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Area students graduate from MSU Mankato
Minnesota State University Mankato awarded degrees to Fall 2020 graduates through a website with commencement videos available on Saturday, Dec. 12. Each graduate received a “commencement-in-a-box” package including a printed commencement program, a diploma...
Several area students were named to the Spring 2020 semester dean’s list at South Dakota State University in Brookings. To be named, students must earn a 3.5 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale. An asterisk following the name denotes a 4.0 GPA.
Abbreviations to indicate area of study are SAFES –...
Nobles County Veterans Services Officer Bill Brockberg was appointed National Aide-de-Camp to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Commander-in-Chief Hal Roesch II of Hampton, Virginia.
A National Aide-de-Camp is an honorary appointment bestowed upon one VFW member per department annually. This appointment...
Beers graduates from St. Olaf
Ryleigh Beers graduated with the Class of 2020 at St. Olaf College in Northfield with majors in history and art history.
Beers, a 2016 graduate of Luverne High School, is the daughter of Brad and Jane Beers, Luverne.
Three Luverne High School students were recently elected to state offices with the Minnesota Family, Career and Community Leaders of America organization.
Rylee Anderson was selected as state treasurer, Ella Lanoue, state vice president of resource development, and Hannah Baker, area president....
For the fourth time in six years Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire) was named one of 50 winners in Prairie Business Magazine’s (Prairie Business) “50 Best Places to Work 2020” contest. This is the second time the company has received the award in back-to-back years.
“It’s a...
Bergin Flom, Luverne, has been named to the Spring 2020 semester dean’s list at the College of St. Benedict at St. Joseph. To be eligible, students must earn a 3.8 GPA on a 4.0 scale with a minimum of 12 graded credits.
Bergin, a junior biochemistry major, is the daughter of Michael and Phoebe Flom...
Bullerman named to UW-Platteville dean’s list
Paige Bullerman, Adrian, was named to the Spring 2020 semester dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville. Students must earn a 3.75 GPA on a scale of 4.0 for the honor.
Bullerman is majoring in forensic investigation.
Area students make dean’s list at U of M Twin Cities
Several area students were named to the dean’s list at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities for the Spring 2020 semester. To qualify, students must earn a minimum of a 3.66 GPA on a 4.0 scale with at least 12 graded credits.
The...
Congressman Jim Hagedorn (MN-01) was virtually presented the 2020 Champion for Healthy Seniors Award by the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) recently.
In the letter informing Rep. Hagedorn that he received the award, PFCD Chairman Ken Thorpe thanked the congressman for his...