Pipestone County Star

WABASSO — Both Pipestone Area Schools and Southwest Minnesota Christian will participate in the 2026 Wabasso Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 19. Pool play matches will begin at 9 a.m. with Wabasso facing Montevideo and Redwood Valley squaring off with Renville County West.  PAS first match will take place at 10 a.m., and SWC will play Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian (BOLD) at the same time. Pool p...

The Elkton-Lake Benton competitive cheer squad participated at the Parkston Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The Elks earned the championship with Winner second and Wagner third. Here’s the squad. Front row (from left), Hadley Hurd, Tenlee Olson and Carli Cox. Second row, Leya Koch, Rose McMahon, Macy Nordmeyer, Mavryck Beck, Avery Stein and Claire McMahon. Third row, Kelsey Barthel, Summer Roche...

Pipestone Area Schools’ student Keely Burke placed second in the local high school trap shooting league’s spring season. Burke, a junior, posted an average score of 20.1 per 25 shots. The Pipestone County 4-H Shooting Sports fall season is underway.  The team also competed at the Minnesota State Fair shooting contest recently.  Look for results from that event in a future edition of The Pipestone...

Absentee voting for the Nov. 3 election begins Friday, Sept. 18. Those interested in voting early can stop in at the Pipestone County Auditor’s Office at the Pipestone County Courthouse at 416 S. Hiawatha Ave. to apply for an absentee ballot or apply online at the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office at www.sos.mn.gov. If they apply for a ballot in person, they will receive a ballot and an envelo...

The Pipestone Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) ended fiscal year 2025 on Sept. 30, 2025 with a deficit of 3,964. That’s according to the audit report presented by Matt Taubert, of Meulebroeck, Taubert & Co., during the HRA’s Sept. 9 meeting. Taubert said the HRA received a clean, unqualified opinion on the audit, which is the highest opinion that can be rendered on the financial state...

The Pipestone Area Marching Arrows were among 12 bands competing at the inaugural Harrisburg Tiger Marching Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 12. The competition replaced the Rosemount Marching Band Competition as the first competition on the Arrow’s schedule this year and will likely do so going forward. Drum Major Mackenzie Lange, an 11th grader, said after the preliminary round performance early...

The Pipestone Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) is projecting an ,516 loss for fiscal year 2027, which begins Oct. 1. The budget approved by the HRA Board during it’s Sept. 9 meeting showed projected operating income of 2,740. The greatest share of that is 7,275 in tenant revenue. Another 0,000 is expected to come from an operating subsidy from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Deve...

Pipestone County has begun the process to update its comprehensive land use plan. The Pipestone County Commissioners approved a proposal from the Southwest Regional Development Commission (SRDC) to help update the plan for an estimated cost of ,000 last year. A kick-off meeting was held on Aug. 31 with the Pipestone County Planning Commission, Pipestone County Planning and Zoning Administrator Kyl...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Keira Larson is a sophomore cheerleader at Augustana University.  Larson performs as a sideline cheerleader for football, and men’s and women’s basketball as well. During the 2025-26 school year, Larson received the “most reliable” award.  This past summer, Elizabeth Boysen was named head coach of Augustana’s spirit programs, with Thomas Tu Nguyen as the assistant.  Boysen had...

This past Thursday, Sept. 3, new Pipestone Area Schools’ cheer coach Kaylee Dupont escorted her team onto the track at Paulsen Field.  Dupont replaces Mariah Swanson in the role. Swanson has moved to Rochester.  A 2024 PAS graduate, Dupont was both a cheerleader and color guard member while in high school — so the transition to coach was easy to figure out.  Dupont twice won the Mandy Gillin Award...

INFORMATION HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD   Monday, Aug. 31 Boys Soccer  Southwest Minnesota Christian 2, Fairmont 1  Volleyball  George-Little Rock Tournament At George, Iowa  George-Little Rock d. Edgerton Public, 21-12, 21-12  Edgerton Public d. Hills-Beaver Creek, 26-24, 21-9  Edgerton Public d. Harris-Lake Park, 23-21, 21-18  Sibley-Ocheyedan d. Edgerton Public, 21-19, 19-21, 15-11 Also  Clark/Willo...

CANTON, S.D. — For openers, the Pipestone Area Schools volleyball team went 1-3 at the Canton Invitational on Saturday. That resulted in a sixth-place finish out of eight schools.  “After three weeks of practice, we had a little bit of nerves,” PAS head coach Shelly Hennager noted. “We did a lot of things well, and there are some things we can improve upon.”  This year, the Arrows have changed the...

The Pipestone Little Arrows youth running club has formed.  This is for children from age kindergarten through fifth grade as of fall 2026.  The cost is , and includes a running club T-shirt.  Runners will convene at Paulsen Field, and learn the sport through games, relays and short distance runs.  The club also a way to make new friends.   The program will take place from 4-4:45 p.m. Wednesdays f...

INFORMATION AMATEUR BASEBALL Minnesota Baseball Association Class “C” Tournament  SCOREBOARD  Friday, Sept. 4  Quarterfinals  At Jordan  Hanska 5, Windom 3  At Chaska  Fairmont 9, Richmond 1  Saturday, Sept. 5 Semifinals  At New Prague Fairmont 10, Starbuck 0 (7) Sunday, Sept. 6 Championship Game At New Prague  Fairmont 5, Elrosa 4 Record: Fairmont, 20-8 Outstanding pitcher: Spencer Chirpich  Outs...

INFORMATION TRAP SHOOTING At Pipestone Sportsmen’s Club  Wednesday, Aug. 26 Results  Individual Results 1, Mark Templin 2, Justin Krosschell 3, Jacob Fischer 4, Mark Steuven 5, Dar Sietsma 6, Kyle Viland 7, Torin Schroyer 8, Joe Schaffer 9, Dick Lange 10, Ron Krosschell Editor’s Note: There was just individual and no team shooting.  FALL LEAGUE Wednesday, Sept. 2  Results  Team Scores  1, Valley V...

INFORMATION CALENDAR Friday, Sept. 11  Football  7 p.m., Pipestone Area at Windom Area (Island Park)  7 p.m., Sleepy Eye United at Russell-Tyler-Ruthton (Homecoming Game/Tyler)  7 p.m., Granada-Huntley-East Chain-Truman at Edgerton Public  7 p.m., Estelline/Hendricks at Elkton-Lake Benton (Elkton Athletic Complex)  Boys Soccer  4:30 p.m., Marshall at Southwest Minnesota Christian (Edgerton)  Satur...

TYLER — For the second straight season, the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton football team opened by shutting out Yellow Medicine East. The Knights blanked the Sting, 34-0, as quarterback Brayden Chandler went 7-of-12 passing for 111 yards and two TD. Chandler also rushed 15 times for 107 yards and two more scores.  Micah Johnson also fared well for the Knights as the team’s leading rusher with 114 yards on...

Redwood Valley’s seasoned senior quarterback Zack Lundeen powered the Cardinals to 490 yards in total offense.  That told just part of the story as the Cardinals downed Pipestone Area Schools at Paulsen Field on Thursday, Sept. 3.  “They were bigger, faster and stronger than us,” PAS head coach Scott Boomgaarden said. “That was the difference.”  Redwood Valley’s blocking scheme won the edge all ga...

WINDOM — The Pipestone Area and Windom Area football teams squared off in the Section 3AA tournament last October 2025. The Eagles eventually nipped the Arrows, 38-36.  However, these days, both PAS and Windom share a painful truth — the Arrows and Eagles were both gutted by graduation. New talent is in development. There’s one thing already in the Arrows’ favor: season first downs.  In PAS’ loss...

The Minnesota State High School League defending Class A state champions visited Pipestone on Thursday, Sept. 3.  And the results pretty much went as expected.  St. James Area blanked PAS, 7-0, at Paulsen Athletic Complex-PAS Courts.  “It was good competition,” PAS head coach James Skyberg said, “and you want to see what you can get out of it.”  Getting to deuce points and forcing ad-scoring turne...

TYLER — Tyler Golf Club will conduct its “Superintendent’s Revenge” tournament on Sept. 12.  This is a two-person scramble formatted tournament.  Registration is set for 9 a.m. with a shotgun start to follow at 10.  Expect to see unique hazards on every hole.  Tyler Golf Club is located at 420 Lincoln County Road 7.  For information, call the course at 1-507-247-3242 or log onto the website: www.t...

MARSHALL — Pipestone Area Schools’ Rhaelee Heidebrink clocked in with a time of 22:52.5 for 16th place at the Marshall Invitational on Monday, Aug. 31.  There were 34 varsity girls running at the event, which was conducted at Marshall Golf Club.  PAS’ Amelia Bucher was 20th (23:42.0) and Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton’s Elia Van Dyke 31st (28:27.2).  On the boys’ side, Joshua Zupp was 20th...

Homecoming activities at Pipestone Area Schools (PAS) started the first day of school this year when members of the senior class nominated king and queen candidates. The candidates were announced on the second day of school, Wednesday, Sept. 2. The king candidates are Nickolas Bruns, Wyatt Corcoran, Griffin Smidt, Americ Suvandy, Matthew Swenson and Zayne Zollner. The queen candidates are Kaysa Do...

Rebuilding Together Minnesota, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps qualifying homeowners make repairs to their homes, now has office hours in Pipestone. Emily Ostercamp, Rebuilding Together Minnesota’s southwest project manager, will be in Suite 1 at the city of Pipestone’s municipal office building the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. She said the intention i...

The 2026 to 2027 school year begins Tuesday, Sept. 1 at Pipestone Area Schools (PAS). The school year is beginning prior to Labor Day this year due to Labor Day being as last as it could possibly be, on Sept. 7. When the first bell rings on Sept. 1, approximately 1,128 students will head to class. That’s down from approximately 1,180 students at the start of last year. See the accompanying chart f...