Videos

Fishing opener

14 May 2012, 8:05 am

Scenes from the Governors Fishing Opener on Lake Waconia.

Mayo High School prom

14 May 2012, 6:43 am

Prom was held at MAyo High School Saturday.

Chatfield cooks

9 May 2012, 1:37 pm

Kahler Grand Hotel Executive Chef Pasquale Presa shows Chatfield High School students how to make pizza dough during their CAFE class (consumer and family education) at Chatfield High School.

Laura Vannelli

2 May 2012, 7:25 am

Laura Vannelli is a Rochester attorney and actress who also played college hockey.

Trash Mountain

2 May 2012, 7:21 am

The 5.96 tons of litter collected last week during Rochester's annual "A Litter Bit Better" campaign was a far cry from the 20 tons picked up in 2009.

Triton High School distracted driving prevention

30 April 2012, 9:54 am

Triton High School held a distracted driving prevention event.

Hormel Institute intern program

27 April 2012, 4:04 pm

Dr. Joshua Liao discusses the undergraduate research experience offered by Hormel Institute.

Regional Math Masters

27 April 2012, 12:55 pm

The regional Math Masters competition for 5th grade was held at Austin High School Friday.

Rep. Mike Benson press conference

26 April 2012, 1:47 pm

Rep. Mike Benson held a press conference rolling out his preferred financing options for the Viking Stadium.

Bernina President autographs sewing machines

25 April 2012, 7:20 am

Bernina President H.P. Ueltschi signed sewing machines as part of a visit to Pine Needles Quilt and Sew in Rochester.

Science fair director retiring

23 April 2012, 3:25 pm

After 18 years, Rochester science fair director Roger Larsen and assistant director Karen Sabatke are stepping down, creating a void that some fear will be difficult, if not impossible, to fill.

Triton Elementary School egg drop

23 April 2012, 8:04 am

Triton kindergarteners wrapped eggs and dropped them off the building to see how they fared.

Holocaust survivor Jerry Valfer

23 April 2012, 7:36 am

Holocaust survivor Jerry Valfer was 22 years old when he was liberated from a Czechoslovakia concentration camp.

Litter Bit Better Campaign

23 April 2012, 7:27 am

Rochester's sixth annual community-wide cleanup got underway Saturday.

Heard on the Street - Wild Bills

18 April 2012, 5:21 pm

Jeff Kiger's heard on the street about Wild Bill's opening soon.

Tax rally day

17 April 2012, 6:09 am

Rochester TEA party members held a tax day rally Monday.

Ron Handberg

13 April 2012, 7:12 am

Ron Handberg, author of one of the Austin Page Turner books was in town Thursday.

Southgate Elementary School wax museum

12 April 2012, 6:06 am

Students in Southgate Elementary School, Austin, portrayed influential and historic figures as part of a real life wax museum.

Dodge Center Barn Fire

9 April 2012, 8:41 pm

Firefighters work to put out a barn fire near Dodge Center.

Cataloging of Mayowood

9 April 2012, 8:33 am

With the transfer of Mayowood ownership to Mayo Clinic, a team of volunteers have taken on the task of inventorying the historic home.

Westminster Presbyterian Church Easter Carnival

9 April 2012, 8:25 am

The annual Easter Carnival at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Austin.

Funeral of Baby Angel

9 April 2012, 8:06 am

Funeral services were held Saturday in Winona for Baby Angel who was found in the Mississippi River last Labor Day.

Easter at Trinity Lutheran

9 April 2012, 7:51 am

Easter service at Trinity Lutheran Church

Chop Drop Egg Hunt by Hope Summit Christian Church

7 April 2012, 2:11 pm

The first annual Chop Drop Egg Hunt sponsored by the Hope Summit Church of Rochester. The event also was a benefit for the Operation Hometown Gratitude program collecting items to package and send to deployed US Troops.

Way of the Cross Processional

6 April 2012, 5:50 pm

Way of the Cross Processional Friday April 6, 2012 Rochester, Minn.

Skeet range at the Zumbrota Rifle Club

6 April 2012, 5:43 pm

Skeet range at the Zumbrota Rifle Club

Minnesota Children's Museum of Rochester

4 April 2012, 8:02 pm

Invited guests enjoyed a soft opening of the Minnesota Children's Museum of Rochester Wednesday night April 4, 2012. The museum will officially open Thursday April 5, 2012.

Frontenac prescribed burn

3 April 2012, 8:16 am

Frontenac State Park rangers did a prescribed burn to rejuvenate prairie grasses and knock down invasive woodland species.

Firefighter training

2 April 2012, 7:50 am

More than 400 fire fighers participated in training at RCTC during the Minnesota State Fire/EMS/Rescue School.

Holi Festival of Colors

31 March 2012, 8:30 am

Rochester Vidhaylaya and Hindu Samaj Temple sponsored Rochester's first Holi Festival of Colors on March 18 at the UCR Regional Sports Center. Members of Rochester's Indian community and friends gathered to celebrate spring and renewal with food, music, dance and the traditional throwing of brightly colored powders.

A conversation with kindergarteners

28 March 2012, 8:29 am

Kindergarteners at Gage Elementary School discuss what they like about kindergarten.

Kasson car accident

27 March 2012, 7:17 am

Car accident on Cty. 13 in Kasson.

Kappers Big Red Barn

26 March 2012, 8:16 am

Kappers Big Red Barn of Chatfield will be soon be adding premium ice cream to their product line.

St. Mary's University fundraiser for Josh Misiewicz

26 March 2012, 7:54 am

St. Mary's University students held a dance fundraiser for Josh Misiewicz, a former student who was injured while on military duty in Afghanistan.

RAD Zoo at Pacelli

22 March 2012, 8:45 am

Pacelli Elementary Students get a first hand look at reptiles from Rad Zoo.

Country living

22 March 2012, 8:18 am

TBut the next chapter in life is beginning for the Stacken family as they start living a life the couple has dreamed of since college. "We wondered about our place as human beings in the world," Stacken said. "We wanted to get back to the earth."

Mayo Medical School Match Day 2012

16 March 2012, 1:56 pm

Mayo Medical School Match Day 2012

Birthday for Thomas

15 March 2012, 8:08 am

The LaVigne family celebrated Thomas'sweet 16 birthday with a frog themed party and cake.

Soprano Esther Heideman and Pianist Horacio Nuguid Perform

9 March 2012, 6:14 pm

Soprano Esther Heideman and Pianist Horacio Nuguid Perform

Lyle Superintendent Joe Guanella

9 March 2012, 3:06 pm

Joe Guanella talks about his new role as Superintendent of Lyle Public Schools.

Rochester on Tour at the Capitol

9 March 2012, 11:40 am

Rally in the capitol rotunda to promote the interests of the City of Rochester.

Chicken greeting

7 March 2012, 7:01 am

A furry, yellow chicken greets students upon arrival Tuesday morning at Rochester Central Lutheran School. Principal Henry Pahlkotter, dressed in costume, challenged the students to collect 32,500 Box Tops for Education by March 1. They exceeded the goal with 33,742.

Triceratops at Quarry Hill

6 March 2012, 10:36 am

The staff at Quarry Hill assemble a triceratops skeleton as part of their new exhibit "Twilight of the Triceratops."

Mower County Humane Society

25 February 2012, 9:14 am

The Mower County Humane Society continues planning for a new building.

Winona Basilica

22 February 2012, 9:45 am

Saint Stanislaus Kostka which sits at the corner of Fourth and Carimona streets in Winona will be officially elevated to the status of a minor basilica.

Artifacts return to Plummer House

18 February 2012, 10:52 am

Nearly fifty items that belonged to Dr. Henry Plummer and his wife, Daisy Berkman Plummer, are back at Rochester's historic Plummer House of the Arts.

Students play mariachi-style

18 February 2012, 10:23 am

Austin music teacher puts together student mariachi band.

Dance Team State Competition

17 February 2012, 10:34 pm

Three area teams competed in the class A state dance team competition.

Sock hop

17 February 2012, 6:59 am

A group demonstrates Chinelos, a traditional dance from Morelos, Mexico Thursday, February 16 at the Community Learning Center in Austin.

Teens on Tour meet with Gov. Dayton

16 February 2012, 7:22 pm

The Rochester Olmsted Youth Commission Teens on Tour visited the state Captiol on Thursday and pressed Gov. Mark Dayton on issues such as education funding and partisan politics.

Bronson Lemer author of The Last Deployment

16 February 2012, 1:42 pm

Author Bronson Lemer talks about his experience with the no ask, no tell policy of the military.

Soap maker Shanna Wegman

16 February 2012, 6:47 am

At her downtown Dover shop, Simple Soaps for Simple Folks, Shanna Wegman can get on her soap box and tell each customer how the soap is made from natural ingredients.

Polar Bear Plunge 2012

11 February 2012, 8:00 pm

The Polar Bear Plunge at Foster Arend Park drew 1,040 participants.

Wabasha Prairie logging

9 February 2012, 6:03 pm

The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is logging near Wabasha to create an 80-acre prairie.

Ice bar

8 February 2012, 7:12 am

Maurie Pearson and his crew from Black River Ice Sculpture have been busy the past couple of days carving the ice bar for Social Ice 2012.

Olmsted County Republican Caucus Ward 2 Precinct 4

7 February 2012, 10:09 pm

Republicans turn out in big numbers for county caucuses.

Vikings cheerleaders

6 February 2012, 3:56 pm

Two Rochester women are members of the Vikings Cheer squad.

Rochester Area Sports Banquet

31 January 2012, 7:58 am

Rochester Area Sports Banquet guest speaker Mark Johnson discusses being a member of the 1980 US Miracle on Ice hockey team and present hockey coach at the University of WI.

Lake City Winterfest

30 January 2012, 7:47 am

Lake City residents were out to enjoy winter this weekend with a variety of Winterfest activities.

Chinese New Year

30 January 2012, 7:33 am

The 2012 Chinese New Year celebration took place at Century High School Saturday.

Slideshows

Triton vs. La Crescent
Triton defeated La Crescent 8-4 in softball.
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Byron vs. Z-M baseball
Bryon and Zumbrota-Mazeppa face off Monday in an HVL conference game.
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Big Nine tennis
The Big Nine Conference tennis meet was held in Rochester on Saturday.
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Lourdes tour
A tour of the new Lourdes High School, under construction in northwest Rochester.
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HVL track and field
The HVL Conference Championship track meet was held at Triton High School Saturday
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Stewartville Invitational
Austin plays Houston in a four-team invitational softball meet in Stewartville.
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Rockets beat Panthers
Century hurler Mitch Brown strikes out 17 John Marshall batters, but JM wins 2-0.
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West sweeps Mayo
Mankato West sweeps a doubleheader from Mayo in softball on Thursday to maintain its lead in the Big Nine Conference.
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JM/Lourdes lacrosse
John Marshall/Lourdes outscored Farmington 12-11 in non-conference boys lacrosse.
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Soldier laid to rest
Army Sgt. Nicholas Dickhut, 23, was remembered not only as an expert artillery forward observer, but also as a brother.
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1AAA True Team
Mayo boys qualify for state True Team meet.
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1A True Team
Winona Cotter slid past Pine Island to win the Section 1A True Team boys track and field meet.
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All-City golf
The Mayo girls golf team wins the All-City Invitational.
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Stewartville, Goodhue softball
Stewartville shuts out Goodhue 7-0.
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Southland, GMLOK
Southland Rebels take home an 8-2 win against Grand Meadow/LeRoy-Ostrander/Kingsland.
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Riverland softball
The Lady Blue Devils softball team took the field for the last time on Saturday.
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Mayo Invitational
Mayo boys took second and the girls third in the 39th Annual Mayo Invitational track meet Saturday.
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Byron invite
The Bryon boys and girls both took first in the Chuck Ramthun Invitational track meet.
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HVL softball
Kasson-Mantorville edged Zumbrota-Mazeppa 1-0 in a Hiawatha Valley League softball game in Zumbrota.
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Big 9 lacrosse
Century beats Mayo 11-3 in girls lacrosse.
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Tennis rematch
In a rematch of last year's state Class AA boys tennis finals, Wayzata defeats Mayo 4-2.
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Golf invite
Mayo, Century and John Marshall join Red Wing in an invitational meet.
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Mayo vs. JM
Mayo took home a 13-3 win over cross-town rival John Marshall.
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Girls track
John Marshall hosted a triangular meet with Austin and Mayo.
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Back home
Thirty-four soldiers returned home to a celebration in Austin. They had been deployed in Iraq and Kuwait since August.
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Lourdes baseball
Lourdes falls 12-8 to LaCrescent.
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Southland, R-P softball
Southland wins 19-6 and 7-2 in a double-header against Rushford-Peterson.
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Austin Bruins vs. Bismarck Bobcats
Scoring the first goal of Saturday night's playoff hockey game wasn't enough to keep the season alive for the Austin Bruins.
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Mayo blanks Irondale
Pitcher Jackson Douglas made a smashing varsity debut in Mayo's 6-0 win over Irondale.
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Copper stolen from Kasson school
Photos of the school.
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Southland-Dover-Eyota baseball
Photos from the game.
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All-City track
The Century girls dominate the All-City track and field meet; Mayo wins the boys title.
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Century, JM tennis
Century defeats John Marshall 6-1 in boys tennis.
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Mayo Invitational
The Byron boys golf team claimed the team title at the 37th annual Mayo Invitational at Eastwood Golf Course.
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Austin triangular
The Century girls take first in a track meet against Austin and Faribault. Austin places second.
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P-E-M takes invite
The Plainview-Elgin-Millville boys and girls take first place in the their Verne Herman Invitational track meet.
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JM baseball
John Marshall rolls to a 14-2 win over Austin on Tuesday in Austin.
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Byron vs. Triton softball
Bryon takes home a 6-5 softball win over Triton Tuesday afternoon.
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All-City golf
Conditions were ideal for Monday's championships at Rochester Golf and Country Club.
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K-M vs. Lourdes baseball
Kasson-Mantorville limited Lourdes to three runs in two games to sweep a doubleheader in Hiawatha Valley League baseball on Saturday.
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Austin invitational
Several teams, including Century, Mayo and Austin, participated in the Austin invitational track and field meet.
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JM-Red Wing softball
John Marshall blasts Red Wing 12-0 in a five-inning non-conference game,
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Early Bird Invitational
The first foray against its new section golf opponents couldn't have gone much better for Red Wing.
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Century lacrosse
The Century boys shut out Owatonna 6-0.
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Lacrosse
John Marshall/Lourdes defeats Century 19-18 in girls lacrosse.
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College softball
RCTC takes a pair from Riverland's Lady Devils.
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Mayo tennis
Perennial power Mayo beat the Austin boys 7-0.
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Century vs. JM
Century earned a hard-fought 2-0 win against John Marshall.
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Century triangular track
Century hosts JM, Owatonna and Winona in a boys track meet.
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Austin triangular golf
The Austin Packers boys golf team open the season by hosting a Big Nine triangular meet with Rochester Century and Albert Lea.
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Lourdes-Cotter softball
Lourdes rolls past Winona Cotter with an 11-1 softball win.
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Just for Kix
The Austin Just For Kix 7A team performed during the United We Dance Performance Saturday April 14, 2012 at the Regional Sports Center on the University of Rochester campus.
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Mayo vs. Austin baseball
The Mayo Spartans baseball team took home a 6-5 win over the Austin Packers on Saturday.
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Visions of Spring
Post-Bulletin readers submitted photos of spring flowers.
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Century-Owatonna softball
Photos from the game.
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JM-Faribault baseball
Photos from the game.
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Mayo-JM boys tennis
Photos from the match.
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Lyle-PacelliÑMabel-Canton baseball
Photos from the game.
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Packers baseball
Photos from the Austin-Mankato game.
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Mayo lacrosse
In its season opener, Mayo loses 13-12 to Lakeville South.
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Southland vs. GMLOK baseball
Southland takes home a 14-10 win over Grand Meadow/LeRoy Ostrander/Kingsland.
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Riverland softball
Riverland loses 10-6 and 18-14 to Anoka-Ramsey a doubleheader.
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High-scoring game
Mayo defeats Albert Lea 20-19 after 9 innings in Mayo's season opener.
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Southland home opener
The Hayfield Vikings softball team took home a 7-5 win over the Southland Rebels.
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Helicopter delivers Easter bounty
Hundreds of children celebrated during Easter weekend at the Chop Drop Easter Egg Hunt held Saturday morning on the Mayo High School.
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Century 6, Faribault 1
Rochester Century got a dominating pitching performance from Mitch Brown in a season-opening 6-1 win over Faribault at Century's field.
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Hayfield wins opener
Hayfield won their season baseball opener over Pine Island 9-7.
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Triton quadrangular
Kasson-Mantorville took top scores over Pine Island, Triton and Lake City in a Triton quadrangular track meet.
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Austin baseball
Austin suffered a 14-9 baseball season opener loss to Owatonna.
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Fools Five Road Race
The 34th annual Fools Five attracted a record 3,100 runners and walkers on Sunday.
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Ice Hawks
The Rochester Ice Hawks won 7-1 over the Missoula Maulers in opening play at the junior hockey nationals in Rochester.
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K-M vs. Byron softball
Kasson-Mantorville blanks Byron 8-0 in softball.
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Lourdes vs. Hayfield
Lourdes defeats Hayfield 10-3 in softball with the help of a grand slam by Sam Macken.
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P-E-M upsets No. 2 ranked St. Peter
Plainview-Elgin-Millville upsets St. Peter 69-65 in the Class AA state quarterfinals.
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Austin bid fails in quarterfinals
The Austin Packers boys basketball team loses 71-66 to St. Paul Johnson in the Class AAA state tournament quarterfinals at Williams Arena.
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P-E-M wins section
The Plainview-Elgin-Millville boys claimed the section crown for the 3rd time in 4 years with a 61-57 win over Byron in the 1AA finals.
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R-P heads to state
Rushford-Peterson heads to state following a 55-47 win over Faribault Bethlehem Academy Thursday in the Class 1A tournament at Mayo Civic Arena.
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Sring Grove steals way into semis
Spring Grove worked their way into the girls basketball state semifinals with a 68-66 overtime in against Warren-Alvarado-Oslo in the Class A quarterfinals.
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Red Wing vs. Richfield girls basketball
Top-seeded Richfield held off upset-minded Red Wing in a 68-53 win in the quarterfinals of the Class AAA girls state basketball tournament.
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Z-M vs. Pequot Lakes girls basketball
Pequot Lakes pulled away with a 57-46 win over Zumbrota-Mazeppa in the Class AA state quarterfinals.
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Foodie Throwdown
'Foodie Throwdown: Cuisines of the World' might sound like a serious competition, but the atmosphere at the Hormel Historic Home was anything but competitive.
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Percussion Festival
The Rochester Lourdes Indoor Percussion Festival was held Sunday at Century High School. The show featured lots of pizzazz.
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Austin vs. Winona boys basketball
The top-seeded Austin boys cruised to a 78-46 win over Winona and advanced to Friday night's section title game at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester.
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Boys Section 1A East, West
Rushford Peterson, Faribault B.A. advance to Section 1A title game
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Boys Section 1AA, East, West
Byron, Caledonia advance to Seciton 1AA title game.
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Yoga for the young
Pine Island teacher Tim Nehring had a hunch that yoga could help his first-grade charges calm down and gain focus.
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Red Wing wins section
Red Wing's "Big 3" ends Kasson-Mantorville's historic girls basketball season.
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Lakeville wins section
Lakeville North's pressure was too much for the Mayo girls in the section final.
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Z-M wins section
The Zumbrota-Mazeppa girls secured their first section title with a 56-52 win over Chatfield.
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Spring Grove heads to state
The Spring Grove girls roared to their first section title 69-64 over Bethlehem Academy.
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Hayfield boys to finals
The Hayfield boys basketball team rolled into the subsection finals with a 72-49 win over Southland.
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1AA East semifinals
Plainview-Elgin-Millville advanced to the subsection title game for the 6th straight year with a 76-58 win over Chatfield, and Caledonia overcame a 13-point deficit to defeat St. Charles 64-54 in Section One, Class AA East boys basketball games Tuesday.
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1A East semifinals
Spring Grove delivered a 73-61 win over Fillmore Central, and Rushford-Peterson blasted past Houston 73-56 in the Section One, Class A boys basketball semifinals.
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Raiders win
Rochester Raiders romped to a 5-1 victory against Mounds View in a state tournament-qualifying playoff game Tuesday.
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Kingsland holds off Lourdes
Kingsland beats Lourdes 54-49 in the boys 1AA West Subsection semifinals.
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Byron wins
Top-seeded Byron toppled No. 4 Lake City 53-35 in the 1AA West Subsection semifinals.
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