career points with 3,762, ...

Shamrocks and snowflakes

NEW ULM — St. Patrick’s Day parade participants sang “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” at the start of the parade up Minnesota Street Tuesday. Snowflakes fell prior to the parade but they didn’t last. A cool temperature and a chilly northwest wind were no match for Irish determination as ...

MN Senate candidates talk positions

WABASSO — A trio of candidates running for Minnesota state Senate in Sen. Gary Dahms’ district shared their positions on a wide range of issues at a forum this week. Senate District 15 candidates Tiffany Lesmeister-Knott, Braxton Seifert and Brian Mock took part in the forum, organized by ...

Two SD 15 candidates talk about Jan. 6

One of the three candidates running for Minnesota state Senate in District 15 said Monday that he wasn’t the only candidate who was in Washington, D.C., the day of riots at the U.S. Capitol. “One of my opponents here, Tiffany (Lesmeister-Knott) was there, but she doesn’t talk about ...

Nosbush goes Beyond the Call

NEW ULM – New Ulm native Brittany Nosbush has had a long career working with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), helping to protect natural land. In April, she’ll mark nine years of real estate work, specializing in acquisitions for the Lands and Minerals Division (LAM). Her work ...