It’s back. All of it. The rides. The food. The singing and dancing. And, of course, that Grand Ol’ Parade. Albertville Friendly City Days is now in its third full decade, and the area’s biggest festival ready to kick off the Summer of 2022. It’s the official start to summer celebrations this week, as Albertville […]
Winter Storm Arrives Thursday, Lingers through Friday Night
Commuters can expect icy conditions Thursday morning, but it's the drive home Thursday night that could be rough.
After downright balmy temperatures that turned backyard ice rinks into mush, a winter storm will wallop Wright County Thursday through Friday, dropping rain, then several inches of snow through Friday night. But it’s the blustery winds behind it – forecast to hit at least 50 MPH, that will make travel near impossible Thursday night into […]
Minnesota High School Football, Volleyball Moved to Spring Season
Soccer, tennis will take off in fall.
A lengthy meeting at the Minnesota State High School League headquarters led to a series of decisions that will have huge impact on coaches, student athletes and high school fans around the state. The MSHSL board of directors voted Tuesday, Aug. 4 to move the high school football season to a so-called “third season,” with […]
STMA to Seek a New Athletic/Activities Conference
School leaders agree STMA has outgrown Mississippi 8
For a time, the St. Michael-Albertville school district fit perfectly into the Mississippi 8 conference for athletics and activities. But two decades of nonstop growth in STMA has led to a significant size difference between this district and most other Mississippi 8 schools, and the district’s leaders say it has given STMA an unfair advantage […]
STMA Schools to Add Dance Team as Official School Sport
Proponents for a St. Michael-Albertville High School dance team got an early holiday gift at the last November school board meeting, when the board unanimously approved the addition of a Minnesota State High School League girl’s dance team at STMA High School. Dance team organizers have run fall and winter dance teams through community education […]
Knights Athletes Ink Letters of Intent for Collegiate Sports
A Tar Heel. A Bison. A Coyote. And oh-so-many more. Nope, it’s not the start of some lame “walked into a bar” joke. It’s the list of future collegiate destinations for St. Michael-Albertville athletes. One of the largest classes to sign fall season Letters of Intent in school history took the stage at the Performing […]
School Bond Committee Recommends $11.3 million All-Purpose Sports Facility to bond
Monday evening, the Capital Projects Improvement Advisory Task Force came back in front of the school board to offer one last recommendation for next winter’s potential bond referendum. The task force recommended the addition of an all-purpose sports facility, which would be located on the high school campus. This domed facility would feature an artificial […]
Brant, Four Others Join St. Michael-Albertville Hall of Fame
Wright County Sheriff Joe Hagerty also among this year's inductees.
The STMA Hall of Fame Committee has announced the election of five new members to the STMA Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take September 11 at 4:30 p.m. at the Riverwood Golf Course in Otsego and the new members will be introduced at halftime of the football game that evening against Elk River. […]