The Alexandria boys and girls basketball teams are ranked No. 4 in the Minnesota Basketball News Class 3A rankings (Jan. 29, 2025 edition). The Alexandria boys basketball team (12-3) is ranked No. 4 in Class 3A behind Mankato East (14-1),

Directed by Sharon Thalmann, “Calendar Girls” is based on the true story of a group of women from Yorkshire, England who are members of the Women’s Institute.

The junior goalie guides the Thunderhawks against the Wolverines and one of the state’s top scoring duos in clash for control of Class 2A, Section 7 at 7 p.m. on startribune.com.

Monticello’s girls basketball team hasn’t exactly played a tough schedule this season. The Magic are, however, winning impressively with a 32-point average margin of victory. Coach Craig Geyen’s squad hasn’t been challenged since the fourth game of the season,

On Monday evening, the Alexandria Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce held their Annual Celebration at Arrowwood Resort & Conference Center. During the event the passing of the gavel took

BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS By Minnesota Basketball News CLASS 4A • 1. Cretin-Derham Hall (17-0); 2. Wayzata (15-2); 3. Hopkins (16-1); 4. Tartan (16-0); 5.

Minnesota high school boys basketball is in full swing, and High School on SI has the top 25 teams in the state ranked regardless of classification. Vo

Alexandria hosts No. 9 (Class 4A) Sauk Rapids-Rice (13-4) at 7:15 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31, and No. 2 (Class 3A) Orono (11-3) at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8. Sauk Rapids-Rice beat Alexandria, 81-76, on Dec. 7, 2024, in a game where Thompson was out with an injury.

David La Vaque is a high school sports reporter who has been the lead high school hockey writer for the Minnesota Star Tribune since 2010. He is co-author of “Tourney Time,” a book about the history of Minnesota’s boys hockey state tournament published in 2020 and updated in 2024.

The Orono school board held its swearing-in ceremony Jan. 13, welcoming in newcomers Gavin Tempero and Timothy Usset and re-elect Laura Wallander.

It was a good week for a lot of Willmar Cardinal athletes. Four of them have earned Central Lakes Conference Performer of the Week honors. The four are Maddison Molacek, Evan Wallestad, Carlee Brown and Conlan Carlson.

The new 2025 chamber president, Lynn Arnquist, was honored at the banquet with the annual handing down of the gavel by the outgoing president, Brad Lenertz.