The Drummer
With Governor Tim Walz closing schools from March 16-27 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that left many teachers and administrators two weeks to prepare for the upcoming distance learning curriculum that will take effect for Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose students beginning Monday, April 6.
Some schools...
Adapted from the City of Buffalo, https://www.ci.buffalo.mn.us
The Governor has ordered closure of all non-essential activities from March 27th-April 10th. Essential City services will remain available. Rest assured your police and fire safety crews, as well as core utility services like your...
I often enjoy the more common side of nature. The nature in our own backyards or neighborhood park. The nature that we see every day but seems to go unnoticed because it’s so common. For example, the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), is likely the most common squirrel species in the...
Buffalo Gun Club prides itself as a place where trapshooters can compete rain, snow, or shine.
But this past winter was a rare exception. For four weeks out of 30, the Gun Club was forced to cancel its weekly Sunday afternoon Jackpot Shoot. Two of those weeks were weather related. The most recent...
Class of 2009 graduate Dani Iverson (above) was a key player on the 2008-09 Bison softball team that finished 17-7 overall. That year was the first winning season for Buffalo since 2005.
Class of 2009 graduate Danielle Goodfellow (above) fields a grounder during the team’s opening week of spring...
While high school, college and professional sports continue to play the waiting game, amateur baseball players in the state of Minnesota are focusing on playing ball.
“As of now, it’s full-speed ahead,” said North Star League Commissioner Brian ‘Bookie’ Larson. “Until they tell us otherwise, we...
Cecile Fessenden, 97
Cecile M. Fessenden, age 97, of Monticello, passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 26, 2020.
Cecile was preceded in death by: her husband, Jared; sons, Larry Fessenden and Harry Fessenden; daughter, Connie Goetz (Dwayne); son-in-law, Roger Szarke; and granddaughter-in-law...
“Math is easy for me..It is about doing exactly one thing at a time.” This is the wisdom of teenager Dougie Hanson, the main character in Minnesota author Pete Hautman’s novel “Invisible.” It’s the fictional character’s way of explaining not only why he likes math, but also how he views the world...
Graduations
Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA
The following student graduated following the fall 2019 semester.
Monticello - Ty Kline, BS, Exercise/Sport Studies.
Univ. of Wisconsin La Crosse
The following student graduated following the January 2020 semester.
Albertville - Robyn...
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