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OKABENA -- Heron Lake-Okabena School District Superintendent Becky Cselovszki has accepted the position of superintendent and middle school principal in the St. James school district. She will begin her duties July 1. The HL-O school board voted Monday to advertise for her rep...

OKABENA -- Students in the Heron Lake-Okabena school district have surpassed their goals in collecting food items and money for the Heron Lake/Okabena Food Shelf. As of Monday afternoon, students had collected 8,223 items, surpassing their original goal of 2,000 items. The items...

Today may be a low-key election day compared to last year -- after all, there was a race for U.S. president and what turned out to be a seemingly interminable U.S. senator showdown in Minnesota -- but that doesn't mean there isn't a lot at stake around our region. Take, for instance,...

ADRIAN -- Adrian's girls' basketball team cruised through the Red Rock Conference schedule this season, going undefeated in league play en route to its first state tournament berth. The Dragons recently were rewarded for their RRC dominance by having a conference-best four players...

ELLSWORTH -- Three Ellsworth boys' basketball players highlighted the all-Red Rock Conference team recently announced. Junior center Trevor Gruis and senior guards Tom Nolte and Adam Van Der Stoep each were honored, along with 17 other players in the league. The trio led the Panthers...

OKABENA -- More than 150 people gathered inside the high school gym in Okabena Monday night for continued discussion on the possibility of moving to a four-day school week. It was the third such public meeting in the Southwest Star Concept school district in the last three weeks....

WESTBROOK -- Dominating every phase of the game in the first half Thursday night, Southwest Star Concept hustled and shot its way to an impressive 51-15 lead on Round Lake-Brewster in an opening round game of the Section 3A South high school boys' basketball tournament. Sparked by...

JACKSON -- Jackson County Central's girls' basketball team earned a measure of revenge when it mattered most. The fourth-seeded Huskies forced 48 turnovers Saturday and cruised to a 78-43 victory over fifth-seeded St. James in the first round of the Section 3AA South tournament,...