Sauk Centre Herald 05-18-2023

Recovery comes

one moment at a time

The Reitsma family – Mitchell (front, from left), Katie and Joe; (back, from left) Paul and Carolyn, along with Eugene

– gathers in the Reitsmas’ barn May 7 near Sauk Centre. Katie returned home April 29, almost a year after suffering a traumatic brain injury during a storm that came through the farm.

Reitsma improves daily through strength, community

BY JAN LEFEBVRE | STAFF WRITER

Spring storms can bring strong, damaging winds, but Carolyn and Paul Reitsma have seen that faith, family, community and their daughter, Katie, are stronger.

One year after Katie suffered a massive brain injury when she was hit by flying debris during a storm that swept through her family’s dairy farm near Sauk Centre, she finally came home to continue her recovery.

Katie and her parents, along with brothers, Joe and Mitchell, milk 280 cows with four DeLaval robotic milking systems at Reit-Way Dairy. Katie also works as a paraprofessional at Holy Family Elementary School in Sauk Centre. She had been planning to begin taking evening courses to earn her teacher’s license.

When Katie flew home on a medical flight April 29, with her was her childhood

neighbor and boyfriend Eugene Marthaler. The two began dating over two years ago. Marthaler stayed with Katie in Chicago since her first being transferred there in early March to receive therapy at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.

“That poor guy slept on a couch that is not even comfortable to sit on, and it’s too short,” Paul said. “I think they (were) both ready to come home. It’s time.”

Katie will continue her recovery at Marthaler’s home in Sauk Centre. His house is one level and has easier access than the family’s house on the farm. They have purchased some equipment Katie will need as she keeps her therapy going at an intense pace along with outpatient therapy out of St. Cloud.

“I told Eugene that Shirley Ryan would hire him because he does so much,” Paul said. “Eugene’s aunt is an occupational therapist who advises him. He even has

Katie doing pushups. They didn’t believe him (at Shirley Ryan), so Katie showed them.”

However, Marthaler said he did not see his efforts as above the ordinary for his relationship with Katie.

“If the roles were reversed, I know she’d do the same for me,” Marthaler said. … “You have to stick through the hard times to get to the good times.”

It was to Marthaler that Katie first gave a sign that she was still Katie inside even though her brain was not cooperating. That sign came in early August 2022 in the form of the thumbs-up gesture.

“That was when I knew we’ve got this,” Marthaler said. “I knew then and there that Katie knew what was going on.”

At the time, Katie was at Regency Hospital in Golden Valley, the second facility she had been to. She would stay at two more during her year away from home. For her loved ones, the journey has gone from initial fear to hope and progress, and it all began with one storm.

BY BEN SONNEK | STAFF WRITER

Having been on the team for nearly 40 years, Paul “Frosty” Froseth is the longest-running member of Sauk Centre Public Works. It has hardly been the same job every day, though; there is always a variety of work that keeps the days interesting.

“I like what I do,” Froseth said. “I’m not an office person.”

Born and raised in Sauk Centre, Froseth remembers watching the street sweeper going by his home when he was a child.

“I told my mom, ‘Someday, I’m going to drive that thing,’” Froseth said. “When I got hired here in ’85, the street sweeper I said I was going to drive was still here, and I got to drive it.”

Froseth graduated from Sauk Centre High School in 1982, the same year their baseball team won the school their first state championship. From there, he started going to college, planning to become a hockey player, but he left without a degree.

“I didn’t like school that well,” Froseth said. “I was a C student and did OK, but I wanted to do something different.”

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Robischons buy Main Street bakery

BY BEN SONNEK | STAFF WRITER

The legacy of Sauk Centre’s landmark bakery on Main Street is secure with its new owners, Ryan and Natascha Robischon, whose goal of living closer to their family in the area brought them all the way from Switzerland.

“The excitement of the community has been fun already,” Ryan said. “I’m excited to be more involved in the community as well as a local business and see where it brings us.”

The Robischons are looking forward to continuing to offer Sauk Centre’s familiar treats while bringing their European-influenced ideas to the store.

“I have so many ideas, so I will never have a dull moment,” Natascha said. “There will always be new things for people to try. I’m excited to be creative, to try out new things.”

Ryan was born in Sauk Centre.

While he moved around with his family, he graduated from Sauk Centre High

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PHOTO BY BEN SONNEK

The Robischon family – Louisa (front); (back, from left) Natascha, Leon and Ryan – prepare to fill bakery shelves May 15 at The Beck Bakery in Sauk Centre. The Robischons bought the main street bakery from Bruce and Mary Bartosiewski and have been the owners since May 1.

PHOTO BY BEN SONNEK Paul “Frosty” Froseth arrives at the Sauk Centre Public Works garage May 12 in Sauk Centre. Froseth joined SCPW in 1985 and is their longest serving worker.

PHOTO BY MARK KLAPHAKE

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Editor’s note: May is Older Americans Month, and the Herald is putting the spotlight on older residents in the Sauk Centre community.

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He weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and measured 21 inches long.

Big brother Weston welcomed him home.

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Joe has always been a hard working man who supported his family, but due to current

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Two anglers brave the wind and rain May 13, fishing on the south end of Sauk Lake in Sauk Centre. Fishing boats were seen dotting Sauk Lake throughout the weekend.

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Parents name: John and Gretchen Jennissen. Accomplishment: Sauk Centre High School track and field member who finished third in the shot put and fifth in the discus at the Section 5A True Team meet May 9 in Sauk Centre.

What do you enjoy most about being on the track and field team? Being able to compete and support my teammates.

What has been the highlight of your track and field career? Seeing all of my hard work pay off in competition. What other activities are you involved in at school? Managing the girls volleyball team.

Why do you feel it’s important to be involved in school activities? It creates a strong work ethic and gives you goals to work for and achieve.

What is your favorite Streeter tradition? My favorite Streeter tradition is Homecoming because it is an exciting week-long event full of various activities.

How do you try to make a difference at school? I try to make a difference by setting an example of responsibility and kindness towards everyone.

What teacher has impacted your education the most? Explain. Mr. Schreiner has impacted my education the most because he made class enjoyable and all the material easy to understand.

What is something you’ve learned in class recently? I have learned how to evaluate capital investment proposals using various methods.

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School in 2001. After trying university studies, he moved around the U.S., including to Nevada, Texas and Colorado. In Colorado, he attended a pastry school and worked in a restaurant, later learning how to be a hairdresser and working in that field for the next 10 years,

While in Colorado, Ryan met Natascha, a native of Switzerland. They moved to Switzerland after they married, and they now have two children – Leon, 9, and Louisa, 5.

Robischons from front Froseth from front

For the Robischons, Froseth tried a job at Master-Mark Plastic Products but when that did not fit him well, he started working as summer help for SCPW. He operated their weed puller for a couple of summers, and then he took a full-time position when it opened up in 1985. He has been with SCPW ever since.

Froseth has handled a wide range of jobs, including dock maintenance, snow plowing, sweeping leaves and campground maintenance. Not having grown up on a farm, the biggest learning curve Froseth faced was learning to handle the machinery, and the way it has advanced over time has been the biggest change he has seen in public works in his nearly 38 years.

“It’s really improved tremendously,” Froseth said. “Years ago, you had to run your plow with stick shift; now, you have automatics and don’t have to worry about shifting and all that stuff … We had single-axle trucks, little trucks, and now we’re getting bigger trucks with wings and belly blades. You can cover a town quicker than we could in the past.”

Working for SCPW has sometimes had Froseth assisting at emergency scenes.

“If somebody’s stuck in a snowbank, we’ve got the equipment to get them out,” Froseth said. “Or, say, if a byproduct truck spills their

baking is not an activity exclusively reserved for the bakery.

“At home, we always have a house full of people,” Natascha said. “Our door is always open, and I make focaccia … There’s always fresh bread in the house.”

For the time being, the Robischons are focusing on continuing the bakery’s legacy, baking the bread and donuts the community have loved for years while making it a place where people feel comfortable coming in and sitting down. Toward that goal, there are already a couple of tables with chairs set up in the bakery, and a coffee service is also available.

A couple of foods the Robischons have in mind to bring to the bakery’s shelves in the future are focaccias and baguettes, as well as other crustier breads. A couple of new items already for sale are a Nutella-filled donut with a chocolate and crumble topping and the Berliner, a donut with an apricot filling and powdered sugar on top.

“The Berliner is seen all over Europe,” Ryan said. “It’s a twist on the Bismark that’s a classic here.”

For those watching their sugar intake, the Robischons also plan to offer healthier breads and other options –not to mention ecologically-friendly packaging.

When it comes to introducing European recipes to the area, the biggest obstacle the Robischons face is how different American and European flours are.

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Ryan Robischon brings out a tray of the new Nutella-filled donuts May 17 at The Beck Bakery in Sauk Centre. The Robischons have also started making Berliners, a Bismark-like donut with an apricot filling and powdered sugar on top.

“The wheat is softer in Europe, and the grind is finer,” Natascha said. “I’ve already tried some stuff, and it didn’t turn out so well.”

The Beck Bakery’s hours have expanded, now including weekdays from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Robischons cannot guarantee donuts will be available all the way until closing time, but they will do their best to ensure something is in the cases.

The Robischons are happy with how the community has welcomed them as the new bakery owners.

“Our social media re-

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sponse has been insane,” Ryan said. “We never would’ve expected the community would accept us so well right away. We feared there might be a little bit of hesitancy because Mary and Bruce had been here for so long. It was definitely not like that.”

Natascha extends her thanks to the community.

“They come in and say, ‘Welcome,’” Natascha said. “It’s such a warm welcome, where you feel like people are excited you’re here.”

The Robischons are also grateful to the Bartosiewskis for their nearly 40 years of service in running the bakery.

“I’m sure they will be missed, but they did a wonderful job in handing the bakery over to us and setting us up for success and teaching us how to do things,” Ryan said.

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Paul “Frosty” Froseth, with Sauk Centre Public Works, shows Melrose Area Public Schools students a street sweeper during the Middle Sauk WaterFest May 11 at the Sauk Centre Civic Arena in Sauk Centre. In Froseth’s time on SCPW, the technology has been the most significant change he has seen.

cow hides; last summer, I had to go clean that up.”

One of the craziest jobs Froseth has had in his time at SCPW happened soon after he was first hired. Sauk Centre still had a grain elevator on Railroad Avenue, and they piled corn on top of the avenue.

“It all ran down into the catch basin,” Froseth said. “They had it all cleaned up, but they didn’t clean the catch basin, and it was full of corn that had been sitting there for who knows how long, and I had to go clean it out. Corn rots and smells; that was the worst. I don’t know how I made it through that.”

Wintertime snowplowing can also be challenging, especially when cars park on the street.

“For a snowplow operator, it’s nice to have the cars off the street,” Froseth said. “It makes our job a lot

easier. That’s the most challenging part, plowing snow when cars are in the way.”

When not working for SCPW, Froseth enjoys fishing and bow hunting, hoping to one day score a turkey. He also likes to watch his daughter, Ella Froseth, play sports. She was on the Sauk Centre High School volleyball team when they won state in 2021, and she currently studies nursing at Alexandria Technical and Community College in Alexandria.

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For the workdays, Froseth is happy to have consistent work, as well as a good team to work with.

“I like the camaraderie, and being outside is good too,” Froseth said. “You’re not doing a constant, assembly-line thing, doing the same thing every day; you’ve got a variety, doing all kinds of stuff.”

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School upgrades

SCPS looking to implement biosecurity, hall pass, visitor management systems

BY BEN SONNEK STAFF WRITER

Sauk Centre Public Schools are poised to implement technological upgrades to streamline and secure their daily operations.

Technology director Becki Marthaler updated the school board on potential upcoming technology additions during the board’s May 15 regular meeting in the school media center.

One of the possible additions included an identiMetrics biometric check-in system for tardy students and lunch lines. Instead of having a secretary fill out a form, the tardy student can just scan their fingerprint to have their information added to a pass. In the lunch line, the fingerprint scan will bypass the need to enter in codes, also preventing codes being mis-typed or used by students to whom they do not belong.

“We do not store the fingerprint,” Marthaler said. “When the fingerprint is done, it links to a binary number, and that binary number is linked to that student. I think that is going to be a great feature for our school district.”

Another program, SchoolPass, would be an updated hall pass system, allowing students to clock out of a class. The program would inform teachers how many passes a student has, as well as how much time has elapsed for their pass. The system can also be programmed to ensure

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Weather warnings were posted across Minnesota during evening chores May 12, 2022.

“Eugene had come over,” Carolyn said. “He said to me, ‘Something told me I needed to come help you get done before the storm.’”

Everyone was rushing to complete chores when the storm hit.

“The wind picked up the back end of a hutch, and the calf got out,” Carolyn said.

“I heard Katie say, ‘Mom, calf,’ and those were the last words she said to me.”

As Katie ran to address the loose calf, Carolyn finished up work with the skid loader.

“I was by the clothesline and saw all of these hutches flying up over the evergreens,” Carolyn said. “I didn’t know exactly where Katie was.”

Out of 66 calf hutches holding calves, only three stood in place when the storm ended. The rest were blown to fields and ditches around the farm. Calves roamed everywhere.

It was Marthaler who located Katie. She was lying on the ground close to the house. Thinking she had lost consciousness due to a concussion, he helped carry her inside the house. Paul called his sister, a retired nurse, who guided them in assessing Katie’s injuries and then determined Katie needed emergency help. As Marthaler drove Katie to the

certain students do not acquire passes at the same time, preventing any troublesome arrangements of students from congregating outside of class.

SCPS will likely also follow the example of other schools by adding a visitor management system, which would scan drivers’ licenses to determine if someone visiting the school has any restrictions that would prevent them from entering the building.

As the school transitions from analog to IP cameras, the technology department is exploring the possibility of connecting them through a Wisenet server. While the cameras could then be accessed by a phone app, making it easier for police to access them in an emergency, the server would cost about $16,000 more than the $45,000 already budgeted for the camera replacement, and the server works best with a Windows operating system while most of school administration uses Mac.

The technology department would also like to add another firewall layer to the schools’ system to better guard against hacking and cyberattacks, as the threat of those occurrences has increased in recent years.

Other school board news: – Secondary Principal Sheila Flatau reported there will be 72 students graduating from Sauk Centre High School Saturday, May 27, a smaller class than previous years because some are not walking

Sauk Centre hospital, the Reitsmas rounded up calves.

At the hospital, analysis was giving troubling results. Katie needed a ventilator and equipment the hospital was not set up with. She was transferred to the larger St. Cloud Hospital 40 miles away. Paul and Carolyn joined her and Marthaler.

“The first diagnosis was that her brain stem was cut,” Paul said.

Katie also had multiple bleeds in her brain. Carolyn said they were told it was an injury similar to shaken baby syndrome.

“They said whatever hit her was heavy and blunt,” Carolyn said.

The family assumes it was a calf hutch that hit Katie, Carolyn said, but no one actually saw it happen. The type and location of her brain injury did not look promising.

“Everything initiates there – your walking, your talking, your coordination – everything stems from that spot in the brain,” Carolyn said.

As days passed, they began getting asked difficult questions.

“They kept asking us, because Katie was an athlete, if we could accept her in any other condition,” Paul said.

Katie played both high school and collegiate volleyball. She later helped coach her team at the University of Minnesota-Morris.

“We thought, ‘Katie’s much more than just an athlete,’” Paul said. “She has touched the lives of so many kids at Holy Family School. There’s more to her than just volleyball. She’s our daughter.”

The questions became even harder.

“They asked us if we wanted her to receive last rites,” Carolyn said.

The family agreed to have those rites performed.

“That’s when we realized it wasn’t good,” Paul said. “We

and others could not meet the graduation requirements. Flatau also mentioned there may be school cell phone policy changes implemented for the 2023-24 school year.

– Seniors will be holding their Senior Sunset event the evening of Wednesday, May 24, a parallel to the Senior Sunrise they had at the beginning of the school year.

– Recognized Hailey Hokanson for her service as a Streeter student representative on the school board for the last two years.

– Approved a revised budget. No changes had been made to it since its May 1 presentation during the committee meeting.

– Approved their annual resolution to continue their membership with the Minnesota State High School League.

– Approved an elementary school smartboard quote of $33,688.05 from multi-brand technology provider CDW.

– Approved a quote of $47,897.67 from consulting firm SitelogIQ, based on their plans for updated elementary school electrical outlets and receptacles.

– Approved the following donations: $500 from Douglas Machine, $1,000 from the Sauk Centre Lions Club, $100 from Eldon and Linda Sparby, $100 from Erik and Stephanie Larson, $1,000 from Glen’s Custom Welding and $3,000 from Community Connection for the robotics team; $350 from Dunn Brothers Popsicles

were asked to make the decision between comfort death and giving her a chance.”

It was nearly 10 days after the storm. If they chose to keep trying, Katie needed to be taken off the ventilator and receive a tracheotomy to save her from permanent vocal cord damage. The hospital needed to know the family’s decision.

The Reitsmas and Marthaler needed a sign.

“The day we had to make the decision, that was the first time she opened her eyes,” Paul said. “(The medical staff) didn’t look at that as being positive at all, but for us, it was.”

Then a staff member said something that Carolyn said was the right thing at the right time.

“A respiratory therapist said, ‘Well, let’s see what she can do,’” Carolyn said. “That helped us decide that we weren’t even going to think about comfort care because Katie could do this.”

Paul and Carolyn’s other daughters – Michelle, Renae and Christine – as well as neighbors and friends stepped in to help with the farm when Paul and/or Carolyn were with Katie. After work each day, Marthaler, who is a carpenter, was by Katie’s side.

The Reitsmas also had 50 heifers due that month.

“You have to keep everything going,” Carolyn said. “Nothing stops.”

Kindness and support surrounded them.

“We were sent a video of the kids from Holy Family; they formed a rosary, praying for Miss Katie,” Paul said. “The school would cover a day each week the whole summer where two staff members would sit with Katie (at Regency Hospital) because we couldn’t always get down there.”

Once Katie woke up and was weaned from her tracheotomy, she was transferred Aug. 17, 2022, to CentraCare-Melrose Care Center near Sauk Centre. Katie received physi-

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for the track and field team; $1,500 from Dan Welle for the Margaret Shelby Theatre audio-visual systems; and $500 from Community Connection for preschool graduation.

– Approved hiring for a paraprofessional for the elementary school’s new pride room, an area for tier two and three behavioral intervention.

– Approved the resignations for secondary paraprofessional Cathy Lensing, elementary paraprofessional Noelle Allord, elementary special education teacher Tanya Belden, first grade teacher Natalie Burg and secondary paraprofessional Christian Gillies.

– Approved the hiring of second grade teacher Madison Shoultz, fourth grade teacher Nicholas Sunderman and language arts teacher Abigail Olson.

– Approved medical leave for counseling and student assistance secretary Sandy Nelson.

– Approved childcare leave for elementary teachers Olivia Fuchs and Jennifer Ruegemer.

– Approved a one-year probationary extension for secondary industrial education teacher Douglas Lee.

– After reviewing a superintendent evaluation in a closed session, the board gave a generally positive review on the performance of Superintendent Don Peschel. The next school board regular meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 20, in the school media center.

cal, occupational and speech therapy there with good results.

“There you go with that small town thing,” Paul said. “Everyone knew her and treated her like family, and when you left there at night, you felt good because you knew she was going to be taken care of. That’s when Katie really started responding to therapy.”

Meanwhile, Katie’s high school and college teams did fundraisers as did the FFA chapter and other groups. People keep bringing food. Prayer groups far and wide wrote, saying they were praying for Katie, one card coming from a group in Rome.

“It’s working,” Carolyn said.

Meanwhile, Katie continued therapy to reconnect her brain to muscle control because it was no longer automatic.

It was from the CentraCare-Melrose Care Center that Marthaler sent a video to the Reitsmas of Katie singing three words – I love you – the words muffled and taking effort to be formed, but that did not matter.

“It was a thrill,” Carolyn said.

Katie was also able to the visit the farm a few times, the first being in October 2022 when she arrived on a minibus with four residents from the nursing home. They drove through the barn. Both Paul and Carolyn said Katie lit up when she saw the cows again.

On March 9, the next phase of Katie’s recovery began, which required more equipment, and she and Marthaler prepared to move to Chicago.

“The staff and residents (at CentraCare-Melrose Care Center) lined the halls,” Paul said. “They clapped and were in tears.”

They even blew bubbles.

In Marthaler’s care, Katie worked on core strength in Chicago and continued with other therapy with the goal of Katie walking independently again.

Now, with Katie finally home, the next year of her recovery begins.

“We don’t know what the plan is in the end, but we still have her,” Paul said.

Carolyn said they never lost hope, and community helped them maintain that hope.

“One day, Katie will walk into Holy Family School,” she said.

Mark Klaphake contributed to this article.

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I didn’t make it on to the water for the 2023 fishing opener, but I made a customary trip with a steaming cup of coffee to visit the landings down at Sinclair Lewis Park and by Big Sauk Resort.

On Saturday morning, my count was about 50 trailers. This didn’t include the north end where I was told the landing was overflowing.

This was a great showing considering the less-than-desirable weather. After talking with Fletcher’s Bait, word was the boat traffic was very good and the fishing was decent with a better bite on the horizon as the water warms up.

I don’t exactly remember the first time I went fishing or the first big fish I caught. But I was fortunate enough to have a dad and uncles who were always happy to drag a kid along on their fishing excursions.

by Bryan Zollman

When I was 11, my dad passed down a puddle-jumper with a 10-horse motor. We had a cabin in Danbury, Wisconsin, and until hockey and baseball took over my weekends, I looked forward to skipping across the water, wind blowing my hockey hair as I ventured out into the unknown, feeling much older than I was. Back then, the trolling motor was whichever way the wind was blowing, and the fish finder was the old man with a daredevil hooked in his cap who sold you the minnows.

Before I had my own boat, my dad and I shared a boat a few times a summer. We would troll out to the mouth of Lake Minerva in search of a crappie bed, dragging flies tipped with a crappie minnow, cuss words hanging in the thick summer air every time I tangled my line. One day, we caught some nice northern and it was the first time I saw my dad clean a fish. When he cut the head of the northern clean off it let out a groan (the fish, not my dad). Another time, we caught a few northern and left them on a stringer on the end of the dock overnight, only to find the severed heads the snapping turtles had left behind. I guess turtles and anglers think alike and agree the head of a northern isn’t exactly a delicacy.

As I got older, so did Dad. My weekends were spent more in hockey rinks and on baseball diamonds than in boats. I guess when you’re young, you think time is unlimited, but Dad died when I was 20. I couldn’t tell you the last time we shared a boat,

but it had been years, and the hope of sharing one in the future was no more. Since then, though, I have shared a boat with many and realized a fishing boat is perhaps the greatest place for good company. Over the past decade, most of my fishing was with Uncle Eddie on the north end of Sauk Lake. Ed would love to tell you he’s a walleye expert (he called himself Ed Linder), but he was more of a boat expert. He squeaked every mile out of his 25-horse Evinrude that was still running when he finally decided to upgrade a few years ago. Of course, there were many excursions with Uncle Ed that didn’t yield any fish, but that certainly didn’t hamper the experience. I guess I have grown to enjoy being in a boat with people as much for the conversation as for the angling. Maybe it’s because there is no escaping who you are with, which is why you must choose wisely with whom you fish.

Uncle Ed died this past February. His absence at Saukinac Campground, where he spent his summers, will be a tough adjustment for those who loved his ornery antics and lame jokes. I won’t be the only one who misses him ribbing us whenever we got a bite but were unable to land the fish for whatever reason he wanted to come up with.

Many fish have been caught over the years, but for me, fishing is more than just catching fish. When we lose one of our fellow anglers, their memories hang on the wall like a prized pike, always there whenever we want to gaze off into the past to remember a better day.

We spend a lot of hours in fast boats trying to catch fast fish. But really, we are slowing life down. Sometimes, you have to slow down if you want to catch up with one another.

I have more uncles and plenty of other fishing buddies to share a boat with, and I look forward to those excursions, whether fish end up in the live well or not.

I’ll miss Uncle Ed but will cherish all those memories of sharing a boat with him.

It’s hard to fathom that he’s gone, so I just tell myself that he’s gone fishin’.

A lifetime of firsts

There are so many first experiences in a lifetime, from the first breath of a newborn baby to the last breath of a dear friend or family member. Being truly present for each and every one of life’s experiences is so important. Joy and sorrow are both unavoidable in a life well lived.

Life’s joy-filled moments are by far the easiest to stay present for; however, life’s sorrowful moments are just as important to stay present in the moment.

Obviously, it goes without saying there are times in life where we do need to disconnect from a difficult situation or event to survive. The emotion(s) in that moment are just too much to handle. However, I think it’s equally as important to circle back at a later time and work through those difficult situations or events. This reflective work is often best done with a close friend, family member, trusted professional or all of the above.

Difficulties I’ve experienced in life do not go away, and when I have not acknowledged and worked through them, you better believe they have come back and hit me like a freight train at the most inopportune times.

When I experienced the death of my first grandparent, I was so sad, but it was easy to quickly turn my thoughts to the great and long life they’d lived. When I experienced the first death of someone I was close to that was also my age, it wasn’t as easy to think of all the great things from their long life; after all, they were just 36 years old.

As human nature would have it, I focused on all of the great things they didn’t get to experience and all the life that was left unlived due to what I saw as a way too early exit from earth. However, as I continue to reflect on the life lived by my cousin, I find comfort in all he shared with those who had the pleasure of knowing him. I think of all the firsts he got to experience from the birth of his brothers, his marriage, the birth of his first child, the publishing of his first comic and so much more.

May life’s many blessings and hardships help to make you the strong and amazing person you’re meant to be. I know

I am a better person having experienced all the joy-filled firsts andsorrowful moments life has dealt me.

Friends or foes

Every week when I sit down to write my column, it’s impossible for me to come up with topics to write about, especially as the school year winds down, leaving my creativity level at zero percent. I tend to ask my friends for ideas on what to write about. Normally, the ideas vary. This past week, suggestions included “What comes first: milk or cereal?” or “Talk about how bad Minnesota sports teams are,” which were both notable options. However, one of my friends suggested talking about rivalries and where they came from. This was an oddly specific topic, so of course, I immediately jumped on it.

by Hailey Hokanson

Ever since playing my first competitive game against a team from another town (fifth grade girls basketball), it was made abundantly clear that Sauk Centre disliked any team that was purple, within a 15-mile radius or had even a small chance of beating us. As an 11-year-old who wasn’t very good at basketball, this was a lot of pressure. Of course, my naivety led me to assume I would never play these teams again in any sport after this year.

Looking back now as a senior, it’s clear I couldn’t have been more wrong. For the past eight years, games have been circled on calendars as competitions that were even more important than normal. In any sporting event, these are the games where the town shows up and bets are made, and trash talk is worse than ever.

Things have gotten even more heated this past year as I started to make friends with people from other towns, leading to rivalry games being more tense than normal. What was the start-

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The deed is done. Sunday morning, I planted my raised garden. I know, a person isn’t supposed to work on Sundays, but it’s not really work. It’s fun to work in the dirt, especially when the dirt if soft and moist after a recent rain.

Earlier in the morning, I made rhubarb bread with my first batch of fresh rhubarb from my sister-inlaw Barb’s garden. It’s a rhubarb patch she started thanks to slips of rhubarb from Mom. No wonder it is flourishing. Mom’s rhubarb patch was pretty plentiful. Mom made the best rhubarb cake, which I tried to replicate but it is nowhere near as good as her cake. I haven’t tackled the rhubarb custard pies she made. And I can’t use the excuse that I don’t have her recipe, since Barb gifted each of us Moorman kids with a cutting board with two of Mom’s recipes, including the rhubarb pie recipe.

Over the past five summers, I have found a raised garden is the way to go. No more bending over for me when it comes to planting, hoeing, weeding or harvesting. There are 10 raised gardens in our complex, utilized on a first-come, first-served basis. A couple of the gardens are already spoken for. We have lost a few of our avid gardeners over the years when they moved to a different housing complex. Howard was kind of the overseer of the gardens. He and his wife, Dorothy, filled one of the gardens with strawberry plants. Eileen’s garden of wildflowers was beautiful. Tomatoes were plentiful in Joe and Joyce’s and Jim and Mary’s gardens.

Howard would sit out on his patio and keep an eye on the action. One day, I was walking to my garden, and he motioned for me to come over by him. He told me he watched a rabbit climb to the top of my garden and damage one of my pumpkins. Kiddingly, I told Howard he should have shooed the rabbit away with his cane. Sure as heck, my lone Cinderella pumpkin had chunks bitten out and was shriveling up. It taught me that I shouldn’t wait to harvest produce.

Part of the fun of having a garden is the visiting that goes on among gardeners or anyone else who happens to walk by. It always feels so good to share my bounty with others who appreciate the produce.

And, if everything grows this season, I will have plenty to go around. I planted enough kohlrabi to feed an army, and I was reminded to save room for a couple more kohlrabi plants thanks to Dennis who stopped by my office Monday morning. A few years ago, he gave me a huge kohlrabi he had harvested that I cut up into four quarters and shared with Mom. I was a little leery that such a big kohlrabi would be woody, but Dennis told me it would be edible, and it was. I sliced up my quarters, put them in cold water and ate them plain. No salt needed.

ing point for these rivalries that led to where we are now? Is it because of distance or ability to play? Why are some sports, such as football or basketball, even more important to win than ever?

My guess is that this extends back decades before I was even a student here, and after research, it seems I’m right. My grandparents recall high school teams that were fierce competition, some similar to my own and others completely different. As sports both grow and fall in competitiveness, the string of schools that are strong opponents has differed and been rearranged. Teams that used to be easy wins were now more difficult matches, leading to a more energized atmosphere come game time. The adrenaline rush and the gossip at school the day after the game lead to more craziness than ever.

High school rivalries are something that can’t be beat, and they will be something I miss after graduation. Sure, college will have rivalries, but there’s truly nothing like a Streeter vs. Dutchman football game. Nothing beats preparing for these games, knowing close friends on the other team are now the competition. These games tend to be the most fun even with all of the pressure, mainly because, once the final call is made, all harsh feelings are put aside and foes are back to being friends.

Healthy competition among friends from different schools is always enjoyable, but when the dust settles and the buzzer goes, eyes are set on the next time the trip down the interstate will be made to face the closest friends and worst enemies.

My cucumber plants fill up a corner of the garden, and I’m sure they will take over a good portion by mid-summer, much like the watermelon plants. These plants have a mind of their own and vine all over the place. As long as both types of plants are producing, that’s OK. They will have more room to roam as the kohlrabi grows to a desired size and the plants are removed one by one from the garden.

I will wait anxiously for cracks in the dirt as the bean seeds I planted, in what will probably be not-so-straight rows, start growing. Mom advised me to use a string to make sure the rows were straight, but that takes time and, as long as they are kind of straight, that’s fine with me. The bean plants will be so bushy and filled with beans, it won’t make any difference.

I’m saving a corner of the garden for my own rhubarb patch. I hope to take slips from Barb’s patch so I can harvest my own rhubarb down the road.

I love the joys of gardening.

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Darlene C. Fix

Darlene C. Fix, 73, of Braham, passed away Saturday, May 13, 2023, at the Northern Pine Assisted Living in Pine City.

A memorial visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 23, at the Hamilton Funeral HomesRock Chapel in Braham. A rosary service will be held at 7 p.m. Visitation will be held again one hour prior to the service, beginning at 10 a.m., Wednesday, May 24, at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Braham. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 24, at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Inurnment will be in the Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, Memorials are preferred to Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Condolences may be posted at www.hamiltonfhs. com.

Darlene Cecilia was born Nov. 19, 1949, in Sauk

Donald E. Walz

Donald E. “Donnie” Walz, 82, of Sauk Centre, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family, May 12, 2023, at the Getty Street Assisted Living in Sauk Centre.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 20, at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre with the Rev. Greg Paffel officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be 9 to 10:45 a.m., May 20, at the church. Donald Edward Walz was born Sept. 14, 1940, in

Darlene C. Fix Centre, to parents Donovan and Cecilia (Bussmann) Hansen. She graduated from Sauk Centre High School in 1968. She moved to St. Cloud where she attended the St. Cloud Beauty school, earning her cosmetology license. She worked at the salon in the St. Germain Hotel in St. Cloud for a few years before meeting Gary Francis Fix at a Catholic singles mixer. Darlene was united in marriage to Gary Aug. 3, 1974, at the Catholic church in Sauk Centre. They made their home in the Braham

area and were blessed with four children, Dallas, Douglas, Ginger and Gayle.

Darlene worked in a beauty shop in Braham until the birth of her first son, Dallas. She continued to see clients at her home for many years. In 1989, Darlene and Gary purchased a Novus Glass franchise, which they ran out of their home. Darlene managed the phones and the office paperwork until 2010, when her children took over the business. Darlene’s favorite job was doing Grandma’s day care for her beloved grandchildren.

Darlene loved being home and surrounded by her family. She grew beautiful flower gardens and tended to her large asparagus patch. She enjoyed cooking and always seemed to be doing something in the kitchen. As a founding member of the Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, her strong faith and commitment was demonstrated as a CCD teacher, making countless

at Jennie-O Turkey Store in Melrose 38 years. He was united in marriage to Joann Krebsbach Nov. 18, 1978, at St. Alexius Catholic Church in West Union.

Donnie was a member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre. He enjoyed working with wood, spending time outdoors, fishing and walking.

Donald E. Walz

Greenwald, Minnesota, to Leo and Margaret (Bosl) Walz. He completed school through the eighth grade and worked

100 years ago • May 17, 1923

Sauk Centre man loses arm in train crash

Leopold Fink, a farm employee at Sauk Centre’s Home School for Girls, narrowly escaped death Thursday morning when the Fordson tractor he was driving was struck by the eastbound Northern Pacific passenger train at the Paulson schoolhouse three miles northeast of Sauk Centre. The tractor was nearly halfway across the track when it was struck and turned completely around, and Fink was thrown onto the train’s cowcatcher, badly bruising and lacerating his right arm. He was able to walk to the Paulson farm, and Dr. DuBois brought him swiftly to the Home School Hospital, where the doctor determined it necessary to amputate the right arm above the elbow. As of writing, it appears Fink will recover unless complications arise.

50 years ago • May 17, 1973

Grey Eagle Post Office has all-women staff

Following the retirement of postmaster Alfred Feierabend, Evelyn Gangl has succeeded him, and her advancement means the Grey Eagle Post Office is entirely run by women. Feierabend had previously served as postmaster since 1963, while Gangl had been the postal clerk for six years. The Grey Eagle Post Office staff now includes Mrs. Ralph Kutter, who will be taking Gangl’s former position as clerk, and Margaret Hinman, the rural mail carrier.

BELGRADE

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EPISCOPAL CHURCH

FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH 124 4th St. N 320-352-5356 faithbc.org

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH 304 Elm St. S 320-352-3623 flcsauk.com

FIRST UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 620 5th St. S 320-352-2030

WEST UNION ST. ALEXIUS CATHOLIC CHURCH 11 Oak St. S 320-352-2563 parishesontheprairie.org/parishes

Survivors include his wife, Joann Walz of Sauk Centre; and many nieces and nephews.

Donnie was preceded in death by his parents; sisters

prayer chain calls and by making meals with the women’s group. Darlene was the glue that held the family together through her faith, compassion and unending love. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her. Darlene is preceded in death by her parents, Donovan and Cecilia (Bussmann) Hansen; husband Gary; son Dallas; sister Gayle Hansen; and sister-in-law AnneMarie Fix.

She is survived by her children, Douglas Fix (Angela Baker), Ginger (Corey) Owens and Gayle (Rob) Linkert; grandchildren Michael, Dallas, Amber, Mya, Payton, Paige and Paisley; siblings Cheryl (Jim) Coderre, Danny (Jess) Hansen and Carla (Scott) Bauer; sisters- and brothers-in-law Donnie Fix, Carol (Dale) Gagner and Rita (Steve) Rogers; and many other relatives and friends. H-20-1P

Evelyn Schmidt, Millie Poepping, Marie Vornbrock and Carol Prodinsky; and brothers-in-law Robert Schmidt, Ralph Poepping, Wilfred Vornbrock and Jim Prodinsky.

The family is very appreciative to CentraCare Hospice and Getty Street Assisted Living for the excellent care they gave Donnie.

Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral and Cremation Services of Sauk Centre.

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25 years ago • May 19, 1998

Two first-place prizes in carving claimed by Sauk Centre man

A Sauk Centre man known as Grizz won eight ribbons, including two first-place ribbons, during the annual Ward World Carving Championships held for four days in April in Ocean City, Maryland. Grizz, who prefers his anonymity, was one of 120 competing in the novice class for fresh and saltwater fish carving. He was an avid outdoorsman before he was injured in a logging accident in Michigan in 1993, and after moving to Sauk Centre, he was introduced to whittling through a chance meeting with resident Charlie Kirshbach, and the hobby helped him occupy himself and manage his pain. Grizz is now deciding whether or not he wants to exhibit his work at the national competition for fish and ducks in Bloomington.

10 years ago • May 16, 2013

SCAHS finishes Herald digitization project

The Sauk Centre Area Historical Society recently completed the digitization of Sauk Centre Herald issues dating back to 1868. The SCAHS board announced the new tool would help people research from their own computers; about half of the information requests the SCAHS receives are for genealogy projects, and the searches can now be completed in minutes. The project was made possible through the generosity of Pat DuBois, a believer in the absolute value of the preservation of local history. Other goals the SCAHS has this year include the development of a new website and the publication of a newsletter.

Dear Heart of Jesus,

In the past, I have asked for favors. This time I ask you this very special one (mention favor). Take it dear Jesus and place it within your own heart where your father sees it. Then in your merciful eyes it will become your favor, not mine. Amen. Say this prayer for 3 days, promise publication and favor will be granted. Never known to fail. J.Z. H20-1P

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City Council holds second meeting on biodigester plant

Concerns raised over road damage from Nature Energy trucks

BY HANS LAMMEMAN STAFF WRITER

Sauk Centre City Council hosted Nature Energy for a second informational meeting May 15 at Sauk Centre City Hall to field questions and provide information on the steps going forward regarding a proposed biodigester plant.

The meeting was sparsely attended compared to the first presentation at city hall two weeks prior.

Sauk Centre Mayor Warren Stone said he did not anticipate another informational meeting concerning the plant. Instead, he anticipated the next step, from the city’s standpoint, would involve a joint meeting with Nature Energy, public utilities and the city council to discuss power usage.

Nature Energy representatives said they were confident the company could confirm contracts

with farmers for 80% of the feedstock before breaking ground on the plant.

“We want to make sure that we have 80% of the manure supply agreements,” said Bob Lefebvre, Nature Energy USA vice president of business development.

“On top of that, we want to make sure that we have a home for that digestate.”

Vice President of Business Development Jesper A. K. Nielsen said the company was in talks with landowners concerning purchasing real estate for the plant with a 27-acre expected footprint.

Paul Streitz, owner of LumenPros in Sauk Centre, raised concerns about the impact on traffic and road damage caused by Nature Energy trucks.

Nielsen estimated the plant would utilize about 100 trucks each day. Nature Energy would provide a traffic study to measure

Nature Energy Vice President of Business Development Jesper

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the overall impact of the additional trucks on local roads. He guaranteed the trucks would never line up and form traffic outside the facility because of their logistics model.

“No matter what, we will make a traffic study, and we will make that public,” Nielsen said. “We don’t have to because the MPCA (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency) doesn’t call for it, but we will because of this discussion right here. We know that 100 (trucks) sounds like a lot.”

Stone emphasized the city council would only properly serve the constituents if they looked thoroughly into the plant, as it could provide economic growth and significantly increase the tax base for the city.

“Sauk Centre wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for ag. We have a lot of manufacturing going on now that is based on agriculture,” Stone said. “For us to ignore another agricultural (opportunity) would be like slapping the person who started the whole process.”

WaterFest returns to Sauk Centre

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that default has occurred in the conditions of the following

described mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: April 3, 2020

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL

AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE:

$117,216.00

MORTGAGOR(S): Skyler

Wilson, a single man

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage

Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Homeowners

Financial Group USA, LLC, its successors and assigns

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING:

Recorded: April 23, 2020

Stearns County Recorder

Document Number: A1567293

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: And assigned to: U.S. Bank

National Association

Dated: June 22, 2021

Recorded: June 23, 2021

Stearns County Recorder

Document Number: A1606655

Transaction Agent: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. Transaction Agent Mortgage Identification Number: 1003775-1300165394-3

Lender/Broker/Mortgage

Originator: Homeowners Financial Group USA, LLC Residential Mortgage Servicer: U.S. Bank National Association COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Stearns Property Address: 908 9th Ave N, Saint Cloud, MN 56303 Tax Parcel ID Number: 82.48028.0000

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 4 Block 82

Lowry`s Addition to the City of St Cloud AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE: $119,355.62 THAT all pre-foreclosure requirements have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that this is registered property; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above-described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: June 27, 2023 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: County Sheriff`s office, Law

Enforcement Center, 807 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, Minnesota to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorney fees allowed by law, subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns.

If the Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on December 27, 2023, or the next business day if December 27, 2023 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

Mortgagor(s) released from financial obligation: NONE THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

DATED: May 5, 2023

MORTGAGEE: U.S. Bank National Association Wilford, Geske & Cook, P.A. Attorneys for Mortgagee 7616 Currell Boulevard, Suite 200 Woodbury, MN 55125 (651) 209-3300 File Number: 052718-F1 H19-6B

CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333

ASSUMED

NAME: Grizzly’s Wood-Fired Grill.

PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS: 137 South Second Avenue, Waite Park, MN 56387 USA.

NAMEHOLDER(S): Adobe Restaurant, Inc., 137 South Second Avenue, Waite Park, MN 56387 USA.

By typing my name, I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

/s/ Steven J. Letnes 05/11/2023 H-20-2B

Public NOTICES

Sheriff`s office, Law Enforcement Center, 807 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, Minnesota to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorney fees allowed by law, subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns. If the Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on January 5, 2024, or the next business day if January 5, 2024, falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. Mortgagor(s) released from financial obligation: NONE THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR

WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

DATED: May 10, 2023

MORTGAGEE: PennyMac Loan Services, LLC Wilford, Geske & Cook, P.A.

Attorneys for Mortgagee 7616 Currell Boulevard, Suite 200 Woodbury, MN 55125 (651) 209-3300 File Number: 052818-F1

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF SAUK CENTRE TOWNSHIP

A public hearing is being held by the Sauk Centre Township Planning Commission on Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 at 8:30pm at Magnifi Financial in Sauk Centre to consider a rezoning request made by Elaine and Francis Funk to

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF SAUK CENTRE TOWNSHIP

A public hearing is being held by the Sauk Centre Township Planning Commission on Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 at 8:45pm at Magnifi Financial in Sauk Centre to consider a rezoning request made by Vicki

rezone a 14.33 acre parcel of 34.22899.0000 from an A-40 zoning district to a R-5 zoning district. This property is located at 40786 442nd Street, Sauk Centre. All interested parties in opposition to or in support of are invited to attend. Missy Schirmers, clerk H-20-1B

Pfeffer to rezone a 6 acre piece of 34.22783.0001 from an A-160 zoning district to a R-10 zoning district. This property is located at 40062 US Hwy 71, Sauk Centre. All interested parties in opposition to or in support of are invited to attend. Missy Schirmers, clerk H-20-1B

PHOTOS BY BEN SONNEK

Sauk Centre High School students – sophomore Maddy Schuster (from left), sophomore Linda Martinez, junior Michelle Straub, junior Jessica Cline and junior Izzy Busch – take questions at their Fur, Feet and Feathers exhibit at the Middle Sauk WaterFest May 11 at the Sauk Centre Civic Arena in Sauk Centre. The event hosted 436 area students.

Eric Altena, with Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Fisheries, shows Sauk Centre Public Schools students fish in tanks in the back of his truck at the Middle Sauk WaterFest May 11 at the Sauk Centre Civic Arena in Sauk Centre. Presenters taught students about water conservation as well as the area’s natural environment and how it can be protected.

Nathaniel Baeumler, with Houston Engineering, demonstrates different types of city water-related environmental measures to Albany Area Schools students at the Middle Sauk WaterFest May 11 at the Sauk Centre Civic Arena in Sauk Centre. The event ran from 9:30 a.m. to 1:40 p.m., with stations both indoors and outdoors.

PHOTO BY HANS LAMMEMAN

K. Nielsen (from left) addresses concerns from the Sauk Centre City Council - Shalon Wilber, Warren Stone, Diane Kelly and Joe Fuechtmann - at an informational meeting May 15 at Sauk Centre CIty Hall, concerning a proposed biogas plant. The meeting had a smaller attendance than the May 1 meeting.

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DATE OF MORTGAGE: September 1, 2006

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL

AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE:

$322,400.00

MORTGAGOR(S): Scott H.

Stroeing and Adris A. Brown, Husband and Wife, as Joint Tenants

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage

June 14, 2023 at 10:00 AM

PLACE OF SALE: County Sheriff`s office, Law Enforcement Center, 807 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, Minnesota to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorney fees allowed by law, subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns. If the Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on December 14, 2023, or the next business day if December 14, 2023 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. Mortgagor(s) released from financial obligation: NONE THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.

Date: May 4, 2023

1. A default has occurred in the conditions of that certain mortgage executed by Jacqueline Faith Jorgensen, a single person, as mortgagor, in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), as nominee for Bremer Bank, National Association, a national banking association, MIN: 10007390000018905-1 (“Bremer”), as mortgagee, dated September 25, 2020, and recorded on October 2, 2020, as Document No. A1582019, as assigned to Bremer, by MERS, pursuant to that certain assignment of mortgage dated March 2, 2023, and recorded on April 12, 2023, as Document No. A1651402, both in the Office of the County Recorder in and for Stearns County, Minnesota (collectively, “Mortgage”). The land described in the Mortgage is not registered land.

2. The original principal amount secured by the

Mortgage was: $203,840.00.

3. No action or proceeding at law is now pending to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof.

4. The holder of the Mortgage has complied with all conditions precedent to acceleration of the debt secured by the Mortgage and foreclosure of the Mortgage and all notice and other requirements of applicable statutes.

5. As of the date of this notice, the amount due on the Mortgage is: $212,400.87.

6. Pursuant to the power of sale in the Mortgage, the Mortgage shall be foreclosed, and the land located at 507 15th Street North, Sartell, Minnesota 56377, Property Tax ID No. 92-56865-0000, and legally described as follows:

Lot One (1), Block One (1), Morningstar, Stearns County, Minnesota (“Property”), shall be sold by the Sheriff of Stearns County, Minnesota,

at public auction on June

22, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., at the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office: 807 Courthouse Square, Saint Cloud, Minnesota 56303.

7. The time allowed by law for redemption by mortgagor or mortgagor’s personal representatives or assigns is 6 months after the date of sale.

8. The mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on December 26, 2023 if the Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. § 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. § 580.23.

9. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINN. STAT. § 582.032,

DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

10. The mortgagor released from financial obligation on the Mortgage is: None. Bremer Bank, National Association (a national banking association) By its attorneys:

/s/ John W Kuehl John W. Kuehl, #399794 Lindsay W. Cremona, #393599 Jellum Law, P.A. Attorneys for Mortgagee 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 (651) 439-2951

Dated: January 31, 2012

Recorded: February 13, 2012

Stearns County Recorder

Document Number: A1361934

Transaction Agent: Mortgage

Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.

Transaction Agent Mortgage

Identification Number: 1001944-3000271736-4

Lender/Broker/Mortgage

Originator: Fremont Investment & Loan

Residential Mortgage Servicer:

PHH Mortgage Corporation COUNTY IN WHICH

PROPERTY IS LOCATED:

Stearns

Property Address: 2725

Tranquility Drive, Saint Cloud, MN 56301

Tax Parcel ID Number:

82.50705.0189

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 10, Block 3, Serenity Plat Two, Stearns County, Minnesota

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE

AS OF DATE OF NOTICE:

$299,443.18

THAT all pre-foreclosure requirements have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that this is registered property;

PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above-described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE:

SAUK CENTRE PUBLIC UTILITIES

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ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

DATED: April 19, 2023

MORTGAGEE: HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for Fremont Home Loan Trust 2006-D, MortgageBacked Certificates, Series 2006-D Wilford, Geske & Cook, P.A. Attorneys for Mortgagee 7616 Currell Boulevard, Suite 200 Woodbury, MN 55125 (651) 209-3300

File Number: 051622-F2 H17-6B

Depot Feeds property. Remove all structures, grain bins, and tanks. Return property to gravel. Must have insurance. Please submit bid to Debbie Boyer at 101 Main Street So, Sauk Centre MN 56378 by June 2, 2023.

H-20-2B

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: May 31, 2017

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE:

$87,500.00

MORTGAGOR(S): Kyle Jordahl and Christa Jordahl, Husband and Wife MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for LeaderOne Financial Corporation, its successors and assigns DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING:

Recorded: June 6, 2017 Stearns County Recorder

Document Number: A1497169 ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: And assigned to: Matrix Financial Services Corporation

Dated: June 18, 2020

Recorded: June 22, 2020 Stearns County Recorder

Document Number: A1572107

Transaction Agent: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.

Transaction Agent Mortgage Identification Number: 1007212-1200110568-0

Lender/Broker/Mortgage

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

Originator: LeaderOne Financial Corporation Residential Mortgage Servicer: RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Stearns Property Address: 736 18th Ave S, Saint Cloud, MN 56301 Tax Parcel ID Number: 82.51169.0000

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot Numbered Ten (10), in Block Numbered One (1), in Steckling`s Second Addition to St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE

AS OF DATE OF NOTICE:

$127,875.95 THAT all pre-foreclosure requirements have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that this is registered property; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above-described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: June 22, 2023 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: County

NOTICE

Sheriff`s office, Law Enforcement Center, 807 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, Minnesota to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorney fees allowed by law, subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns.

If the Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on December 22, 2023, or the next business day if December 22, 2023 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

Mortgagor(s) released from financial obligation: NONE THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.

ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR

at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that this is registered property; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above-described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE:

WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

DATED: April 27, 2023

MORTGAGEE: Matrix Financial Services Corporation Wilford, Geske & Cook, P.A. Attorneys for Mortgagee 7616 Currell Boulevard, Suite 200 Woodbury, MN 55125 (651) 209-3300 File Number: 052700-F1 H-18-6B

OF ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333

ASSUMED NAME: Poncho & Lefty’s Tex-Mex Grill.

PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS: 137 Second Avenue South, Waite Park, MN 56387 USA.

NAMEHOLDER(S): Fiesta Restaurants, Inc., 137 2nd Avenue South, Waite Park, MN 56387 USA.

By typing my name, I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

/s/ Steven J. Letnes 05/11/2023 H-20-2B

AMENDMENT TO ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333

1. List the exact assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted: Grizzly’s Wood-Fired Grill

2. Principal Place of Business: 137 South Second Avenue, Waite Park, MN 56387.

3. List a Mailing Address if you cannot receive mail at the principal place of business address: 137 South Second Avenue, Waite Park, MN 56387.

4. List the name and complete street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name, OR if an entity, provide the legal corporate, LLC, or Limited Partnership name and registered office address: Ringneck Restaurants, Inc., 137 South Second Avenue, Waite Park, MN 56387.

5. This certificate is an amendment of Certificate of Assumed

Name File Number: 1172971-4 originally filed on: January 5, 2005 Under the name: Grizzly’s Grill N’ Saloon.

6. By typing my name, I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

/s/ Steven J. Letnes 05/03/2023

Steven J. Letnes, CEO /President Filed on 05/15/2023

H-20-2B

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.

Transaction Agent Mortgage Identification Number: 100199600000148649 Lender/Broker/Mortgage Originator: Advisor`s Mortgage, LLC

Residential Mortgage Servicer: Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Stearns Property Address: 152 35th Ave N, Saint Cloud, MN 56303

Tax Parcel ID Number: 82.46261.0000 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 28, Block 7, Cottage Place, an Addition to St. Cloud, Stearns County, MN AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE:

$71,213.69

THAT all pre-foreclosure requirements have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted

May 31, 2023 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: County Sheriff`s office, Law Enforcement Center, 807 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, Minnesota to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorney fees allowed by law, subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns.

If the Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on December 1, 2023, or the next business day if December 1, 2023 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

Mortgagor(s) released from financial obligation: NONE THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT

PURPOSE. THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

DATED: April 8, 2023

MORTGAGEE: Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2019-4, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee Wilford, Geske & Cook, P.A. Attorneys for Mortgagee 7616 Currell Boulevard, Suite 200 Woodbury, MN 55125

(651) 209-3300

File Number: 051996-F1 H-15-6B

The real property’s street

address is: 101 Pine St. S., Sauk Centre, MN 56378. The real property’s identification number is: 94.59250.0000. Transaction agent: N/A. Transaction agent’s Mortgage identification number: N/A. Mortgage originator: Vermillion State Bank. That the Sheriff’s Sale had been scheduled for May 18, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. THAT THE PROPERTY WILL NOW

807 COURTHOUSE SQUARE, IN THE CITY OF ST. CLOUD, STATE OF MINNESOTA, to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law, subject to redemption by the mortgagors, their personal representatives or assigns within six (6) months from date of sale.

NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the mortgage foreclosure sale because of the default in that certain mortgage dated the 26th day of November, 2021, executed by Paul G. Kleven, as mortgagor, to Vermillion State Bank, as mortgagee, filed for record in the office of the County Recorder in and for the County of Stearns, and State of Minnesota, on the 28th day of December, 2021, and recorded as Document No. A1622762 has been postponed pursuant to Minn. Stat. 580.07. The legal description of the property is as follows: Lot 11, Block 27, Townsite of Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor must vacate the property if the Sheriff’s sale is not further postponed, the mortgage is not reinstated under

Section 580.30, the property is not redeemed under Section 580.23, or the redemption period is not reduced under Section 582.032 is 11:59 p.m on December 15, 2023.

Dated this 12th day of May 2023.

/s/ Jennifer G. Lurken Jennifer G. Lurken #347516

GISLASON & HUNTER LLP

Attorneys for Mortgagee Eide Bailly Center, Suite 500 111 South 2nd Street Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: 507-387-1115 Fax: 507-387-4413 jlurken@gislason.com H20-1B

Sauk Centre girls golf closes conference campaign

Girls track and field achieves PRs,

Sauk Centre takes sixth at conference meet Bromenshenkel recognized

BY EVAN MICHEALSON STAFF WRITER

The West Central Conference girls golf season reached a compelling finale May 16, with the Sauk Centre Streeters finding themselves in sixth place out of six teams with a score of 228 at Pomme de Terre Golf Club in Morris.

“The girls did very well in our final conference meet of the season and I am very proud of their progress,” said Olivia Fuchs, head coach. “They each made improvements and most showed personal-best scores for the season.”

Sauk Centre’s highest finisher was Brooke Bromenshenkel, who secured a 15th-place finish at 52 strokes to lock up an All-Conference spot with one of the 13 lowest averages in the conference.

“Brooke continually showed improvement throughout each conference meet and her hard work paid off by earning All-Conference honors,” Fuchs said. “She has really honed in on her short game and is able to shave off strokes with precise chipping and putting.”

Anastasia Polipnick has climbed the team’s scoring rankings as of late and once again had a strong day, this time grinding out a 57 for 28th place.

“It has been rewarding to watch her hard work and dedication pay off as the season progressed,” Fuchs said.

The Streeters handled the long-winding Pomme de Terre course well, with April Klaphake and Lauren Feltman going back-to-back with a 31st-place 59 and a 32nd-place 60, respectively.

“Pomme de Terre is a long, tough course to play,” Fuchs said. “The girls did a lot of walking and had to work through fatigue to complete the course.”

Sauk Centre’s next step is an invite at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 18, at Kimball Golf Club in Kimball.

River Crest Golf Course Sauk Centre displayed growth as an overall unit at the River Crest Golf Course in Montevideo May 12, taking fourth out of five full teams in the nine-hole conference bout of the day with a score of 218.

The Streeters enjoyed closely-contested showings from their scorers. Bromenshenkel, 14th, and Feltman, 22nd, were separated by only five strokes as the team’s first and third scorers at 49 and

54, respectively. Polipnick put forth a promising performance, earning 17th place with a 52, including a birdie on her second hole.

Klaphake and seventh grader Sylvie Schirmers tied at 63 for the final scoring spot, with Klaphake taking 29th and Schirmers 30th via tiebreaker.

Minnewaska Area’s 172 paced the conference.

Olivia Golf Club

With a score of 227, the Streeters matched their score from a few days earlier in nabbing fifth place at a conference meet May 12 at Olivia Golf Club in Olivia.

Three Streeters eclipsed the top 25 in a field of 37 golfers: Bromenshenkel, 53 in 17th place; Polipnick, 56 in 23rd place and Feltman, 57 in 24th place. Breaking into the team scoring once more was Klaphake, who collected a 61 for 29th.

Four teams broke under a team score of 200, with Minnewaska Area’s dominance continuing with a top score of 161.

Minnewaska Golf Club

The Streeters added a few strokes in their second round of the day May 10, compiling a fifth-place performance with a score of 247 at Minnewaska Golf Club in Glenwood.

Bromeshenkel parred a pair of holes to register a 49 for 10th place, but Sauk Centre did not score again until 29th place, where Klaphake collected a 64. Encouragingly, the third scoring spot went to Schirmers, who showed poise with a 66 for 31st place. Two spots behind her came Polipnick with a 68 in 33rd place.

With four individuals sweeping the top four spots, Minnewaska Area won the event with a 169.

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BY EVAN MICHEALSON STAFF WRITER

The Sauk Centre Streeters girls track and field program began their West Central Conference Championships appearance with a second-place 4x800-meter relay and kept up the energy, seizing sixth place out of eight teams at Montevideo High School in Montevideo.

“The girls had a good showing tonight at the conference meet,” said Kellie Wehrman, coach. “We had some PRs and competed with the competition.”

Minnewaska Area eclipsed the rest of the field by nearly 60 points with a score of 162.1.

The steadiness of the aforementioned 4x800 grouping, which featured Alivia Nathe, Francesca Rivers, Julia Wehrman and Olivia Marsh, ended the long-winding race at 10 minutes and 52.43 seconds. Marsh was also impactful in the 400, Sauk Centre’s strongest event from a point total standpoint, earning fifth as Maddy Schuster and Stella Schirmers logged third and seventh, respectively.

“All three of these girls understand the 400 is a tough race physically and mentally but they don’t back down from it,” Coach Wehrman said.

Another daunting competition is the 3,200, which proved to be an encouraging event for the Streeters. Raya Sebek and Alyssa Tegels, two multi-sport athletes with strong stamina and determination, nabbed seventh and eighth, respectively, dropping under 14 minutes.

“Raya and Alyssa are two great girls,” Coach Wehrman said. “They both work hard every day in practice and never complain.”

With key showings from consistent performers like top-10 sprinters Nya Thieschafer and Nina Thieschafer came some pleasant surprises, none bigger than eighth grader Kenna Crider’s awe-inspiring 17.78 race in the 100 hurdles. It was just the second time Kenna Crider was competing in a hurdling event at a varsity meet in 2023.

“She had an amazing race and finishing All-Conference as an eighth grader was so much fun to watch,” Coach Wehrman said. “She tried hurdles for the first time this year and I said from the first day she was a natural.”

While Kenna Crider and the 4x800 relay were Sauk

Centre’s lone All-Conference selections with top-two finishes, Schuster and senior thrower Alicia Jennissen, with a 32-7 toss in the shot put, were honorable mention. Off the back of grabbing 70.5 points at the conference meet, the Streeters will train for a week before competing in the Section 5A Sub-Section West Meet at 3 p.m.

Tuesday, May 23, at Maple Lake High School in Maple Lake.

Team scores: 1. Minnewaska Area 162.1, 2. Benson/ KMS 104, 3. Melrose 103, 4. BOLD/BLH 99.6, 5. Morris Area/ Chokio-Alberta 83.1, 6. Sauk Centre 70.2, 7. West Central Area 40 and 8. Montevideo 34.

Individual results: 100: 4. Nya Thieschafer 13.17 seconds, 8. Nina Thieschafer 13.42 and 18. Victoria Marthaler 14.17.

200: 6. Nya Thieschafer 28.02, 9. Nina Thieschafer 29.00 and 11. Pyper Vogt 29.49. 400: 3. Schuster 1:04.82, 5. Marsh 1:06.05 and 7. Schirmers 1:07.29. 800: 10. Julia Wehrman 2:49.17, 11. Maizie Jennissen 2:54.96 and 16. Hailey Thompson 3:17.98. 1,600: 9. Rivers 6:13.31, 10. Nathe 6:18.92 and 13. Samantha Eekhoff 6:53.17. 3,200: 7. Sebek 13:40.49 and 8. Tegels 13:58.88. 100 hurdles: 2. Kenna Crider 17.78 and 15. Brianna Hansen 20.29. 300 hurdles: 5. Mackenzie Ritter 52.06, 14. Kenna Crider 58.19 and 16. Marthaler

1:01.40. 4x100: 8. Vogt, Brooke Rieland, Lindyn Anderson and Brianna Middendorf 56.96. 4x200: 4. Schuster, Ritter, Nina Thieschafer and Nya Thieschafer 1:54.39. 4x400: 5. Ritter, Schirmers, Marsh and Schuster 4:31.42. 4x800: 2. Nathe, Rivers, Julia Wehrman and Marsh 10:52.43. High jump: 7. Schirmers and Rieland 4 feet, 6 inches. Pole vault: 10. Rivers 7-0. Long jump: 5. Schuster 14-10 1/2, 10. Nya Thieschafer 14-2 1/2 and 11. Nina Thieschafer 14-2. Triple jump: 11. Ava Friedrichs 28-6 and 14. Avery Crider 26-5 3/4. Shot put: 3. Alicia Jennissen 32-7, 10. Carmen Loxtercamp 27-6 1/4 and 13. Claire Bushard 26-5. Discus: 6. Alicia Jennissen 8003, 7. Loxtercamp 78-11 and 21. Michelle Straub 62-0.

Section 5A

True Team Meet

The Streeters performed marvelously at the Section 5A True Team Meet May 9-10, overcoming a daylong delay in a majority of events to snag fourth place out of 10 teams with a score of 460 at Sauk Centre High School in Sauk Centre.

Twenty-one of 32 entrants into the competition picked up PRs for the Streeters, who displayed excellence in a multitude of events, especially in relays. The 4x800 lineup of Nathe, Maizie Jennissen, Julia Wehrman and Marsh earned Sauk Centre’s highest finish of the day, a runner-up placement at 11:13.61. Maizie Jennissen filled in for Francesca Rivers, creating an all-freshman foursome. Schuster, returning to the team after an illness sidelined the freshman for two consecutive appearances, made her presence felt. She registered a personal best in the 400 at 1:03.08 for third place and helped a pair of relays to third place.

This season’s Sauk Centre girls program has sizable depth, as evidenced by their finishes in their highest-pressure outing yet. Schirmers and Ritter took fth in the 400 and 300 hurdles, respectively; Alicia Jennissen snagged third in the shot put and Loxtercamp was the Streeters’ top discus thrower at 85-05 in seventh place; Marsh and Sebek finished in sixth place in the 800 and 3,200, respectively; Rieland made a splash in the high jump in sixth place and Nina and Nya Thieschafer ended their days back-toback at No. 5 and No. 6 in the long jump.

Team scores: 1. Minnewaska Area 563, 2. Paynesville 535.5, 3. Holdingford 520.5, 4. Sauk Centre 460, 5. Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 418.5, 6. Royalton 243.5, 7. Montevideo 208, 8. St. Cloud Christian 155, 9. St. John’s Prep 91. 5 and 10. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 27.5.  Individual results: 100:

7. Nya Thieschafer 13.58 and

11. Nina Thieschafer 13.98. 200: 7. Nya Thieschafer and

11. Nina Thieschafer 29.00. 400: 3. Schuster 1:03.08 and

5. Schirmers 1:06.42. 800: 6. Marsh 2:39.72 and 8. Julia Wehrman 2:43.57. 1600: 10. Rivers 6:09.55. 3200: 6. Sebek 13:50.68 and 8. Tegels

14:07.31. 100 hurdles: 7. Kenna Crider 18.72 and 12. Hansen 20.24. 300 hurdles: 5. Ritter 50.67 and 11. Marthaler

PHOTOS BY ALEX CHRISTEN

Alicia Jennissen throws her way to a third place finish in the shot put event on May 10 in Sauk Centre. Jennissen threw her best throw of the season, landing at 34-03.00.

PHOTO SUBMITTED Sauk Centre girls golfer Brooke Bromenshenkel is a West Central All-Conference selection. The freshman led the Streeters in scoring throughout the spring conference schedule.

Brianna Hansen competes in the 100-meter hurdles at the Section

true team meet on May 10 in Sauk Centre. Hansen ran her best time of the season, crossing the finish line in 20.24 seconds.

No-no sends Sauk Centre baseball to 7-8

Fletcher throws a gem for Streeters

BY EVAN MICHEALSON STAFF WRITER

Despite uneven results to this point in the season, the Sauk Centre Streeters baseball team has relied on a definitive strength in their pitching.

And as the bats came alive in the second game of a doubleheader versus Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian District May 16, the Streeters received their strongest showcase on the mound yet, as senior Eli Fletcher tossed a five-inning no-hitter in a 10-0 win at Sauk Centre High School in Sauk Centre.

“He was dominant, allowing just four balls to be hit in fair territory,” said Bryan Zollman, head coach. “He had great command of his breaking ball and had hitters flailing.”

Whiffs were a common sight against the upperclassmen, who struck out 11 BOLD batters, including striking out the side twice. Fletcher was backed up by significant run support led by Hunter Danielson.

The senior compiled three of the team’s 10 hits and knocked in three runs.

“He had been scuffling some lately, but he is too good of a natural hitter to scuffle for long,” Zollman said. “He had a great day at the plate and his swing looks like his swing of old.”

Matthew Warring went 2-for-2 with three runs scored and a pair of RBIs.

Owen Messer also logged two hits.

Sauk Centre tallied four runs in the third and three more in the fifth, hammering away at BOLD and ending the contest via 10-run rule.

The Streeters improved their record to 7-8 and will play Osakis at 4:30 p.m.

Friday, May 19, at LeRoy Mackove Athletic Complex in Osakis.

“We want to finish strong heading into the playoffs, so these next games will be key for us,” Zollman said. “I like the way we are playing, so hopefully, we can build on that.”

Sauk Centre 6, BOLD 4

A back-and-forth showdown with BOLD in game one of a conference doubleheader saw the Streeters get timely hits and outs when it mattered in a 6-4 victory May 16 at Sauk Centre High School in Sauk Centre.

Down 4-3, Hunter Broich drove in Fletcher for a game-tying RBI single in the fifth inning before getting himself into a rundown, leading to Keegan Middendorf coming across for the game-winning score.

“We weren’t sure Hunter was going to play because he wasn’t feeling well all day, but he came up huge for us both with the hit and then with the nice baserunning play,” Zollman said.

Danielson completed six innings in his start, allowing three earned runs and picking up the win. Cole Roering earned the save with a scoreless inning

in relief.

KMS 14, Sauk Centre 1 Maybe the Streeters wished the rain never stopped at the MaxBat Classic wood bat tournament May 13.

After a two-hour rain delay, the KMS Saints jumped all over Sauk Centre for six runs in the first inning, coasting to a 14-1 win at Saints Field in Elrosa.

Sauk Centre 4, BBE 0

Sauk Centre kicked off their MaxBat Classic appearance in winning fashion, as Warring delivered a shutout on the mound in a 4-0 triumph May 12 at Saints Field in Elrosa.

Despite only collecting three hits, patience paid dividends for Sauk Centre, who coaxed three bases-loaded walks to score their first three runs.

Fletcher went 2-for-3 at the plate. Melrose 1, Sauk Centre 0

Isaac Rosenberger has been a thorn in Sauk Centre’s sides.

The Melrose junior shut out the Streeters for the second time in seven days May 10, as the Dutchmen moved past Sauk Centre 1-0 at Melrose Area High School in Melrose.

Fletcher relinquished only two hits in six innings of work, but Melrose got an unearned run in the third inning to pick up the rivalry win.

Better late than never

Sauk Centre boys golf earns season-best performances

BY EVAN MICHEALSON STAFF WRITER

The end of the West Central Conference boys golf season has arrived, and the Sauk Centre Streeters concluded their eight-meet stretch on a positive note, scoring a 177 as a team in taking sixth place out of eight teams May 16 at Pomme de Terre Golf Club in Morris. With that mark, Sauk Centre finishes seventh overall in the conference standings.

“Though we wanted to finish higher in the conference, we’re certainly trending in the right direction and making huge improvements, which is nice to see,” said Tait Midthun, head coach.

Brayden Johnson narrowly missed out on an All-Conference selection, but that does not take away from his stellar outing in the WCC finale, as the freshman earned 11th out of 52 competitors with a 41.

“He’s certainly a player that has gained some distance as he’s matured, and now, is getting that short game to come with it,” Midthun said. “He’s turned in some good performances here.”

Also landing in the top 20 was Dylan Gruenes, whose late-season ascent continued with a 17th-place finish at 42. The junior parred three of nine holes in boosting Sauk Centre’s

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BY EVAN MICHEALSON | STAFF WRITER

Three Sauk Centre Public Schools student archers – Alex Drevlow, Gage Welle and Alyvia Klein – gained the experience of a lifetime May 11-13, participating in the 2023 National Archery in the Schools Program Eastern Nationals tournament at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

Drevlow competed in the middle school boys division, while Welle and Klein represented Sauk Centre at the elementary boys and girls levels, respectively.

A former state champion as an elementary school competitor, Drevlow competed nationally in a virtual tournament and took first in a field of 1,900 archers in 2021, so he was no stranger to success when pitted against countrywide opponents. However, firing arrows in-person alongside his competition on the largest scale was new to him. It was a mental battle.

“I just try to tell myself I’ve done it a lot before and I’m good at it, just to not get into my own head and think so much,” he said.

The productive Drevlow, who posted a 284 at the MN NASP Bulls-Eye State Tournament in March, built on his already-growing legacy with his highest score to date at 290, which included 21 10s and a pair of perfect 50s.

“On one of them, I was surprised because I didn’t know it was a 50 until I went up to the target,” Drevlow said. “I was nervous with the last arrow, but I was excited afterwards knowing I actually shot a 50.”

While the trip was for archery purposes, Drevlow and father John Drevlow and grandfather Larry Kerzman made sure to take in the sights in Louisville after arriving via plane, visiting the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory. Funnily enough, this came a few days after Welle and parents Nathan and Ann Welle checked out the baseball bat landmark.

“I got to hold baseball player’s bats they used,” Welle said. “I held Babe Ruth’s, Derek Jeter’s and a lot more.”

Welle, who qualified for nationals with a sixth-place elementary boys finish at state, finished in the top quarter of the competition in Kentucky, compiling a 248, good for 522nd out of 2,110 elementary boys performers.

“At that level, I was nervous at first,” he said. “Once I started to get into it, it started to become more of my level, where I know what I should do and focus on archery.”

This performance was not a personal best by any means, but with hundreds flocking into the convention center and the noise being unlike anything the youngster had previously experienced, it was an encouraging end to a campaign that included three consecutive first-place finishes for Welle.

“I did have to change a lot of things to grow and for me to get stronger,” Welle said. “We had to do stuff (modify the string tension) to my bow, which made a big difference.”

Welle’s journey also included his family checking out the Indy 500 race in Indianapolis, Indiana as part of a 13-hour car ride from Louisville back to their home state.

Not to be forgotten in the national achievements was Klein, whose performance signaled continued strength for a fifth-grade archer with a ton of promise. She took 320th out of over 1,800 elementary girls athletes with a 253, her second-highest career mark behind a 259 earned at state.

Klein’s campaign included a pair of first-place showings: at the Alexandria Area High School Invitational March 4 and the Osakis Archery Invitational March 13.

The Sauk Centre trio at the Eastern Nationals learned several valuable lessons from witnessing the sport in one of its largest forms, and made special memories along the way.

“I think it was just fun being able to travel for a sport and going somewhere other than Sauk Centre or elsewhere in the state,” Drevlow said.

overall scoring.

“He’s getting off the tee box better and dialing in his approach,” Midthun said. “He’s keeping himself out of trouble and making putts. He’s had an all-around game.”

Nolan Kampsen’s consistency once again showed with a score of 45, good for 24th place, and in an ever-changing fourth scoring spot, the Streeters received a clutch series of swings from Zach Klimek at 49 for 38th.

“He’s had a great attitude and I’m happy for him that he’s seeing results after working with the ups and downs of the game of golf,” Midthun said of Klimek.

Minnewaska Area’s 151 cemented them in first place for the event.

Sauk Centre continued their end-of-season push with the Pre-Section 6AA Meet May 17. The team will compete again at 11 a.m. Monday, May 23, at Eagle’s Landing Golf Course in Fort Ripley.

Olivia Golf Club

The competition within the conference all season long has been fierce, with an eight-team meet at Olivia Golf Club in Olivia May 12 proving to be no different.

The Streeters compiled a 178 in sixth place but were only seven strokes away from fourth place.

Sauk Centre’s scorers all finished close to each other in another promising trip to the course. Johnson’s 43 gave him 15th, while Kampsen, 44 in 20th place; Gruenes, 45 in 22nd place; and Ethan Riley, 46 in 26th place, completed the team’s eventful scoring profile. West Central Area out-

paced Minnewaska Area by four strokes at 155 for the team victory.

River Crest Golf Course

From the start of the season, the Streeters believed they had the potential and talent capable of dueling off with the best golf teams in the conference.

However, the squad struggled with unlocking that ceiling -- that is, until May 12 at River Crest Golf Course in Montevideo.

Behind Johnson’s topfive score of 39, Sauk Centre posted a season-low team mark of 166, collecting third place in the conference meet.

“That comes with belief in what we’re doing and also individual efforts to collectively come together as a team,” Midthun said. “It was a fun van ride home.”

The top 15 spots were riddled with Streeters, as Gruenes and Kampsen both recorded 42s to tie for 13th place and Riley closed out the electrifying performance with a solid 43.

Minnewaska Area secured the top spot with a score of 158.

Benson Golf Club

While more progress was seen, the Streeters could not avoid an eighthplace finish in a conference meet May 10 at Benson Golf Club in Benson.

The Sauk Centre lineup consisted of Gruenes’ 18th-place 43, Johnson and Kampsen’s 26th-place and 27th-place 45s and Klimek’s 41st-place 51.

A three-way battle for first saw West Central Area defeat Morris Area/ Chokio-Alberta and Minnewaska Area by one stroke at 159.

Minnewaska Golf Club

Sauk Centre stumbled to eighth place in a morning round of WCC golf with a score of 204 May 10 at Minnewaska Golf Club in Glenwood.

West Central Area captured the team title at 170.

Kampsen paced the Streeters with a score of 48 in 21st place, while Johnson and Gruenes closed their days in back-to-back positions with 51s in 29th and 30th, respectively.

Christopher Polipnick entered the scoring picture with a 53 for 44th place.

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Benson Golf Club

After over a week away from competition, the Streeters collected a strong conference finish in one of two nine-hole meets May 10, achieving fourth place out of six teams with a team mark of 227 at Benson Golf Club in Benson.

Bromenshenkel’s 52 placed her three strokes out of the top 10 and in 13th place, with Feltman joining her in top 20 with an 18th-place score of 56. Polipnick swung her way to a three-way tie at 58, earning 28th place, while Klaphake picked up a 61 in the 28th spot to round out the scoring.

Minnewaska Area grabbed first place by 21 strokes over BOLD at 167.

PHOTOS BY MARK KLAPHAKE

Eli Fletcher (from left), Owen Messer, Matthew Warring, Cole Roering and Trevor Roelike celebrate after the Streeters defeated Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 4-0 May 12 in Elrosa. Warring pitched all seven innings and earned the win.

Centerfielder Hunter Broich hauls in a fly ball during Sauk Centre’s 4-0 non-conference win over BBE May 12 in Elrosa. Broich also scored a run in the victory.

Lynx National Golf Club

Complete performance earns Streeters conference title

Sauk Centre boys track readies for state true team

BY EVAN MICHEALSON STAFF WRITER

With a trip to the Class A Minnesota State True Team Track and Field Meet already secured, the Sauk Centre Streeters boys track and field team had one item on the agenda before traveling to Stillwater: the West Central Conference Championships May 16.

Behind 10 All-Conference finishes, the Streeters locked up the conference title for the second time in three seasons, earning 179 points as a team at Montevideo High School in Montevideo.

“The boys have been solid all season and they have come to expect nothing less than the best,” said Kellie Wehrman, coach. “I am so happy for them as a team and individually as they continue to work toward their goals.”

Sauk Centre steamrolled the triple jump event, with Jeric Schloegl, Nathan Lahr and Ben Anderson taking first, second and third, respectively. Schloegl’s 40-foot, 5-inch leap and Anderson’s 39-0 1/2 mark were personal records.

“In this event, the boys have exchanged best days at meets but continue to be each other’s biggest fan,”

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have talked about high jump as one of the events we need to improve on for team points, especially in the true team format,” Wehrman said. “Jacob has given us those points we have been looking for. “

Regarding points, no Streeter was more important to the team score than senior Brandon Kampsen, who registered times of 1 minute and 57.74 seconds and 4:48.79 to take first place in the 800-meter and 1,600-meter runs, respectively. Kampsen also anchored a first-place 4x400 relay that also included Reese Blondin, Derick Sorenson and Lahr. Blondin’s efforts in the 4x400 also translated to the individual 400, where the soon-to-be graduate compiled a second-place finish.

Wehrman said. “They are all extremely excited for one another when it is their day to shine.”

Jumping success was prevalent for the West Cen-

tral champions, as Jacob Robischon reached a new best with a 5-6 attempt in the high jump, a point of emphasis for the Streeters.

“As a coaching staff, we

“Reese has a lot of grit,” Wehrman said. “He ran a wonderful race tonight and had a PR of 53.08. He is such a strong runner that has put the time in during the offseason and in the weight room.” Sauk Centre showed endless depth to outpace the conference competition, from Lahr and Jacob Drevlow taking third in the 800 and 1,600 respectively to Aaron Kerfeld and Spencer Marthaler snagging top-five spots in both hurdling events. Talented senior Corey McCoy, who broke into the top three with a third-place long jump try, was the conference bronze discus thrower at 130-09.

Pequot Lakes’ pitching pushes past Streeters

Sauk Centre softball goes through gauntlet

BY EVAN MICHEALSON STAFF WRITER

The Sauk Centre Streeters softball team are hoping through their brutal late-season schedule that losses are the best teacher.

Displaying a nasty riseball and strong command, Pequot Lakes starting pitcher Kaitlyn Geschwill dispatched 12 Sauk Centre hitters back to the dugout following strikeouts in a commanding 11-0 Patriots win May 15 at Sauk Centre High School in Sauk Centre.

“She had control of the game,” said T.J. Schmiesing, Sauk Centre softball head coach. “I keep telling the girls, it’s good we’re going through these games. If we run into them at sections, we have a much better chance of being successful.”

Pequot Lakes, boasting a stellar 15-2 record as one of the Section 6AA favorites, took a 1-0 lead in the first inning and extended the cushion as the game progressed. The Patriots registered a combined 10 runs in the final three innings of the five-inning affair, piling up 16 hits.

“We’re getting down early in games and when you get down five, six runs, it’s harder to bunt and do the things you like to do,” Schmiesing said.

Sauk Centre starting pitcher Hailey Hokanson did navigate trouble and picked up six strikeouts in five innings, allowing nine earned runs.

Lanna Walter and Lindsay Bailey were the lone Streeters to collect hits in the loss.

The Streeters hosted their

annual Strike Out Cancer game May 17 against Staples-Motley and will wrap up the regular season with a doubleheader against Montevideo at 4 p.m. Friday, May 19, at Sauk Centre High School in Sauk Centre.

Cathedral 4, Sauk Centre 0

Despite Hokanson allowing only three earned runs in six innings, Sauk Centre failed to string together hits in a 4-0 defeat to the Cathedral Crusaders May 13 at River’s Edge Park in Waite Park.

Hokanson, Bailey and Lydia Green- Brueggemeier got aboard with base hits, but all of them came in different innings as Cathedral jumped ahead with a first-inning RBI single and never looked back.

Albany 10, Sauk Centre 0

The Streeters continued through their gauntlet schedule May 12, suffering a hard-

to-stomach 10-0 loss to the Albany Huskies at Albany High School in Albany. Sauk Centre mustered three singles off of Albany starter Callie Holthaus, who also contributed three hits to a monstrous 15-hit barrage for the Huskies. Albany tallied a run in each of the first two innings, piled up five runs in the fourth inning and ended the game with the 10run rule with three more runs in the fifth.

Melrose 5, Sauk Centre 3 Sauk Centre found the first run, but it was the Melrose Lady Dutchmen who found the next five scores in a 5-3 win over the Streeters May 11 at Melrose Area High School in Melrose. The Streeters played mistake-free ball in the field and Hokanson allowed no hits in the first three innings of the game, but Melrose broke through in the fourth, loading the bases with nobody out and scoring three runs.

Hokanson relinquished five runs in six innings of work.

Bailey singled in Emily Peters in the fifth inning and Peters launched an RBI double in the sixth.

PHOTOS BY MARK KLAPHAKE

Nevaeh Hartmann sprints towards first base during the girls softball home game against Pequot Lakes. Sauk Centre hosts for a doubleheader May 19.

PHOTO BY ALEX CHRISTEN

Aaron Kerfeld jumps his way to a first place finish in the 300-meter hurdles on May 10, in Sauk Centre. Kerfeld crossed the finish line in 42.50 seconds, a personal record for the season.

Sauk Centre second basemen Kate McKeown

Boys track

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“Corey was hoping to throw a 130-footer today and he did it,” Wehrman said. “Complimenting that with a PR in the long jump is a solid day for him.”

Every Streeter relay completed their races in the top-three in the balanced effort.

The Class A True Team Meet begins at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 20, at Stillwater

High School in Stillwater.

Team scores: 1. Sauk Centre 179, 2. Montevideo 137.5,

3. BOLD/BLH 98, 4. Minnewaska Area 81, 5. Benson/KMS 59,

6. Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta

52.5, 7. West Central Area 52 and 8. Melrose 42. Individual results: 100:

5. Alex Helgeson 11.75 seconds, 6. Jeric Schloegl 11.89 and 21. Austin Helgeson 13.07. 200: 4. David Gilmore 24.33,

7. Alex Helgeson 24.48 and 9. Zander Kuhlmann 24.54. 400:

2. Blondin 53.08, 5. Sorenson 54.41 and 10. Zander Olmschenk 54.71. 800: 1. Kampsen

1:57.64, 3. Lahr 2:10.48 and 9. Jackson Kerfeld 2:22.00. 1,600:

1. Kampsen 4:48.79, 3. Jacob Drevlow 4:55.16 and 7. Jackson Kerfeld 5:05.56. 3,200: 4. Logan Wiehoff 11:16.96, 8. Harry Dunn 11:49.96 and 12. Sevrin Anderson 1:55.27. 110 hurdles:

2. Aaron Kerfeld 16.30, 3. Marthaler 17.00 and 10. Anderson 18.87. 300 hurdles: 1. Aaron Kerfeld 42.47, 4. Marthaler 43.35 and 7. Anderson 45.37. 4x100:

2. Schloegl, Austin Helgeson, Gilmore and Alex Helgeson 46.10. 4x200: 2. Schloegl, Austin Helgeson, Blondin and Gilmore 1:36.10. 4x400: 2. Blondin, Sorenson, Lahr and Kampsen

3:30.30. 4x800: 3. Olmschenk, Wiehoff, Jacob Drevlow and

Devin Crawford-Klinnert

8:53.42. High jump: 5. Robischon 5 feet, 6 inches and 10. Andrew Drevlow 5-2. Pole vault: 7. Owen Christians 10-0 and 9. Robischon 9-0. Long jump: 3. McCoy 19-6, 6. Anderson 18-5

3/4 and 12. Gilmore 16-7 1/2. Triple jump: 1. Schloegl 40-5, 2. Lahr

39-0 3/4 and 3. Anderson 39-0

1/2. Shot put: 7. Carter Schuster 37-11 1/2, 10. Kyle Sayovitz

35-5 3/4 and 12. McCoy 33-10

3/4. Discus: 3. McCoy 139-09, 6. Schuster 114-08 and 19. Sayovitz 85-03. Section 5A True Team Meet The Streeters have won invitationals all spring, but the biggest test of the campaign still remained: the Section 5A True Team Meet, pitting Sauk Centre against its fiercest field of competition to date.

No matter, said the Streeters, who captured their first-ever Section 5A true team crown with a team score of 590.5 points May 9-10 at Sauk Centre High School in Sauk Centre.

Sauk Centre’s prized, perhaps-unparalleled group of upperclassmen made a significant impact on the standings. Kampsen swept the 800 and 1,600 races; Aaron Kerfeld earned PRs in the 100 and 300 hurdles for second and first, respectively; Lahr took second in the triple jump and fourth in the 800; Anderson snagged third-place performances in the long jump and triple jump; throwers Schuster and McCoy logged top-six finishes in both events; and Blondin and Sorenson ended the 400 in back-to-back spots at fourth and fifth, respectively.

Balance also drove the Streeters to historic success, as freshman Jacob Drevlow

topped the 3,200 ladder at 10:34.41, Robischon was a fourth-place finisher in the high jump and pole vault and the 4x100 relay team of Schloegl, Austin Helgeson, Gilmore and Alex Helgeson broke a school record with a first-place time of 45.74.

Sauk Centre will participate in the Class A Minnesota True Team State Track and Field Championships, beginning at 10 a.m. May 20 at Stillwater High School in Stillwater.

Team scores: 1. Sauk Centre 590.5, 2. Montevideo 523.5,

3. Holdingford 522.5, 4. Minnewaska Area 443.5, 5. Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 386.5, 6. Royalton 295, 7. Paynesville 196.5, 8. St. Cloud Christian 145, 9. St. John’s Prep 141 and 10. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 19.

Individual results: 100:

2. Alex Helgeson 11.84 and 5. Schloegl 11.98. 200: 4. Gilmore 23.92 and 5. Alex Helgeson 24.18. 400: 4. Blondin 53.95

and 5. Sorenson 54.10. 800: 1. Kampsen 1:55.83 and 4. Lahr 2:05.58. 1,600: 1. Kampsen 4:38.33 and 7. Jackson Kerfeld 5:09.67. 3,200: 1. Jacob Drevlow 10:34.41 and 3. Wiehoff 11:08.31. 110 hurdles:

2. Aaron Kerfeld 16.25 and 4. Marthaler 17.12. 300 hurdles: 1. Aaron Kerfeld 42.50 and 3. Marthaler 43.58. 4x100: 1. Schloegl, Austin Helgeson,

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SC

SC 8th grade team defeated West Central Area 15-11

SC 8th grade team lost to Minnewaska Area 19-5

Track and field

SC boys finished first out of eight teams with a score of 179 at West Central Conference Championships

SC girls finished sixth out of eight teams with a score of 70.2 at West Central Conference Championships

SC boys finished first out of 10 teams with a score of 590.5 at Section 5A True Team Meet

SC girls finished fourth out of 10 teams with a score of 460 at Section 5A True Team Meet

Golf

SC boys finished sixth out of eight teams with a score of 177 at Pomme de Terre Golf Club

SC girls finished sixth out of six teams with a score of 228 at Pomme de Terre Golf Club

SC boys finished sixth out of eight teams with a score of 178 at Olivia Golf Club

SC girls finished fourth out of five teams with a score of 218 at River Crest Golf Course

SC boys finished third out of eight teams with a score of 166 at River Crest Golf Course

SC girls finished fifth out of six teams with a score of 227 at Olivia Golf Club

SC boys finished eighth out of eight teams with a score of 184 at Benson Golf Club

SC girls finished fifth out of six teams with a score of 247 at Minnewaska Golf Club

SC boys finished eighth out of eight teams with a score of 204 at Minnewaska Golf Club

SC girls finished fourth out of six teams with a score of 227 at Benson Golf Club

10 YEARS AGO

Sauk Centre baseball squad’s bats were silent against BelgradeBrooten-Elrosa Friday night, but the following Tuesday, they scored 16 runs on 15 hits in their 16-6 win over Yellow Medicine East. The win gives the Streeters a 4-2 West Central Conference mark as they prepare to play against Morris, the conference leader with a 6-1 record. If either team sweeps, it could put them in the lead for a conference title.

Quote of the week

Sauk Centre senior pitcher Eli Fletcher on throwing a five-inning no-hitter against BOLD: “I didn’t know I was throwing a no-hitter until the game ended and (Alex) Kowski let me know. That was really cool.”

PHOTO BY ALEX CHRISTEN

The Sauk Centre Varsity Boys Track team runs their victory lap after receiving their Section 5A true team championship trophy on May 10 in Sauk Centre. The team will compete in the Class A Minnesota True Team State Championship beginning at 10 a.m. on May 20 at Stillwater High School.

PHOTO BY ALEX CHRISTEN

Jeric Schloegl takes off as the starting runner in the 4x100 meter relay on May 10 in Sauk Centre. The relay team finished with a time of 45.74, breaking the past school record for the Sauk Centre team.

The 2023 Sauk Centre High School softball team Haddie Walter (front, from left), Emily Peters, Peyton Borgmann, Nadia Stadsvold, Lanna Walter, Gabi Marthaler and Sophia Mueller; (middle, from left) Addison Hoffman, Isabelle Kolbo, Sienna Klaphake, Jenna Riley, Anna Feltman and Megan Broich; (back, from left) assistant coach Kearina Maher, Lindsay Bailey, Hailey Hokanson, Sixtine Deraymaeker, head coach T.J. Schmiesing, Kate McKeown, Lydia Green-Brueggemeier and assistant coach Nicole Laven have a 4-12 record. They start playoffs May 22. Not pictured is Nevaeh Hartmann.

PHOTO BY LUDWIG PHOTOGRAPHY The 2023 Sauk Centre High School baseball team Evan Zales (front, from left), Trevor Roelike, Zac Bick, Neal Stadsvold and Hunter Dickinson; (second row, from left) Mason Hokanson, Hunter Broich, Cole Roering and Ethan Isenbart; (third row, from left) Owen Messer and Keegan Middendorf; (back, from left) Eli Fletcher, Matthew Warring, coach Todd Broich, coach Bryan Zollman, coach Jake Zollman, Hunter Danielson and Eric Isenbart are 7-8

They host

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