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WEM Homecoming Candidates, seated front to back: Loryn Caldwell and Briley Velzke. Back standing, left to right: Ivan Pratt, Gavin Brown, Annabelle Skurkay, Tianna Pope, Carson James, Claire Elness, Gabe LaCanne, and Jobb Saemrow. (Jay Schneider photo)
WEM Homecoming Coronation 2024 will be held Friday, October 4 at the high school gymnasium in Waterville.
This year the majority of the Homecoming activities will be held on Friday. The coronation is scheduled for 9 a.m. with a parade through the downtown streets set for 10 a.m.
Juniors and seniors...
The WEM volleyball team remained in third place after defeating United South Central Thursday. Above members of the team celebrated a point. (Jay Schneider photo)
All 11 WEM volleyball players had at least one dig and eight of them had at least one kill in a sweep of United South Central Thursday, Sept. 26 in Waterville.
WEM improved to 4-2 in the Gopher Conference and 12-7 overall with a 25-19, 25-11, and 25-18 win over the Rebels.
The Bucs also had one...
The WEM/JWP girls cross country team (Grizzly runners in center of photo) had a great meet Thursday, winning the nine-team Grizzly Pie Invitational. (Jay Schneider photo)
The WEM/JWP girls cross country team showed Thursday, Sept. 26 they have a great chance to improve on their finish in the Gopher Conference after defeating four conference teams in the Grizzly Pie Invitational held at Prairie Ridge Golf Course in Janesville.
The Grizzlies not only defeated the...
Jacob Androli plays a crash victim during the mock crash at the Le Sueur County Fairgrounds on Sept. 26. Le Center Fire Chief Dan Holden radios emergency services during the drill. (Mike Mallow photo)
One of the passengers was partially ejected from the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the other car had facial lacerations. Both drivers were incapacitated until emergency services could extract them.
As the scene unfolded, the student body of Waterville-Elysian-...
Jarrod Schoenecker photo
Co-Owner of Mike’s Discount Foods, Nick Abernathy, talks to a contractor working on the parking lot of their new location, the former Molter’s Fresh Market.
In August, Molter’s Fresh Market announced that it would be ceasing business in Montgomery and would be out of the building by the end of Sept. 30, making it the second time the town was faced with having no grocery store. It was just a year prior that Mackenthun’s Fine Foods pulled their grocery...
Carl Norris Hutchison passed away peacefully on September 26, 2024, at the age of 75 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Minneapolis, MN. Carl was born in Woodland, CA, on November 30, 1948, to Marrietta “LaVerne” (Odom) & Register Hutchison. He lived in Orangevale, CA, until age 13 when his...
University of Minnesota Extension photo
Le Center’s Thomas Schatz took home a purple ribbon and was the reserve champion for this white speckled face ewe lamb at the Minnesota State Fair.
Minnesota 4-H youth exhibited 2,612 animals and 1900 general exhibits at the Minnesota State Fair this year.
A total of 35 youth from Le Sueur County participated in the livestock exhibiting and 21 youth in the general 4-H exhibits at the Minnesota State Fair.
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