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Ralph Earl Dyer, age 95, of Waterville, formerly Elysian, died surrounded by his family on the afternoon of Monday, March 31, 2025, at Mayo Clinic Health System in St. James.
Ralph was born in Des Moines, IA, on July 21, 1929, to parents James Willis and Mary Madeline (Thompson) Dyer. He attended...
Grizzly wrestlers who competed at State last weekend were front, Jacee Knish (placed 1st), second row left to right: Bailey Eldred (placed 2nd), Gracyn Miller, and Cadence Potter-Eastwood (placed 5th), and back row, left to right: Anaelyse Skidmore (placed 4th) and Payton Miller.
Third grader Jacee Knish, daughter of Andrew and Cara Knish, won a State Wrestling Championship Saturday, April 5 in Rochester.
Knish competed in the 3rd and 4th grade division of the Northland Youth Wrestling Association State Tournament. She won four straight matches to claim her second straight...
Loryn Caldwell
Senior Ashlyn Pelant and junior Addison Condon each won events during the Blue Earth Area Indoor Quadrangular held Friday, April 4 at MSU, Mankato.
Condon won two individual events, placing first in the 60-meter dash in 8.4 and the long jump with a distance of 15-feet 10 1/2-inches. Pelant won the...
Every two years the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) places teams in competitive Sections for all extra curricular activities.
For the most part, there aren’t many changes. Most teams stay in the same class and the same Section.
According to the MSHSL, the competitive section placement...
Marian Bemis Johnson, left, is donating copies of the book she co-authored, to the local girls basketball team members. Right is her niece Brenda Novack, who will distribute the books Friday.
Nearly eight decades ago Marian Bemis Johnson graduated from Waterville High School.
When she attended school there were no girls sports in any high schools in Minnesota.
Johnson recently wrote a letter to the WEM girls basketball players explaining the some of her findings when it came to girls...
Mark Winter
The WEM Board of Education offered a contract to Mark Winter to become the new WEM Superintendent during a special meeting Thursday, April 3.
Winter and current WEM High School Principal Dr. Jennifer Wilson were the finalists for the position and both interviewed Thursday, a week after being named...
Phyllis Jean (Bidwell) Arndt, age 78, entered into eternal peace on Monday, March 31, 2025 at the Owatonna Hospital.
Phyllis was born on August 7, 1946, in Blue Earth and was the daughter of Robert and Hazel (Winter) Bidwell. Phyllis was baptized, confirmed and married in the Methodist Church in...
Norma M. Byron, age 99, formerly of Faribault, died on Monday, March 31, 2025, at Central Health Care, Le Center.
Funeral services will be held at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Faribault, on Monday, April 7, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. with the Reverend Kira Anderson officiating. Interment will be at...
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