Education

Two high school girls leap into the air while competing for a football during a flag football game. Players in colorful uniforms watch the contested catch from the field.

Photo Essay | Spring High School Sports

Wide view inside the Chatfield Public Library showing three clear plastic STEAM activity bins displayed on a long bookshelf table. One bin contains colorful craft and sensory materials, another holds wooden blocks, and a third contains building toys and supplies. A bright yellow sign in the center promotes Yoto Players available at the library for children’s educational audio stories and music. Rows of children’s books fill the shelves below and behind the display. Large windows along the left side bring natural light into the modern library space while a patron browses books in the background.

Unique Library Programs Show Evolution of Borrowing

A woman stands in the middle of a wide field filled with bright yellow sunflowers stretching to the horizon. Only her upper body is visible above the flowers. She wears a dark visor and smiles, surrounded by dense blooms under a hazy sky. The landscape is flat and expansive, emphasizing the vast sea of yellow flowers.

Citizen Scientist MJ Hatfield Fights Insect Decline

A close-up of an older woman with short, curly gray hair and glasses sitting at a table. She carefully pours seeds from a small packet into one of several small metal cups lined up in front of her. She wears a gray cardigan over a patterned blouse and focuses intently on her task. Papers, seed packets, and a plate sit on the table nearby.

Seed Library Aims to Grow Community in Spring Valley

picture of book cover

Returning the Sword: New Book Chronicles Local Man’s Gift to Japanese Family

A woman carrying a tall pole with a banner on it is followed by a large crowd of people through a path mown through tall grass.

Flourish at DreamAcres: 20 Years of Youth, Arts and Agriculture in Rural Minnesota

Young children lean on a table with crafts made from egg cartons and pipe cleaners.

Youth of All Ages Engage in Creative Summer Arts Programs

Students in black graduation gowns stand in front of an orange brick building and throw their black caps into the air.

Community Backs Students’ Educational Journey

A large group of people of all ages sit on benches in an outside grassy area with leafy trees behind them. All are facing the camera in a group photo setting.

Eagle Bluff Marks its 45th Year with Reunion

A large group of students stand and kneel for a group photo in a classroom with a large white screen behind them.

Earning a Different Kind of Varsity Letter

Four high school students, two in chest waders, stand knee deep in a trout stream.

High Schoolers Learning from Trout

Students line up in a grassy area waiting to shoot at clay pigeons.

High School Clay Target League is a Growing Sport

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