Sebeka MN

Thief River Falls qualified seven students to the MSHSL state speech meet.

Dozens of Northern Minnesota Speech students to compete at state

Megan Buffington

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

Staples-Motley qualified for the 2025 state wrestling tournament as a team and nine athletes qualified individually.

Local News

4 teams, 73 wrestlers from the Northland qualify for state tournament

Megan Buffington

Bemidji, Grand Rapids, Staples-Motley and United North Central qualified for the team tournament, as well as individual wrestlers from 24 Northern Minnesota schools.

Sustainability

Kathy Connell: The Magic of Saving Seeds

Maggie Montgomery

Kathy Connell remembers the first seeds she ever planted. It was a handful of corn intended as feed for pigeons. "I fell in love with the magic," she…