Sports

Strong starts enough for Streeters

As with any basketball team unblemished at this point in the season, the Sauk Centre girls can find wins in multiple ways. Against West Central Conference opponent Montevideo Jan. 11, the …

Slump within scoring column

While a young Prairie Centre Blue Devils girls hockey team has shown considerable development across the winter season, one consistent area of difficulty has been scoring goals. That problem …

Streeters earn 2 gritty wins

The Sauk Centre High School boys basketball team earned a pair of hard-fought wins last week, earning a 45-41 win over Melrose Area High School Jan. 9 and a 67-63 win against the Annandale Cardinals …
Opinion

Up from the ashes

And, it continues. Last week’s column was titled, “Hot start to new year.” Written the morning of Jan. 7, little did any of us know how true that title would ring. Less than an …

The drive to walk

Hold on, hold on, I’m almost ready to start the column. I had to get here from next door, so let me shake off my gloves, boots, scarf, coat, second-layer sweater, earmuffs and snowpants, and …

Life Hacks

Use aluminum foil to plug holes where mice can get in. Mice will not chew through aluminum foil.

Holy buckets, where’s the antacid?

I know, I know. Holiday celebrations have likely wrapped up at this point, the last thing on many of our minds is more food, but hang in there with me as I go back to the table for seconds with this …
Obituaries
Elaine L. Funk
Elaine L. Funk, 63, of Sauk Centre, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, after four years of courageously and privately battling cancer, Dec. 21, 2024, at her home in Sauk Centre. …
Dorothy O. Lindemann
Dorothy O. Lindemann, age 91, of Sauk Centre, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family Dec. 9, 2024, at Cura of Sauk Centre care center in Sauk Centre. A memorial service will be at 3 …
Vincent L. Haider
Vincent L. “Vince” Haider, 92, of Elrosa, passed away Dec. 1, 2024, at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at Sts. …
Don W. Wiener
The Lord called Don Wiener home at the age of 86 Nov. 27, 2024, at his home in Sauk Centre, with his family at his side. A Mass of Christian Burial was Dec. 2 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church …
Deborah A. “Bubbles” Bromenshenkel
Deborah A. “Bubbles” Bromenshenkel, age 63, of Sauk Centre, passed away after a life-long battle with chronic diabetes Nov. 24, 2024, at her home in Sauk Centre. A prayer service was …
Keith L. Presler
Keith L. Presler, age 89, of Padua, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family Nov. 20, 2024, at the Quiet Oaks Hospice House in St. Augusta. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, …
Birth Announcements
Brooke Rosemary Ritter
Corey Ritter and Jenny Tadych, of Sauk Centre, are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Brooke Rosemary Ritter, at 3:59 a.m., Dec. 11, 2024, at CentraCare-Sauk Centre Hospital.   …
Jogeyly Mahelet Maldonado Mendoza
Jovanny Maldonado and Jerika Mandoza, of Sauk Centre, are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Jogeyly Mahelet Maldonado Mendoza, Dec. 4, 2024, at CentraCare-Sauk Centre Hospital.   …