This time of year volleyball fans can pretty much schedule trips to Sub-section Playoff games if following the WEM netters.
For the 11th straight season, minus the COVID year, the Buccaneers have advanced to the Sub-Section Championship.
This year is not any different after the Bucs dismantled NRHEG, 26-24, 25-18, and 25-5 Thursday, Oct. 26 at Mankato West High School in the South Sub-Section Semifinals.
Last week’s rains may have kept farmers out of the field, but the progress of harvest season remains ahead of schedule. According to the USDA, Minnesota’s corn harvest was 75 percent complete as of Oct. 30, falling behind the 77 percent from a year ago.
“The weather has been kind of an issue.” Chip Mack, owner of Whitewater Creek Grain and Feed in Waterville said of last week’s progress. “But it’s been a remarkable crop for the weather we’ve had all summer.”
Thanks to the generosity of nearly two dozen businesses and two grandmothers, the WEM football team has been provided a pre-game team meal before every football game this season.
The WEM football booster club received thousands of dollars in donations from area businesses to allow the Buccaneer football team a carbohydrate filled meal the day before their games.
Monday, October 23 was the final one of the season and the players and coaches were so thankful for this generosity.
Dorothy Roma Prahl, age 90, of Faribault, died during the early morning of Wednesday, October 25, 2023, at Mill City Senior Living in Faribault.
I get hundreds of e-mails a day.
The majority of them go right into the trash can.
I don’t think I am unlike others in business, but some of the things I have been sent lately are completely absurd and have absolutely nothing to do with the newspaper business.
Unfortunately, some things I actually do need end up in my spam folder so I spend time going through twice as many worthless e-mails than I should have to because of that.
I am sure others get the same type of stuff. I rant about this every couple of years. So let’s compare…
Despite a season-best rushing performance, the WEM football team dropped its sixth game of the season, losing 48-0 to St. Clair/Mankato Loyola Wednesday, Oct. 18.
The Bucs gained 111 rushing yards on 38 carries against a very good Cyclone defense.
“Disappointed in the discrepancy in score but we never quit and I'm proud of that culture,” head coach Sam Stier said. “Now it's a matter of executing early and often”
St. Clair/Loyola opened up a 34-0 halftime lead behind an outstanding performance by quarterback Dylan Blount.
WEM senior Claire Bohlen recorded a season-high 22 kills in a four set win over Hayfield in the regular season finale for the Buccaneer volleyball game.
Bohlen had 60 hitting attempts and made only two mistakes in leading the Bucs to a 25- 21, 25-15, 25-27, 25-21 win over the Vikings Tuesday, Oct. 17.
The win for WEM gave them an 8-3 record in the Gopher Conference which was good enough for third place behind Kenyon-Wanamingo and Faribault BA. They are 21-8 heading into the post-season.
Mary Leppert, age 87, of Morristown, died Saturday, October 21, 2023, at Mercy Hospital – Unity Campus, Fridley.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Waterville on Saturday, October 28, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. The Reverend Andrew Stueve will officiate. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery, Waterville.
Visitation will be held at Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault on Friday, October 27, from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. and for one hour prior to the service at the church.
Donna M. Pittman, age 92 of Waterville, passed away on the afternoon of Friday, October 20, 2023, at Traditions of Montgomery.
Two wins in the Gopher Conference moved the WEM volleyball team into third place in the Gopher Conference.
The Bucs dropped a fiveset thriller to Faribault BA Tuesday, Oct. 10 but rebounded with a four-set win over Blooming Prairie Friday, Oct. 13 and a 25-11, 25-21, 25-14 win over Triton Monday, Oct. 16.
The wins improved WEM’s conference record to 7-3 and 20-8 overall, the 12th time in school history the team has won 20 or more matches.
Elysian City Council member Bobby Houlihan presented a request for funding for the Water Treatment Plant at the Minnesota House Capital Investment Committee’s bonding tour bus stop at South Central College in Mankato on Thursday, October 12.
The city has already received $3.5 million in special appropriation funds this year to be used towards a water treatment plant. They are requesting another 4.86 million through the 2024 bonding bill.
In year’s past, Homecoming Week has included students toilet papering of homes.
This year a number of students allegedly took this Homecoming toilet papering “tradition” to an unacceptable level.
Security cameras at the Chad Alladin residence in rural Le Sueur County showed a number of young people with toilet paper and some writing on Alladin’s son’s car. His son was a student at WEM but is attending another school this year.
Those things written on the car depicted racist, homophobic, hate-filled language, and other graphic graffiti, including a swastica.
Rita M. (Sevcik) Jasan, age 91, of Lonsdale, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis after a heart attack the previous Saturday. Rita was able to spend her last days visiting with all of her children and grandchildren. Her family and special friend Brenda took shifts sitting with her so she was never alone. When asked if she was ready to go to Heaven, she nodded and smiled.
Aurora Blank, age 89, of Wells, Minnesota, passed away on September 13, 2023. She was born on October 8, 1933, in San Antonio, Texas, to her late parents, Fransisco & Simona Echevarria. She later married Clifford Blank on Aug. 15, 1953 and made their home in Wells.
Aurora worked many jobs in her life. Banquet Foods, Del Monte, her last being Parkview Nursing Home.
Aurora was a beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who will be deeply missed by her family and friends.
Rita M. (Sevcik) Jasan, age 91, of Lonsdale, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis after a heart attack the previous Saturday. Rita was able to spend her last days visiting with all of her children and grandchildren. Her family and special friend Brenda took shifts sitting with her so she was never alone. When asked if she was ready to go to Heaven, she nodded and smiled.
