Editorial

MINNEOTA MEMORY
The Minneota High School Homecoming Queen candidates posed for a photo in September of 1976. Left to right: Kris Kompelien, Ann Erickson, Nancy Byrnes, Kathy Engels, Sue Janssen. The theme of that year’s Homecoming was “Spirit of ‘76”.

Yesteryear

Tue, 09/08/2026 - 12:26pm admin

100 YEARS AGO
(September 10, 1926)
Record number of students
enrolled as school opens

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OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

Tue, 09/01/2026 - 2:46pm admin

REMEMBERING A WRY SMILE

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MINNEOTA MEMORY
These Minneota Boy Scouts held a "Blue and Gold" banquet at the Legion Hall on Feb. 4, 1951. The banquet was in commemoration of the 41st anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. Back row, left to right: James Meger, Robert Gislason, Stephen Kjorness, Alden Rushton, Tom Johnson, Gary Buysse and Sherwood Hawley. Front row, left to right: Lyle Gislason, Dwayne Wenker, Larry Pesch, Tom Drown, Tom Amundson and Robert Nelson. Jim Amundson, foreground, was a guest.

YESTERYEAR - From the Mascot files 100, 75, 50 & 25 years ago

Tue, 09/01/2026 - 2:42pm admin

100 YEARS AGO
(January 22, 1926)
Judge Gislason resigns from
bench to enter law practice

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OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

Tue, 08/25/2026 - 3:33pm admin

“You’re going to what?”
That was my initial response when I finally dragged myself into Fischer Laser Eye Center in Willmar to check on why my right eye was cloudy.

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OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

Tue, 08/18/2026 - 3:26pm admin

Although it seems like only yesterday, it’s been nine nearly nine years since I sat down at Duke’s Corner Cafe in Taunton with Brad Lawrence and Ramon Britez and enjoyed a lengthy conversation abou