July 2025

Poetry Bus heading out on MN tour

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 5:22pm admin

The Poetry Bus will be touring central and southern Minnesota from Aug. 6-12.

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Sawyer Bradley drops down a sacrifice bunt in the first inning against Dawson. The bunt led to the Vultures' lone run.

Junior Legion Baseball

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 5:19pm admin

Minneota's summer season ended on Tuesday with a 4-1 loss to Dawson in the South Central Sub-State elimination bracket in Raymond.

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AMATEUR BASEBALL

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 5:12pm admin

Ryan Dalager struck out 12 batters in a complete-game, five-hitter as the Minneota Mudhens edged Madison 2-1 to advance in the Region 3C playoffs Sunday in Madison.

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Former Mascot editor Val Bjornson stands in front of the newspaper office in 1930.

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 5:07pm admin

It seems like every week when I search for stories for the Mascot's "Yesteryear" column, K. Valdimar "Val" Bjornson or a one of the members of his family pops up.

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YESTERYEAR

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 5:03pm admin

100 YEARS AGO
(July 31, 1925)

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Among those featured during the 150th anniversary of the Icelandic settlement here this past Saturday were Nana and August Josephson and their children Elenore and Roseville in this 1924 photo.

MINNEOTA MEMORY

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 5:00pm admin

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Belgian-American Days begins Aug. 1 in Ghent

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 4:59pm admin

The modest town of Ghent will again be rocking this weekend when it hosts the annual Belgian-American Days.

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An Aero L-39 plane crashed around 5:30 p.m. on July 21 near the Granite Falls airport along Highway 23. One man was killed and another injured.

1 man dead, 1 injured following plane crash near of Granite Falls

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 4:58pm admin

Yellow Medicine County authorities have identified the two occupants in a deadly plane crash last Monday, July 21, just west of the Granite Falls Municipal Airport along Highway 23.