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Homecoming in the age of COVID-19 will, by necessity, be a bit different than usual. But Kimball Area High School is working hard to keep the spirit alive and unchanged! Coronation will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, to kick off Homecoming week. (Immediate family only, up to 10 people per candidate; masks…

By Jean Doran Matua, Editor After being postponed from the summer of 2020 to 2021 – long before the specter of the COVID-19 pandemic – the MnDOT Highway 15 project through downtown Kimball has been postponed again to 2022. The reason is that bids for MnDOT projects are coming in this year far above expectations…

The Great River Regional Library staff is excited to welcome patrons to its new branch library located at 51 Spruce Ave. Monday, Dec. 7. While COVID-19 interrupted life for the past nine months, the library has not missed a beat as a vital community resource thanks to library staff. And while navigating safety restrictions and…

The Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and the Stearns County Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) recently launched a pilot project in Stearns County within the Sauk River Watershed. This pilot project will test the ESMC’s protocols, data intake procedures, and other program aspects while the Stearns County SWCD will work…

After receiving donations from many local and St. Cloud businesses, for the second year our Junior Auxiliary girls stuffed 30 backpacks for homeless veterans serviced by the St. Cloud VA. They filled the backpacks with snacks, toiletries, warm gloves, and socks. Two of our Auxiliary members knitted hats and scarves for the project. Gift cards…

By Pat Garry, Staff Writer                             The Eden Valley-Watkins’ “gridiron guys” handled the Kimball bunch last Thursday, Oct. 15, with a convincing 32-18 final tally. EV-W stats Passing: Xander Willner, 13 completions on 24 attempts for 242 yards, 3 TDs, 2 INTs.…

By Pat Garry, Staff Writer First-year Coach Clay -Anderson had the Kimball Varsity football team primed and looking sharp for the season opener Friday, Oct. 9; as the Cubs defeated the Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg Fighting Saints, 28-0. Box Score: Cubs: 6-14-0-8; KMS: 0-0-0-0. Stats Kimball Rushing: 55 rushes for 302 yards (Ashton Hanan, 24 rushes for 154…

We were told last week that there were “two guys” now in Veterans Park in Watkins. That was quickly clarified to statues of two soldiers that have now been installed in the park. The Watkins Legion and the Wat-Kim-Valley V.F.W. Post #5460 pooled their resources to purchase the two bronze-finished aluminum statues to add to…

St. Wendelin’s School in Luxemburg has a Kindness Club made up of students who give up their recess to do acts of kindness. One of the kindness acts was to pray for Fr. James Statz and to send him a picture card wishing him a quick recovery. Fr. Statz is the pastor of St. Anne’s…

By Steve Maus, Coach Thirty-one girls participated in the Fall Ball program through Kimball Community Education. The girls were divided into three teams and competed in the Fall Ball program through MNSoftball. There were games every Sunday in August and September, and the girls competed with teams from across the southern half of the state.…