Whether it is the love of a quadratic equation or the excitement of dissecting a frog, teachers select subjects they enjoy.

That is the case with new RVHS English educator Julia Jergenson.

Colleen Peyerl said there have been parents who have come to the community from other areas where there were strong PTO groups, and the question was raised. Why isn’t there such a group in this school district?

Well, now there is.

“Redwood Falls has a long history of music success,” said new middle school music teacher Paul Berggren, who added carrying on that tradition his greatest challenge.

RVHS student Erik Lyrvall, of Dalarna, Sweden, is staying with the Alan and Laura Olson family this year. Erik's dad spent a year in Pittsburgh as a student himself.

For three days starting tomorrow, the Gilfillan Estate between Redwood Falls and Morgan is once again going to be the site for Farmfest – the largest agriculturally-focused exposition in Minnesota.

Senate Dist. 21 DFL will host its 5th Annual Potluck/Picnic & Sweet Corn Feed 5:00 p.m. on August 4th at the Janet Marti / Ted Suss Farm following the FarmFest AG FORUM.

Math and reading scores on the Minnesota Compre-hensive Assessment Series II (MCA-11) tests taken earlier this year have shown some gains over the previous years scores.
That, according to the Minnesota Department of Education, is good news.

Burton Tellefsen was a visionary.
Decades before there were formal conservation programs, Tellefsen was planting grass buffer strips, creating holding ponds for runoff, planting tens-of-thousands of trees and fought to preserve surface water and water quality.

A desire to live in the country and be closer to the land, that's what brought Steven and Molly Suss from the Twin Cities to rural Lucan.

A 17-day stay in the hospital got Bob Heitkamp’s brain working on a problem: the fact that about one-half of all intravenous (IV) lines come out accidentally at one time or another.

Tatanka Arts People’s Choice Award winner Rudy Wigton

There is a lot of history behind what is known as Reede Gray Elementary School.

A love for kids first led Connie Schnobrich to ed-ucation, and after more than 30 years influencing the lives of students, including 12 as principal at Reede Gray Elemen-tary, a love for kids is leading to her decision to call it a career – a love for her grandkids, that is.
While Schnobrich said the passion for education is still there, she added she is also ready to move on to something else.

Ilene Hokanson wore a pin on her first day of formal teaching in Jasper.  
That pin had been given to her by North-western College, Orange City, Iowa, and that day was the first time she had stepped into a self-contained classroom comprised of just one grade level (fifth grade). 

It gets better every year. That comment made by Evening of the Stars emcee Terry Marguth summed up the celebration held this past Wednesday at the Redwood Area Community Center.