Turn ants into art

Do your kids have ants in their pants?

Sheldon puts kids on stage

Young people interested in exploring their creative sides this summer can sign up for one- and two-week theater and dance workshops being offered in June by the Sheldon School of Performing Arts.

Meixner comes in first: Pepin High School senior named valedictorian

It’s been a close race. But after four years of hard work, Pepin High School student Kayla Meixner has come out on top. The senior will walk across the stage during commencement Friday evening as valedictorian.

• PHOTO: Kayla Meixner

Lawmakers pump $485 million more into schools

Minnesota Democrats say new money they are putting into education will boost the economy by giving the state a better-educated workforce.

Capitol, flooding, veterans, disaster aid end session

The Minnesota Legislature ended a historic 2013 session seconds before midnight Monday after voting to renovate the state Capitol building, help communities fight floods, give veterans a new facility and provide disaster assistance.

St. James painting returned

She hasn’t really left the St. James Hotel in at least 50 years. But early Saturday morning, the young woman in a white dress was forcefully carried out of the library, down the hotel’s steps and into a vehicle.

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First-degree drug, intent to sell meth charge filed

A Hager City man faces a first-degree drug charge after being found at the West Seventh Street Kwik Trip with nearly 20 grams of alleged methamphetamine.

• PHOTO: Taner John Sward

Mining ordinance ready for final approval

Goodhue County Planning and Advisory Commission met Monday for a public hearing on the county’s mining ordinance, voting unanimously to make two additions and send it to County Board for approval.

• Goodhue County Board briefs

River Falls man dead after party bus accident

A 23-year-old River Falls man died late Saturday night in Ellsworth after he fell from the rear door of moving bus as came into the village on Hwy. 10.

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I GO gets kids outdoors

It’s called Intro to the Great Outdoors. And the goal is do just that: introduce kids to nature and the different activities that they can do in it.

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Special education is Ellsworth grad's passion

As Deiss prepares to walk across the stage for her high school graduation May 24, she said that working in the special education classroom has been one of the most important things she has done as a student.

• PHOTO: Deiss

Baseball: Red Wing eliminated in heartbreaking defeat

ROCHESTER – A year removed from its first state appearance since 1977, the Red Wing baseball was well on the way to a Section 1AAA first-round upset against Rochester Mayo.

• Red Wing baseball
• Matt Zorn
• Zach Lang

Softball: Errors force Wingers to bow out of 1AAA playoffs

Three late-inning errors help end Red Wing's season in a 4-1 loss to Northfield on Thursday

• Hannah Walch
• Hailey Kuhl
• Rebecca Swenning
• Hailee Johnson

Baseball: Big inning bites Z-M in playoffs

ROCHESTER – Zumbrota-Mazeppa had a tough time eliminating blow-up innings all season.

• Kevin Niebuhr
• Michael Wicks

Baseball: Accolades rolling in for Nebraska's Kelly

MINNEAPOLIS - Nebraska Cornhusker Pat Kelly compiled one of the most productive freshman seasons in the program’s history last year as a freshman. And it didn’t stop there.

• Pat Kelly

Amateur Baseball: Red Wing takes 3rd straight

Brady Schroeder strong in six innings in 4-1 victory over Spring Valley

• Brady Schroeder
• Zach Garner
• Tyler Goering

Baseball: Red Wing's Boldt receives final curtain call

It wasn’t how Ryan Boldt imagined Senior Day. There’s no way around it.

• Ryan Boldt
• Ryan Boldt and teammates