Covid-19 may have stood in the way of the St. Michael-Albertville High School Robotics team’s usual slate of competitions, but they are eagerly anticipating an upcoming open house for a chance to show off everything they’ve worked on this school year in lieu of competing. The open house takes place from 4:30-6:30 p.m. tomorrow, April […]
STMA One Act Shines at State
St. Michael-Albertville High School’s One Act performers stood out from the rest at this year’s virtual Minnesota State High School League State Festival, where they earned one of just two Star Performance awards given this year. Their performance, Back Cover, centers around a 14- year-old girl’s move to New York City in the wake of […]
From the Editor: State Champion Tyler Barrett’s Backyard Beginnings
If you saw Tyler bouncing at the ripe age of 9, you might have seen this coming. Also: STMA Boys place eighth at state.
Once upon a time, not so long ago, Tyler Barrett was bouncing with my son in the backyard of their St. Michael daycare, run by the lovely Miss Carol. Tyler was a grade school kid, eager to bounce and run with the little friends he knew at the in-home daycare after school. Kamden, my then […]
STMA Rotary Honors Four Students of the Month
The St. Michael-Albertville Rotary Club has released their latest Student of the Month honors for the 2020-2021 school year, which recognizes exceptional high school juniors at STMA High School. For March, these students are Will Sarkinen, Dylan Bottolfson, Martin Skare, and Felicia Lutz. Will is the child of Chris and Christine Sarkinen. Will has […]
City of Albertville Approves Industrial Facility for Town’s Northwest Corner
Once pegged as a possible location for a “Mall of Entertainment,” a plot of agricultural land on Albertville’s northwest corner has now been committed as the site of the city’s new Albertville Business Park, which will include an industrial manufacturing facility called Advanced Volumetric Alliance (AVA), which builds multifamily housing component units. After initial on-site […]
Albertville Councilmember Resigns; Council Appoints New Member
The new year started with a small shake-up in Albertville city government. Rebecca Halling, a member of the Albertville city council, resigned her seat on January 4. In an email to her fellow councilmembers, Halling stated that her family has experienced many changes due to the pandemic and that she is no longer a resident […]
Local Boys Volleyball League Gears Up for Second Season
Informational Zoom meeting taking place Jan. 31
Boys volleyball has been the second-fastest growing high school sport over the last decade, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations. Boys volleyball enjoys strong support on the nation’s coasts, and the trend has been moving inward in recent years, including in the local area, where a club team is planning its […]
City of St. Michael Seeks Opinions on Improving County Road 19
It’s likely that any St. Michael resident who regularly travels through it downtown has been waiting for news of an improvement to St. Michael’s busy one-way pair intersections for years, and we now know that project will come to fruition in 2022. Wright County has received federal funding to reconstruct CSAH 19 (Main St.) in […]
SOAR to Host Illuminate the Night Event Starting Dec. 12
SOAR Regional Arts, a local performing arts group, typically hosts a holiday concert in early December as one of their year’s largest fundraisers. But Covid has upended their tradition, as it has with so many things this year. Leaning on their creative nature, the leaders at SOAR have reimagined the holiday concert into a new […]
Four Businesses Form ‘The Well on Main,’ Set to Move to Downtown St. Michael
An Otsego business called Eating, Elevated is moving to downtown St. Michael next summer, along with three other health-conscious tenants, to create The Well on Main. They will soon break ground on the new building, which will be located just south of Main Street Farmer Eatery. Eating, Elevated owner, Ellie Anderson, said their business seeks […]
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