Features

Skyla and Andy Crowley shared their once in a lifetime story with The Mascot and WCCO.

Mascot's Top 10 Feature Stories

Wed, 01/03/2018 - 3:57pm admin

(1) Meger honored with Wildlife Management Area

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Christmas is over, but the celebration of Christ’s birth is not a one-day thing. This nativity scene was one of the many special exhibits dedicated to the birth of the Christ Child in Minneota.

Tis’ the Season!

Wed, 12/27/2017 - 5:48pm admin

Christmas is over, but the celebration of Christ’s birth is not a one-day thing.

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Karen Dalager (left) and Nicolle Johnston (right) have been named the 2017-18 Minneota Teachers of the Year for elementary and high school, respectively.

Teachers of the Year ‘humbled and honored’

Wed, 12/27/2017 - 5:15pm admin

Karen Dalager and Nicolle Johnston have been named the 2017-18 Minneota Teachers of the Year for elementary and high school, respectively.

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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Minneota stood as a beacon to those who wished to visit during this special time of year.

Holiday church

Wed, 12/27/2017 - 4:57pm admin

There’s something special about a country church at holiday time.

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Minneota stood as a beacon to those who wished to visit during this special time of year.

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Young shooter becomes celebrity

Wed, 12/27/2017 - 2:57pm admin

What a year it's been for 11-year-old Skyla Crowley of Ghent. First, the Marshall sixth-grader knocked down two deer with one shot in only the second hunting outing of her life on Nov. 11.

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Teacher of the Year

Wed, 12/20/2017 - 6:24pm admin

Mary Ann Horner of the St. Edward School in Minneota was recently nominated for Teacher of the Year by the Minneota-Taunton Post 5334.

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Great performances

Wed, 12/20/2017 - 5:57pm admin

Great performances The St. Edward School elementary department had a chance to perform before the eighth grade presented their play during the Christmas Concert last week.

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First Graders Blayze Hulzebos (left) and Kienzlee Sawyer seemed to be having a good time during the Minneota Elementary Christmas Concert last week.

First Grade Concert Fun

Wed, 12/20/2017 - 5:16pm admin

First Graders Blayze Hulzebos (left) and Kienzlee Sawyer seemed to be having a good time during the Minneota Elementary Christmas Concert last week.

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“Frosty the Snowman” was part of the Minneota Elementary Christmas Program last week. Funny, but we’d swear Frosty looked like teacher Keven Larson.

Must be magic

Wed, 12/20/2017 - 5:15pm admin

There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found, for when they placed it on his head, he began to roller skate around ... or something like that.

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“I’ve had a very fortunate life,” Ufkin said recently from his room at the Minneota Manor. “I don’t have any complaints. Well, not too many anyway.”

Virgil nearly 100: ‘A very fortunate life’

Wed, 12/20/2017 - 5:05pm admin

Former longtime local businessman and war veteran Virgil Ufkin was born in 1917, the same year as former President John F. Kennedy.

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