The American Red Cross will be holding a blood drive Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 12:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. at Jasper Evangelical Lutheran Church, located at 101 Spicer Avenue in Jasper. To make an appointment, simply download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or enable the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device […]
LOCAL: High school scoreboard
Southwest Minnesota Christian boys soccer wins two of threeLOCAL SCOREBOARD Monday, Aug. 25 Boys Soccer Southwest Minnesota Christian 10, Fairmont 1 Competition Cheer Elkton-Lake Benton second at the Dell Rapids-St. Mary’s Invitational Tuesday, Aug. 26 Girls Tennis Blue Earth Area 7, Pipestone Area 0 Volleyball Pipestone Area d. Fairmont, 3-2; 25-15, 20-25, 24-26, 27-25, 15-13 Southwest Minnesota Christiabn d. Luverne, 3-1; 25-23, 19-25; 26-24; 25-20 Minneota d. Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, […]
Blood drive in Pipestone
The American Red Cross will be holding a blood drive on Tuesday, Sept. 16 from 12:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Pipestone, located at 401 Seventh Ave. SW. To make an appointment, simply download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or enable the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa […]
Coffee Talk
A Coffee Talk presentation will be held Thursday, Sept. 18 at 10 a.m. at the Pipestone County Museum. Museum’s Executive Director, Susan Hoskins, will share information on the McCarter-Ware Photo Album from the Museum’s Collection. The presentation will share information on how we track items in the collections, what information we gather, what research we can do to expand on […]
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Tuinstra, Pipestone outlast Fairmont
Canby sweeps Arrows in Thursday, Aug. 28 matchPressure kept building throughout a Big South Conference volleyball opener between Pipestone Area and Fairmont on Tuesday, Aug. 26. What happened behind the service line told the story. The teams combined for six errors during the final set, but PAS had fewer throughout the contest as the Arrows defeated the Cardinals, 25-15, 20-25, 24-26, 27-25, 15-13. “In a match that […]
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Dell Rapids adds Smith
Was a standout volleyball player at RTR; coached here in PipestoneDELL RAPIDS, S.D. — Former Pipestone Area Schools head volleyball coach Carrie Smith continues coaching the sport she loves. The Dell Rapids school board officially approved Smith as a high school assistant at its July meeting. Smith also will serve the Dell Rapids district as an elementary school special education teacher. She receives a stipend for coaching volleyball. “I wanted […]
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS: Arrows drop pair of matches
PAS set to play pair of matches this Saturday, Sept. 6Pipestone Area Schools’ girls tennis team is still seeking its first win in a dual setting this year. The Arrows suffered a pair of 7-0 losses last week to Blue Earth Area at home at St. James Area on the road. This will be a busy week for the team. After Tuesday’s home match versus River Valley (Springfield), PAS has […]
Variance denied for solar garden
The Pipestone County Board of Appeals, during their Aug. 28 meeting, denied a variance that would have allowed Pivot Energy MN Solar 24 LLC, which is owned by US Solar, to build a 1 megawatt (MW) community solar garden less than 400 feet from the foundation of a non-participating occupied dwelling, as required by the county’s zoning ordinance. Emily Neuharth, […]