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  • Kimball trap shooter Jack Knaus on target at State Shoot

    Kimball trap shooter Jack Knaus on target at State Shoot

    By Pat Garry, Staff Writer The State High School Shoot was held Friday, June 22, at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake. Kimball’s Jack Knaus competed for the State Individual Championship in the afternoon. This consisted of the top 100 athletes in the state, based upon their high school trap season average. Knaus shot…

  • Highway 55 MnDOT projects

    Kimball-Watkins-Eden Valley repaving MnDOT crews began milling and repaving CSAH 30 near Manannah June 18. When completed there, they will begin the milling and repaving project on Highway 55 between Kimball and Eden Valley. It is anticipated they will start on the Kimball end and move westward, but they could start anywhere. Highway 55 will…

  • EV-W/K track/field athletes at state meet

    EV-W/K track/field athletes at state meet

    By Pat Garry, Staff Writer   Putting a cap on a brilliant season, the EV-W/K tracksters looked awesome in the  state track and field championships at Hamline University on Friday and Saturday, June 8 and 9. Matthew Notch, Hayden Gagnon, Jamison Kuechle, Jake Blommer, and Hannah Ehlinger received all-state status in all of their events.…

  • Clippers topple Express Sunday

    Clippers topple Express Sunday

    Watkins pitcher Matt Geislinger beats the ball to home plate to score the Clippers’ second run, in the sixth inning, in their June 10 home win against the Kimball Express. Staff photo by Jean Doran Matua   By Jean Doran Matua, Editor Sunday’s game started slowly in Watkins, with both the Express and Clippers going scoreless…

  • EV-W graduates 74 on May 31

    EV-W graduates 74 on May 31

    The graduating class of 2018 from Eden Valley-Watkins High School had 74 individuals crossing the stage and receiving their diplomas. There was one noticeably absent from that group; he would have been number 75. That’s Jake Foehrenbacher. Gone, but certainly not forgotten. 

  • Kimball Cub Scouts attend Fly Over America

    Kimball Cub Scouts attend Fly Over America

    By Mike Erpelding, Cubmaster Pack 3357 A brand new opportunity for youth in our council happened on Monday, April 30.  My friend Rachel Thiemann, from my Wood Badge Bear Patrol: Course C1-250-17-2, worked to coordinate an opportunity for youth in Northern Star Council, to attend the Fly Over America ride at Mall of America, for part…

  • Cubs’ softball season ends, too

    The Kimball Cubs’ softball team finished the 2018 season as runners-up in Section 4A, just one win away from a trip to the State Tournament in North Mankato. It’s not quite the ending for which they worked so hard, but it’s an honorable one. See the full story (and team photo) on page 1.

  • EV-W/K athletes qualify for track/field State competition

    EV-W/K athletes qualify for track/field State competition

    By Pat Garry, Staff Writer St. John’s University in Collegeville was the site of the Section 5A Championships last Wednesday, May 30. The EV-W/K girls finished 7th with 35 points and the boys finished 5th with 37 points. Individuals advancing to state (EV-W/K): Hannah Ehlinger in high jump; Matthew Notch in 400M, high jump and…

  • Express play in the big house

    Express play in the big house

    Saturday, May 26, was the Town Ball Classic at Target Field in Minneapolis. The Twins were away, and six 2017 State Chammpion and runner-up teams were invited to play: Class C Champions Kimball Express v. runners-up Lake Henry Lakers; Class B Champions Victoria Vics v. Miesville Mudhens; and Class A Minneapolis All-Stars v. St. Paul All-Stars. …

  • Seventh-grade Kimball ‘Cubs’ softball wrap-up

    Seventh-grade Kimball ‘Cubs’ softball wrap-up

    The Seventh-Grade Softball team wrapped up their season at home Tuesday night, May 22, by beating Holdingford 13-6, giving the Cubs a perfect 11-0 season. We knew it was going to be a tough game as the two teams had faced off the Thursday before. That game had the Cubs coming from behind late in…

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