May 2017

From the Mascot Files: 75, 50, and 25 years ago

Wed, 05/10/2017 - 5:12pm admin

75 Years Ago-May 1, 1942

News of gold miner

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Ole Pappy

Wed, 05/10/2017 - 5:05pm admin

Suddenly, this face appeared in the window of the Mascot. I looked beyond the face and there was this Big Blue Bus.

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Cole gave his Mom Jan her Eagle pin with his dad Ben looking on.

The Eagle Scout

Wed, 05/10/2017 - 5:03pm admin

Cole Bot of Minneota received his Eagle Scout award at the Minneota American Legion on Saturday. An Honor Court was held to proclaim the honor he has earned.

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Eighth grade boys from St. Edward School had the pleasure of spending time at the Seminary of St. John Vianney with Fr. Craig Timmerman and seminarians Tanner Thooft, Shawn Polman, John Huebl, and Evan Hayes.

Seminary visit

Wed, 05/10/2017 - 4:59pm admin

On Monday, May 1, the Eighth grade boys from St. Edward Catholic School had the opportunity and pleasure of spending time at the Seminary of St. John Vianney. On the campus of St. Thomas in St.

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It's here! Sign-up your cropland!

Wed, 05/10/2017 - 4:57pm admin

Landowners have a new option to protect their environmentally sensitive cropland with the introduction of the Minnesota Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (MN CREP).

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Garrett Moorse new co-advisor for FFA

Wed, 05/10/2017 - 4:48pm admin

At the Minneota FFA banquet on May 3, Garrett Moorse was officially named co-advisor for the program.

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Firemen save local barn

Wed, 05/10/2017 - 4:45pm admin

Minneota firemen were able to save a barn about 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Harvey Myhre farm about four miles south of Minneota.

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Jess Swedzinski, with her baby in one arm, bent to look at a pot at the weekend Garage Sales in Minneota. And of-course, she got a lot of help from son Harry, who was also trying to help.

Garage Sale bargain hunters

Wed, 05/10/2017 - 4:41pm admin

Talia Fier picked up her new swing after paying for it at Countryside Auto during the weekend garage sales.

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The three brothers Rognvaloher Gislason, Vahor Gislason and Magnus Gislason discovered the gravesite of S. (Sturlaugur) T. Gilbertson, their great-grandfather. They placed an Icelandic flag on his grave.

‘We’re on a pilgrimage to discover our roots’

Wed, 05/10/2017 - 4:35pm admin

The big blue bus pulled directly in front of the Minneota Mascot — looking to all the world like a group of movie stars had arrived to shoot a film on the plains of Minnesota.

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‘Hey Culligan Man!’ had Porter origins

Wed, 05/10/2017 - 4:14pm admin

When Mavis Anderson hears the once-popular advertising slogan “Hey, Culligan Man!”, she reverts back to her parents telling her about the man behind the product who once lived in Porter.

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