Pequot Lakes School District

Brainerd senior Ty Nelson won another triple jump title Thursday, June 12, 2025, as Northern Minnesota 2A and 3A teams collectively won 88 medals at the state track and field meet.

The Detroit Lakes boys and girls teams won the Class 2A state golf tournaments. The Walker-Hackensack Akeley boys won the 1A title, and Pequot Lakes' Genevieve Birkeland is the girls 2A champ.

Nine Northern Minnesota teams advanced in total, plus another 40+ individuals from 26 Northland schools. The state golf tournament begins Tuesday.

The Pequot Lakes robotics team won its first Minnesota State High School League robotics state tournament May 10, 2025, in St. Paul.

Four speakers from three rural Northern Minnesota school districts took first at the state Speech meet last weekend, and 14 more finished in the top eight.

The region will be well represented in the Class A meet, with 69 entries; Northern Minnesota has five entries in the 2A meet.

Known as Worlds, the robotics competition in Houston will have 600 teams, including those from Pequot Lakes, Northeast Range/Ely and Warroad.

The district succeeded in its second attempt to pass building bonds and a capital project levy to renovate and expand its schools and pay for textbooks and technology.

Minnesotans are voting for Itasca County Board, Two Harbors City Council, Rock Ridge School Board and referendums in the Pequot Lakes, Pine River-Backus and Nevis school districts.

Three of the top four Class A teams were from Northern Minnesota in the 2025 boys basketball state tournament.