The St. Michael-Albertville Women of Today will be hosting the 2016 Candidate Forum from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, October 26 at St. Michael – Albertville Middle School West. Mayoral […]
Archives for October 2016
Enrollment Report Shows Another Record Enrollment Year at STMA
At no point in the past 15 years has the St. Michael-Albertville school district grown by fewer than 100 students per year, and the current school year is no exception. […]
Obituaries: Artist and Hardware Hank Clerk Loses Battle with Heart Failure
Donald Anton Soderlund, Jr, 72, of St. Michael, died on October 17, 2016 at his home on the shores of his beloved Pelican Lake after a five year struggle with congestive […]
Albertville Premium Outlets to hold teacher appreciation Thursday, Oct. 20
Minnesota Education Association (MEA) weekend is nearly upon us, and Albertville Premium Outlets is using the occasion to celebrate local educators on Thursday, Oct. 20. On that day, teachers can […]
Lady Knights Soccer Rolls through Section Tournament Unscathed, on to State
STMA tops Rogers 2-0 to continue amazing run.
It’s an even year, so that must mean the St. Michael-Albertville Knights girls’ soccer team is on their way to state. And yes, after a 2-0 shutout of rival Rogers […]
State Department of Homeland Security Exercise at Monticello Plant Makes Some Noise
A drill at the power plant is putting a helicopter up in Wright County skies.
A radiological emergency exercise in Monticello at Xcel Energy’s nuclear generating station is making the skies over Wright County a bit noisier this week. The joint drill conducted by such […]
Albertville Writer Publishes Potentially Most Accurate Historical Fiction Novel on Civil War Ever Written
Albertville history nut and writer Tony Ziebol always found himself disappointed when he watched or read a piece of historical fiction, but later learned only a small portion of the […]
Robert Zimmerman’s Wright County Roots Explored
As Bob Dylan gets the nod for the Nobel Prize for Literature, a local station looked at his ties to Hanover
He’s the first singer/songwriter to ever receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. And, yes, we’re always eager to say that Robert Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan, is one of […]
Local Families Settle into the Homework Routine, but with a Big Change this Year
For decades, a standard weekly spelling test was a bread and butter staple of every elementary and even middle school student’s routine. Typically teachers gave a pre-test on Monday, and […]
St. Michael Boy Scout Builds Five Buddy Benches
St. Michael Boy Scout Jack Kroenen, a junior at St. Michael-Albertville High School, recently completed his Eagle Project, the highest Boy Scout ranking one can receive in scouts, by building […]