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Pipestone County Star

Pipestone Publishing Co.

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4:19

Special council meeting planned to discuss Hiawatha...

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/06/13

The Pipestone City Council plans to hold a special meeting on Thursday, June 13 at 5:30 p.m. to discuss concerns that have emerged during the process to develop a master plan for Hiawatha Pageant Park. The city plans to develop a master plan in order to have the park designated as a regional park, which could help obtain funds to develop a trail through the park. It is working with the National Park Service – Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance program (NPS-RTCA) to develop the master...

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3:57

Something for all tastes

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/06/13

It’s not often that two days are dedicated to virtually the exact same thing. Enter June 16 and 17. A quick skim of holidays showcases a multitude of food-based celebrations that are questionably healthy—National Peanut Butter Cookie Day, anyone? For healthier holidays, we have been given back-to-back veggie days. The 16th is all about fresh veggie love, while the 17th reminds us to eat those vegetables we just celebrated. I won’t lie, this calendar of holidays gives me permission to create a...

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2:20

Cheers!

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/06/13

TO THE EDITOR: As I perused the June 6 edition of the Star, I was inspired by publisher John Draper’s article “Some Local Thumbs up”. Throughout my years in Pipestone there have been multiple occasions when I’ve thought to myself, “I should really write to the editor about how great this event/occasion/experience/place [in Pipestone] is.” My husband, Jennings, and I are transplants, coming up on 16 years of life in this little corner of Southwest Minnesota. Seems like a long time to me,...

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5:07

Pipestone National Monument hosts first of four...

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/06/12

https://youtu.be/HBPCixJK3xc The Pipestone National Monument kicked-off its artist-in-residence program last week, with its first featured indigenous artist, Mercedese Young Man Afraid Of His Horses, who worked at the monument May 25-May 31. Three more artists are set to appear at the monument throughout the summer into August, and during their tenure they will demonstrate their artwork and engage with visitors from 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Young Man Afraid Of His Horses, 28, who is a member ...

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2:34

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Seeds, brackets set for section...

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/22

BROOKLYN CENTER — The Minnesota State High School League set seeds and brackets for forthcoming baseball tournaments. Pipestone Area Schools was seeded sixth, and the Arrows will open the Section 3AA South tournament versus No. 3 Windom. The game will take place at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, at Island Park in Windom. The Arrows finished the regular season 8-12, with only four wins in the Big South Conference. The Eagles (15-5) defeated PAS twice, 20-9, on April 23 and 11-10 on May 7. In order to...

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4:18

Council to consider options for TIF district

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/21

Pipestone City Council members plan to discuss potential uses for tax increment financing (TIF) funds generated by a downtown TIF district prior to a 2026 deadline. A TIF district allows cities to capture most of the increase in local property tax revenue from new development or redevelopment in a specific area for a specific period of time. The taxes from the base value of the properties in the district continue going to the local taxing jurisdictions and the captured revenue based on the va...

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2:08

Pickleball court plans adjusted

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/20

Pipestone City Council members during their May 6 meeting approved reducing the number of pickleball courts being built at Harmon Park from 10 to eight to increase the amount of space between the courts, and adding 4-foot high fencing between the courts. The approval reversed a decision the council made during its April 15 meeting. At that meeting, City Engineer Travis Winter presented a change order from contractor Duininck Inc. that indicated that the changes, which were proposed by local p...

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2:51

HIGH SCHOOLS: Seeds set for section softball, boys...

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/17

BROOKLYN CENTER — The Minnesota State High School League has set upcoming Section 3AA and 3A tournaments. Sections conducted seeding meetings, and pairings were released on Friday morning. Tournaments feature a double-elimination format. In Section 3AA, 2023 state qualifier Pipestone Area (11-7 record) has been seeded fourth, and they will play No. 5 Minneota/Canby in the opening round at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 21. The winner of that game will face top-seeded Luverne, who topped the Arrows 7-6 t...

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6:25

TRACK AND FIELD: Sprinter Suvandy paces Arrow boys at...

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/17

REDWOOD FALLS — Personal achievement was the rule of the day for the Pipestone Area Schools’ track and field teams Saturday at the Big South Conference small school meet. Senior Davina Darveaux established another school record in the javelin on the girls’ side while male sprinter Americ Suvandy keyed the Arrow boys to success. The top-three teams or athletes earned all-Big South Conference distinction. The Big South splits its meets by class enrollment, with the large school competition set ...

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6:34

TRACK AND FIELD: Weekly honor roll, team scores

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/17

Editor’s Note: At the Section 3A True Team meet, every athlete scored points for his or her team. We will be listing the placements for only the top-10 due to space constraints. Thank you for understanding. INFORMATION TRACK AND FIELD TEAM SCORES Tuesday, May 7 Section 3A True Team At Luverne Boys 1, Luverne, 722; 2, Windom Area, 584; 3, Redwood Valley, 575.5; 4, Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton, 567; 5, Hills-Beaver Creek, 541.5; 6, Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda, 514.5; 7, Murray Coun...

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2:36

SCOREBOARD: Recent baseball, softball and boys tennis...

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/17

INFORMATION SCOREBOARD Monday, May 6 Baseball Edgerton/SW Minnesota Christian 14, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 4 (6) Luverne 4, Pipestone Area 0 Softball Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 10, Yellow Medicine East 0 Tuesday, May 7 Baseball Windom 11, Pipestone Area 10 Dawson-Boyd 6, Edgerton/SW Minnesota Christian 0 Softball Game One: Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 6, Pipestone Area 1 Game Two: Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 8, Pipestone Area 0 Edgerton/SW Minnesota Christian 8, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 2 Thursday,...

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4:53

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: PAS wraps week with a split

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/17

BLUE EARTH — The Pipestone Area Schools baseball team wrapped up a tough week salvaging a split at Blue Earth Area on Saturday. The Arrows (8-8) claimed the first game, 6-2, but dropped the second, 7-1. PAS didn’t commit a single error in the doubleheader, much to the delight of head coach Ryan Koopman. “The fielding was impressive,” Koopman noted. “Zero errors over 14 innings should lead to wins. Unfortunately, we stranded a lot of hitters on base in game two.” Riley Bosma, Weston Reinhard a...

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4:40

Tinklenberg to retire after three decades of teaching

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/17

Pipestone Area Schools (PAS) sixth grade teacher Todd Tinklenberg plans to retire at the end of the school year, bringing an end to a teaching career that spanned over 33 years, all of it in Pipestone. The Woodstock native didn’t always know he wanted to be a teacher. He went to college for a year and a half after graduating from Southwest Christian in Edgerton, but wasn’t sure what he wanted to do, so he ended up working in construction with his father, Darrel. In 1985, former PAS Athletic D...

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4:00

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS: Pipestone deadlocks MACCRAY on road

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/16

CLARA CITY — Pipestone Area Schools senior Lucas Zupp earned a win at No. 1 singles as the Arrows earned a 3-all tie at MACCRAY last Thursday. Zupp defeated Matt Wadsworth, 6-4, 6-1. Junior Makhi Winter also was victorious for the Arrows, downing Andy Osario, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 2 singles. Freshman Avery Gutierrez and seventh-grader Joel Cardenas won for PAS at No. 2 doubles. This past weekend, PAS traveled to Benson for a triangular against Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg and Lac qui Parle Val...

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5:46

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Arrows bounce back for sweep

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/16

When playing the very best competition, an athlete or team is bound to improve. That was the lesson learned for the Pipestone Area Schools softball program last week, in which the Arrows split four games. Class 2A state-ranked Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial swept PAS on Tuesday by scores of 6-1 in the first game and 8-0 in the second. “We lost two games, but we got better,” PAS head coach Robert Petersen said. “We hit the ball right at them. But, I think we were able to stick with them. They ...

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2:16

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Walhof homers as Edgerton/SWC...

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/16

The Edgerton/SW Minnesota Christian softball team employed a different strategy to beat Russell-Tyler-Ruthton in Tyler on Tuesday, May 7. After the Knights’ Laken Baartman slugged a first-inning home run, E-SWC head coach Andrew Fleischman intentionally walked her in two successive plate appearances. Then the Dutch rallied to beat R-T-R, sparked by a pair of Alyda Vande Griend doubles and a screaming home run from Reagan Walhof in the fourth inning. R-T-R head coach Darren Baartman elected to...

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4:32

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF: PAS scores improve at tri

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/16

Pipestone Area Schools’ sophomore Vivian Brockberg earned medalist honors during a triangular on Thursday. Brockberg carded 41 — her best-ever effort for a nine-hole meet — as players took advantage of the prevailing weather. Temperatures were in the 60s, and winds were less than 15 mph. “Both girls played well, I thought,” PAS head coach Grant Everson said. “We finally had a nice day with limited wind.” Paraphrasing Everson, Brockberg is striking the ball well off the tee — it’s a matter of ...

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2:31

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Edgerton/SWC blasts R-T-R in...

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/16

Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton squared off on back-to-back days in baseball and softball, respectively, last week. Dutch hitter Josh Groen doubled on a line drive to in front of R-T-R’s Eli Determan to score Nathan Hoekman, who was hit by a pitch to open up the sixth inning. That Hoekman run induced the state-mandated mercy rule, propelling the Dutch to their 10th win of the season, 14-4, over the Knights in Edgerton on Monday, May 6. Edgerton/SWC simply had ...

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5:45

STORM CENTER: Douty's philanthropy lives on in Pipestone

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/16

Oxford’s english dictionary defines philanthropy as “the desire to promote the welfare of others.” No one lived that more than the late Joe Douty, who died unexpectedly on Sept. 3, 2023, aged 47 years young. Douty’s zest for life was celebrated during a Big South Conference softball game between rivals Pipestone and Luverne on Monday, April 29, at Paulsen Field. The scoreboard was dedicated in Douty’s honor, with his son, Greyden, throwing out the first pitch and Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless th...

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1:27

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Guillotine honors Arrow academics

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/05/16

ST. LOUIS PARK — The Guillotine amateur wrestling website has named Pipestone Area Schools’ seniors Brayden Burmeister and Jackson Melcher as academic all-state selections. Thirty student-athletes were named to the first team and 62 were honorably mentioned, including Melcher. The list features 156 wrestlers in all representing 73 high school squads across the state of Minnesota. “Brayden is the first Arrow wrestler named to the first team academic all-state by the Guillotine,” PAS head wrest...

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