Ostrander News

Hovde NEW RICHLAND - Pat and Kris Forster of New Richland and Tom and Barb Hovde of LeRoy announce the engagement of their children Mandy Forster and Joe Hovde, both of Owatonna.

Austin senior Mike Hirsch in the title match. Hirsch beat Matt Hechsel of Apple Valley with a 10-6 decision at the Class a AAAa state wrestling semifinals at the Xcel Energy Center in St.

ST. PAUL Wow. Nobody saw that coming. New Ulm's Pat Brinkman won't have a chance to avenge his loss in the state championship match after all.

MSU student Teresa Parker read the newest addition to the Vagina Monologues, a piece about a girl in Congo, at this year's event.

Albert Lea Interim City Manager Lee Bjorndal has a goal to fulfill his job with a perception of fairness.

The LeRoy/Ostrander girls basketball team led throughout the night in a 51-39 win over Glenville/Emmons in LeRoy Tuesday.

Music and poetry will help fight global violence against women at the V-Benefit Show at Pub 500 Wednesday.

Trustees Dan McElroy, David Paskach, Christine Rice and Christopher Frederick listened to students' concerns Monday.

Breaking in a new semester with a faculty reading and craft talk, the Good Thunder Reading Series will host writers Richard Robbins, Candace Black and Roger Sheffer today.

The '90s were a decade where technology changed constantly. New media, such as the internet, was just starting to break through and DVDs were slowly getting introduced.

A $6.3-million grant to transform teaching; a new renewable energy research center; a major scholarship endowment; a national women's basketball championship and top national sports overall ranking; the conferring of the first doctorates: 2009 was a year of accomplishment for Minnesota State University, the university says.

The LeRoy/Ostrander boys basketball team had 20 turnovers in the first half of a 55-42 loss to Medford in the Grand Meadow Invite Tuesday.

By The Associated Press GIRLS Basketball Benilde-St. Margaret's 62, Minnehaha Academy 49 Braham 89, Onamia 37 Concordia Academy-Roseville 60, Trinity 28 Heritage Christian Academy 54, Breck 49 LeRoy-Ostrander 59, Grand Meadow 37 Maranatha Christian 53, Blake 30 Northland 76, Blackduck 39 White Bear Lake 65, Centennial 62 Woodbury 73, Rochester John ...

OSTRANDER a ' Root River Energy will open a new office in Ostrander as part of a project to build a 300 megawatt locally-owned wind farm in Fillmore and Mower counties.

SPRING VALLEY -- Laura Klomps, age 88, of Spring Valley, died Monday evening, Nov.

Most of the audio-video equipment in Ostrander Auditorium has been replaced and is now state of the art.

Wisconsin writer David McGlynn and Minnesota State MFA student Amanda Schumacher will talk craft and read in CSU 284 as part of Good Thunder series today.

LeRoy-Ostrander topped Mabel-Canton twice during the volleyball regular season. The third time was the charm for the Cougars, though, as Mabel-Canton rallied for a 3-1 victory against LeRoy-Ostrander in the Southeast Conference championship match on Friday at LeRoy.

G. MEADOW 48, L-O 8 'Larks run, run, run to win GRAND MEADOW -- Caleb Leichtnam and Michael Gehling combined for more than 300 yards rushing as the Superlarks rolled past L-O to grab a share of the Southeast Conference title and the No.

Five people were injured Sunday in a four-vehicle accident on U.S. 63. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Peter N. Overlien, 35, of Black River Falls, Wis., was northbound in the southbound lanes of U.S. 63 about 7:35 p.m. when he sideswiped a vehicle driven by Daniel F. Chase, 44, of Stewartville.