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Brainstorm to Save Money
Classrooms around the area were quiet again today as students enjoyed their holiday break.
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Rural schools collaborate in likely face of cuts
Three heads are better than one when it comes to facing the imminent state budget cuts, a few local school districts have decided.
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Fire destroys Spring Valley home
A rural Spring Valley home was destroyed by fire Sunday night. Fillmore County Sheriff Daryl Jensen said no one was home at the time of the fire.
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Austin VFW names young patriots
Nobody encourages more patriotism than Austin Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1216. Unless ita s Ellis Middle School.
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Tale of two sisters
A Lise and Heid Erdrich grew up with a passion for reading. Like many great readers, they turned their passion into an interest of writing.
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Examining an age-old question
Johnathan Bislew says he doesn't want to beat students over the head when it comes to issues of creation, evolution and the Bible.
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Subsection volleyball semifinals set
It's alphabet soup remaining in the Section One, Class A volleyball playoffs, with M-C and W-K left in the East Subsection, and B.A. and K-W remaining in the West.
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Thursday's high-school heroes and highlights
* Lindsay Anderson and Kate Horihan got 12 kills each as Mabel-Canton rolled to a 3-0 Section 1A East win over Fillmore Central.
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The modern Hmong
Members of the Hmong Student Association sold homemade egg rolls outside Ostrander Auditorium Monday as part of Hmong Heritage Day.
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Ostrander Farmers Co-op burglarized
Entrance to the business along main street in LeRoy was gained by prying open an east door.
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City of Albert Lea hires new city attorney
The city of Albert Lea announces the addition of Lee Bjorndal as city attorney. Bjorndal has worked on criminal prosecution with the city of Austin as well as serving as the city attorney for Spring Valley, ...
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Knights win third straight match
The Alden-Conger volleyball team defeated Madelia in Alden Thursday night 3-0 and look to be coming on at just the right time.
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Glenville-Emmons drops match against LeRoy-Ostrander
The Glenville-Emmons volleyball team lost 25-16, 25-15, 25-14 to LeRoy-Ostrander Thursday.
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Woman's efforts to save barn a 'labor of love'
While old barns across southeast Minnesota are slowly deteriorating, Shari Thoreson of rural Harmony has found a way to preserve the one that's been part of her family's farm for five generations.
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Gay-rights activist to speak at MSU
Using humor and philosophical rigor, Wayne State associate professor Dr. John Corvino travels across the country tackling common arguments against homosexuality.
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Infiltration basins to treat farm runoff
A scraper moved rich, black earth from a field near Ostrander Thursday afternoon.
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A global election
They may not be able to cast a ballot in November's election, but that doesn't mean other countries aren't watching the American presidential race with interest.
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Prize writer
Ford will provide a talk on craft at 3 p.m. in the Ostrander Auditorium and a reading at 7:30 p.m. in Centennial Student Union Room 253.
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Lil' Deuce Coupe, it could be yours
A PREVIEW OF CARS UP FOR AUCTION BEGINS AT 9 A.M. TODAY. SALES WILL START AT 11 A.M. AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING, ALL AT THE MALL OF AMERICA NORTH PARKING LOT ACROSS FROM IKEA.
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'Super' Sallee takes helm at Southland Schools
Everybody says so. Just ask. Steve Sallee took over the superintendent's duties from Gary Kuphal July 1. He came to the top Southland administrator's job from the neighboring LeRoy-Ostrander Independent School ...
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