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Jazz musicians

Wed, 03/27/2019 - 5:10pm admin

Performing at “A Night of Jazz” for Minneota were Joe Voit for the Junior High Jazz Band and doing a trumpet solo for the senior high was Braxton Downing.

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LaShad Smith showed the turtle cupcake display to the judges, who waited to taste the creation.

Cupcake Wars

Wed, 03/27/2019 - 4:59pm admin

Kids in LeeAnne Bot’s FCCLA class at Minneota High School bake their own cupcakes in small groups.

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Daren Gislason can be found reading on his roof.

Man reading on his roof

Wed, 03/27/2019 - 3:43pm admin

Anyone arriving in Minneota and asking for directions to Daren Gislason’s house will likely not be told the number of the house he lives in.

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Brenda, Lori and Amos enjoy a boat ride together.

Once a grandma, always a grandma

Wed, 03/20/2019 - 5:40pm admin

When Tsung-Tai “Amos” Tu, who spent a year in Minneota as an exchange student from Taiwan, was about to board his plane to return to his homeland last June, he handed Brenda Swoboda an envelope bef

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SMSU Jazz to join Minneota for concert

Wed, 03/20/2019 - 5:25pm admin

The Southwest Minnesota State University jazz ensemble, under the direction of Dr. John Ginocchio, will join the Minneota jazz bands for a concert on March 25 at the Minneota High School.

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Claire Eckley, the current President of the Icelandic American Association of Minnesota, was one of the event organizers.

Minneota connects to Icelanders

Wed, 03/20/2019 - 5:20pm admin

There was a large Minneota connection among the nearly 100 people attending the annual Icelandic Thorrablot Saturday night at the Bloomington Events Center.

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Receiving a top award from John Engels at the Minneota Speech event was Brenden Kimpe (left) with his duo partner Jacob Haen.

Kimpe puts his heart into speech

Wed, 03/20/2019 - 5:18pm admin

In order to do anything well, you have to put your heart into it. And that's exactly what Brenden Kimpe has literally done since joining the Minneota Speech team six years ago.