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Pipestone County Star

Pipestone Publishing Co.

Local news & features for Pipestone, MN. Community journalism brought to audio from the pages of the Pipestone County Star. Government, business, features, and sports all available here.

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0:49

LOCAL: Elementary school fun run in Edgerton Friday

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/09/19

EDGERTON — The Southwest Minnesota Christian-Edgerton cross country team is serving as host of an elementary school fun run. This free event will take place at Rock River Park on 16th Street. Registration is set for 4 p.m. Here’s the rest of the schedule in table form: 4:30 p.m., Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten run, one-quarter mile 4:40 p.m., First- and second-grade run, one-half mile 4:50 p.m., Third- and fourth-grade run, three-quarters of a mile 5:05 p.m., Fifth- and sixth-grade r...

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4:28

HIGH SCHOOLS: Local scoreboard

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/09/19

LOCAL SCOREBOARD HIGH SCHOOLS Monday, Sept. 9 Boys Soccer Marshall 4, Southwest Minnesota Christian 1 Girls Tennis Fairmont 5, Pipestone Area 2 Volleyball Hamlin d. Elkton-Lake Benton, 25-23, 25-15, 16-25, 17-25, 15-9 Tuesday, Sept. 10 Girls Tennis Pipestone Area 4, Redwood Valley 3 Volleyball Windom Area d. Pipestone Area, 25-23, 6-25, 25-16, 25-16 Russell-Tyler-Ruthton d. Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda, 25-15, 25-13, 25-19 Adrian-Ellsworth d. Edgerton Public, 25-22, 25-21, 26-24 Southwest Minneso...

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0:38

LOCAL: Pipestone Area Youth Softball sets clinic this...

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/09/19

Pipestone Area Youth Softball youth fastpitch will have a clinic in conjunction with Southwest Minnesota State University. Mustangs head coach Bailey Bouman and SMSU players will administer the clinic set from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, at the Paulsen Softball Complex. Everyone is welcome, from second through 12th grade. The clinic will concentrate on hitting and fielding. Cost is , and day-of-registration is accepted. Cash, check or Venmo are accepted forms of payment. For information, email...

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2:02

Two more paved miles added to Casey Jones Trail

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/09/16

The Friends of the Casey Jones State Trail held a ribbon cutting ceremony Sunday afternoon, Sept. 8 in recognition of two miles of recently paved trail to Woodstock from the west. The newly paved miles create 10 continuous miles of paved trail from Pipestone to Woodstock. Myron Koets, Friends of the Casey Jones State Trail president, welcomed about 30 people to the ribbon cutting, Pipestone County Commissioner Dallas Roskamp said a few words, and Rep. Joe Schomacker spoke about the funding it...

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1:55

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: PAS, SWC compete at Wabasso...

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/09/14

WABASSO — Both the Pipestone Area Schools and Southwest Minnesota Christian volleyball teams compete today at the Wabasso Tournament. The Arrows are set to square off with Bird Island-Olivia (BOLD), Springfield and Central Minnesota Christian. SWC takes on MACCRAY (Clara City), host Wabasso and Redwood Valley during the event. Results will be available in the Thursday, Sept. 19, edition of the Pipestone County Star. R-T-R places 20th at SW Challenge MARSHALL — Defending Class A state champion...

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2:23

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: PAS stops SWC in five sets

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2024/09/14

Coming into last Tuesday’s home opener versus Southwest Minnesota Christian, the Pipestone Area Schools’ volleyball team had yet to win a single set. That all changed as the Arrows found a way to beat the Eagles in a five-set thriller by scores of 19-25, 25-16, 25-16, 24-26, 15-13 at PAS gymnasium. What’s more, PAS equaled last year’s win total. “It was great to see the girls work extremely hard to earn their first win,” PAS head coach Dave Dulas said. “We can move forward.” Camren Wiese and ...

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4:40

HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY: A strong start for Danks

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2024/09/14

TRACY — Pipestone Area Schools freshman Josie Danks raced in with a time of 22:13.87 for 17th place at the Panther Invitational last Thursday at Tracy Country Club. PAS head cross country coach Mark Moeller was pleased with Danks’ performance. “Every course’s distance is measured a little differently,” Moeller said. “She was more than one minute faster (than any of her times) last year. It was a surprise.” Varsity runners traveled 5,000 meters. Danks is a competitive student-athlete, paraphra...

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4:15

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS: Haack, Draper honored

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2024/09/14

Senior Pipestone girls’ tennis players Alicia Haack and Addison Draper were both celebrated during last Thursday’s 4-3 victory over River Valley at the PAS Courts. River Valley is a combination of players from both Sleepy Eye and Springfield High Schools. Draper has been associated with the program since she was in eighth grade, while Haack joined one year later. “They’ve both come up this year and did pretty well,” PAS head girls’ tennis coach James Skyberg said. Because of last year’s losse...

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2:48

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Knights win, Dutch falter on road

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2024/09/13

TYLER — The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton football team fared well in all three phases en route to a 29-0 drubbing over Wabasso in the Knights’ home opener Friday. Sean Griesse returned a punt 82 yards for a score. Teammate Luke Schreurs raced in with a 77-yard kickoff return for a TD. And the Knights’ defense recorded a shutout. “It was good to get in the win column,” RTR head coach Darren Baartman said. “We had a good week of practice, and did some good things in the game.” Baartman was pleased wit...

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3:23

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: For success at Maple River, PAS...

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2024/09/13

MAPLETON — The Pipestone Area Schools’ football team found itself on the business end of a 20-0 shutout loss to Maple River last year at Paulsen Field. The Arrows mustered just 121 yards passing and completed just 16-of-41 attempts (less than 39 percent accuracy), and the Eagles scored all of their points in the final 17 minutes. What’s more, PAS was just 3-of-14 on third-down conversions. It’s a game all Arrow fans would like to forget. Maple River, under longtime coach Dusty Dreger, uses a ...

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0:29

LOCAL: Pipestone Youth Football adds Sept. 26 games

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/09/13

Pipestone Area Youth Football has added another game set for Thursday, Sept. 26. This will be a home date at Paulsen Field against Windom. The fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade squads all will have games. This means the Arrows will be playing seven games total this season, including this weekend at Canby. The fifth-, and sixth-grade contests are set for 10 a.m., with fourth grade playing at noon.Article Link

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5:59

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Out of necessity, Musch delivers

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2024/09/13

In football, quarterbacks call audibles at the line of scrimmage to change a play on offense. But, what if that audible involves changing the quarterback out of necessity? That’s what happened to Pipestone Area Schools during its home-opening 19-7 victory over Le Sueur-Henderson last Friday at Paulsen Field. Landon Quist, who serves a dual role as both the Arrows’ starting quarterback and safety, was injured early in the first quarter while playing defense. In stepped junior Austin Musch, who...

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1:21

COLLEGE SPOTLIGHT: Middle blocker Evans contributing...

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2024/09/13

MADISON, S.D. — Hannah Evans, a former Pipestone Area Schools volleyball player, is currently a junior on the Dakota State University roster. In her career at DSU, she has totaled 126 kills (495 attack chances) in 41 matches played — also recording 47 digs, 12 ace blocks, 84 ace block assists and 179 points. Last weekend, Evans participated in the Viterbo Tournament in Wisconsin as the Trojans split matches, beating Judson (Ill.) in three sets but falling to the host in four. Evans had two ac...

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2:38

LOCAL: Activities calendar from Monday, Sept....

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/09/13

INFORMATION LOCAL EVENTS CALENDAR Monday, Sept. 16 Coronation 7:30 p.m., Pipestone Area Schools Homecoming, PAS Auditorium Cross Country 4 p.m., Elkton-Lake Benton at Arlington Invitational, Lake Region Golf Course Tuesday, Sept. 17 Boys Soccer 7 p.m., Southwest Minnesota Christian at Sioux Falls Christian, Sioux Falls, S.D. Cross Country 4:30 p.m., Pipestone Area, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton and Southwest Minnesota Christian-Edgerton at Lac Qui Parle Invitational, Madison Girls Tennis 4:30 p.m., L...

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LOCAL: believe in ME drawings set for Saturday

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/09/13

Sales of drawing tickets for the belive in ME fundraiser will end on Saturday, Sept. 14, the day of the event at Pipestone American Legion Post No. 6. There are great prizes for you to win, including two tickets to a Minnesota Vikings-Indianapolis Colts game on Sunday, Nov. 3. The seats are near the endzone and underground parking is included. There also are four tickets available to the South Dakota State University-University of South Dakota game set for Saturday, Oct. 26. Seating will be i...

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2:27

RTR asks voters for $20 million to expand new school

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/09/13

Russell Tyler Ruthton (RTR) Public Schools is asking voters in the school district to approve a million bond on Nov. 5 to expand the school district’s preschool to 12th grade facility in Tyler. Voters in the RTR school district approved a million bond request for the construction of that facility and the closure of the district’s three previous schools in February of 2019. The school opened in 2021. Superintendent Dave Marlette said that since voters approved the bond for the new school in ...

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4:40

PPAC will kick off its 31st season on Sept. 14

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/09/12

The Pipestone Performing Arts Center (PPAC) will open its 31st season on Saturday, Sept. 14 with the show “Sweet Seasons: A Celebration of Carole King” performed by Michelle Foster and a live band. PPAC Managing Director Mark Thode said Foster is a New York-based singer, pianist, actress and dancer. She also produced, created and starred in “Broadway 2020,” an original musical review of Broadway hits that premiered in 2019. “She’s a very talented performer,” Thode said. The show begins at 7:3...

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2:39

It's a birthday

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/09/12

T’was the night before a birthday and all through the house, not a soul was stirring - not even my husband. The birthday traditions run thick within the walls of our home. As I stirred the frosting again I worked to get the right thickness before settling in to tackle tradition number one. The tradition of homemade cake decorating takes roots back to my childhood. A Betty Crocker cookbook with the pages falling out had images of the coolest cakes my little eyes had ever seen. My Mom would tak...

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2:23

It's homecoming time!

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/09/12

Homecoming activities started early this year at Pipestone Area Schools (PAS) with members of the senior class nominating king and queen candidates the first week of school. The top five nominees for king and queen were announced Friday morning, Sept. 6. This year’s queen candidates are Addison Draper, Rylee Folkerts, Alicia Haack, Mariah Moeller and Mylee Weber. King candidates are Bentley Pater, Weston Reinhard, Nohel Torres, Connor Wagner and Makhi Winter. When asked to describe how it fel...

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0:55

Commissioners continue work on 2025 budget and levy

Pipestone County Star ·

2024/09/10

Pipestone County Commissioners during their Aug. 27 meeting heard a budget proposal for the highway department and a request for funding in the 2025 budget from the Pipestone County Area Food Shelf. The commissioners previously heard budget proposals for the Pipestone County Sheriff’s Office during their Aug. 13 meeting and spent several hours during a special meeting on Aug. 22 hearing budget proposals for departments including information technology, ambulance, emergency management, probati...

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