Yearly Archives: 2015
MLC Elementary’s 2015 Spelling Bee champs
Top spellers, first- and second-runners-up for each grade level recognized at annual competition
Mountain Lake Christian (MLC) Elementary held its 2015 Spelling Bee on Thursday...
MLPS 2015 Spelling Bee words from ‘yes’ to ‘cinnamon’
Maurissa Isaacs three-repeats as champ, Paxton Morin finishes as the runner-up
Ninety-nine total words were pronounced through 14 total rounds - from "yes" to "cinnamon"...
Polishing her KEYC News 12/Bethany Lutheran College ‘Golden Apple’
B-OHS Science Teacher Julie Tatro recognized for making science fun - all while also incorporating life lessons
Now polishing her "Golden Apple" education award from...
Around the world at Christmastime can be celebrated at any time
Butterfield-Odin Public Elementary grades K-4 sing their way around the globe during twice-postponed concert
Icy roads lead to Wednesday morning accident
Joan Eischen of Comfrey is fatally injured
Fifty-seven-year-old Joan Eischen of Comfey was fatally injured in a vehicle car/semi truck accident at 8:53 a.m. this...
The State of Rural Minnesota – 2014
Study provides overview of now, peek at future; Mountain Lake EDA, Chamber Director Rob Anderson addresses that outlook
For those of us who have spent...
Lucky Vetsouvanh
Funeral services for 32-year-old Lucky Vetsouvanh of Mankato, Minnesota will be held at 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, January 24, 2015,...
MLPS hires special ed para at morning meeting
At a Tuesday, January 20 early morning meeting, the Mountain Lake Public School (MLPS) School Board approved the hiring of Rachel Herrig as a...
Richard Zwaschka
Funeral services for Richard Zwaschka, 83, of Comfrey, Minnesota, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday morning, January 23, 2015, at St. Paul's...
Dennis Johnson
A private memorial service was held for 78-year-old Dennis Johnson of Torrance, California at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
Dennis Johnson...
MLOOSC January 12-16 Gun Calendar winners
The Mountain Lake/Odin/Ormsby Sportsmen's Club (MLOOSC) recently posted the Monday, January 12 through Friday, January 16 Gun Calendar winners.
They were as follows:
1/12/15 - Doyle...
Wolverines take to the court ‘ballin” for a cure
'Coaches-Versus-Cancer' events at boys, girls basketball games
A lot of "pretty in pink"-accented events during the sixth-annual participation of the Mountain Lake Area (MLA) Wolverine...
Carol’s Cyberspace
Reality distortion
By Carol C. Harder
The late Steve Jobs, who co-founded Apple Computers with Steve Wozniak in 1976, died in 2011 following a long battle with...
Senior student signature series
* The 2014-2015 senior student signature series features area senior class students - and their own "signature" outlooks on a topic of their choice. A...
MLHS releases Second Quarter Honor Rolls
Total 115 students on the lists; 37 on 'A,' 78 on 'B'
* Revised post with the addition of eighth-grader Josiah Gardiner to the "B"...
B-OHS names champ in school’s third-annual Scripps Spelling Bee
Eighth-grader Benjamin Rodriguez takes 2015 title; Grades 3-6 top spellers also recognized
The champion and runner-up sparred back-and-forth, facing off over the words disaster, clumsiness,...
Scorched and smoldering – Update
Corn stored in bin at New Vision Co-op's Mountain Lake location burns, fire departments empty most of its contents
* Update - An e-mail interview...
Bethel/First Churches set to host Mennonite Bible Study Series
30th annual event's activities run from Sunday, January 18 through Tuesday, January 20
Bethel Mennonite Church and First Mennonite Church, both of Mountain Lake, announce...
Financial Aid 101
'Class' on paying for a post-secondary education to be held January 20
Student financial aid helps students pay education-related expenses including tuition, fees, room and...
Kuechle v. City of Mountain Lake
January 16 Scheduling Conference cancelled; Parties submit joint proposed order
A Friday afternoon, January 16 Scheduling Conference at the Cottonwood County Courthouse before the Honorable...