Sports

Conquering conference in complete fashion

Senior Jayden Randall competes in the shot put during the West Central Conference meet May 13 in Sauk Centre. Randall took second in the competition behind teammate Lucas Ahrens.
Evaluating his group of athletes at the start of the spring season, Sauk Centre boys track and field head coach Jim Metcalf saw a talented bunch possessing a great deal of potential. However, he …

Baseball splits opportunities

The Sauk Centre baseball team’s offense dominated May 10, as the Streeters earned a 14-10 win against Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian District behind a 12-hit performance. The Streeters …

Conference season concludes

Sauk Centre sophomore Nora Thompson shot rounds of 53-52 in the final two West Central Conference golf meets of the season May 7. Thompson started the day with a 53 at Minnewaska Golf Club in …
Opinion

A ‘perfect day’

Mother’s Day Sunday at the Wilber house this weekend was filled with chores and yard work, with hopes of showering Mom with our love. We set up the pool, mowed the lawn, took Kate out for …

Grandma language?

In a black-and-white photo, one of my little sisters is sitting on the concrete steps at the back of the old farmhouse. She is maybe 2 or 3 years old, and her eyes squint in the evening sun as she …

Chamber news: Wrapping up, coming up

This past weekend, we enjoyed the beautiful weather as we wrapped up another Spring Out event, which hosted 32 vendors, food trucks, live music and ax throwing. A big part of our day wouldn’t …

Pope hope

It must’ve been a cloudy afternoon in southern Minnesota on April 2, 2005. I remember because of the muted colors in the front hallway of my parents’ house, a building which was, by that …
Birth Announcements
Carson Robert Bendix
Michael and Megan Bendix, of Sauk Centre, are happy to announce the birth of their son, Carson Robert Bendix, at 4:04 p.m., April 8, 2025, at CentraCare-Sauk Centre Hospital. He weighed 7 …
Malorie Clare Frieler
Greg Frieler and Vanessa Herdering, of Grey Eagle, are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Malorie Clare Frieler, at 6:27 a.m. April 9, 2025, at CentraCare-Melrose Hospital in Melrose. …