Pipestone County Star

The Pipestone Economic Development Authority (EDA) during its July 20 meeting approved three sign and awning grants for local businesses. The grants provide up to [post_excerpt],000. Property owners are responsible for any costs beyond that. The first sign application the EDA approved was from Bluepeak for its office at 110 W. Main St. The sign, made by Tailor’d Signs, has already been installed w...

Æbleskiver Days opened with an 18-hole golf tournament at Tyler Golf Club on Friday, July 24. The event featured a three-person best shot format. The winning team featured Alec Koster, Jackson Koster and Matt Koster. The Kosters are originally from Redwood Falls. Jackson Koster was at one time an assistant golf coach at Southwest Minnesota State University. The trio shot a 59. The second-place thr...

TYLER — Tyler Golf Club will be the site of a junior golf tournament on Monday, Aug. 3. This will be a nine-hole event. Registration is set for 9 a.m.; with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. The entry fee is , and includes lunch after the tournament. There will be three age groups: 10-under, 11-14 and 15-18. For information, email tylermngolf@gmail.com or call the clubhouse at 1-507-247-3242. Article Lin...

A 3-on-3 basketball tournament is slated for Saturday, Aug. 1. Registration is set for 9 a.m., with games to follow at 10 a.m. Tournament organizer Chris Gorter said because of the expected weather, games most likely will take place in Harmon Park. Pipestone Area Schools’ gymnasium is a back-up option. There will be several divisions: men’s (18-plus), women’s (18-plus), boys (14-18), girls (14-18)...

Pipestone Country Club will present a three-person scramble on Saturday, Aug. 1. Registration will take place from 9:30-10:30 a.m., followed by an 11 a.m. shotgun start. A club official has reported 19 teams have signed up; so there are openings. However, the registration deadline has been set for Thursday, July 30. The cost is 0 per team, which does not include the cost of a cart. There will be a...

The Holland Fire Department won the kickball tournament during Holland Days. Due to heat-related concerns, the entire event was conducted on Friday, July 24, concluding deep into the night. Six teams participated in the tournament, and the winners had to fight through the elimination bracket for the title. Here’s the team. Front row, from left, Lincoln Labrune, Cooper Schulze and Leah Schulze. Sec...

ST. JAMES — Pipestone American Legion Post No. 6 was eliminated from the Senior Legion Division II Southwest Substate Tournament. Springfield defeated Pipestone, 10-3, on Thursday, July 16. Luka Quist walked and scored twice. Zayne Zollner also provided an RBI for Post No. 6. That loss sent Pipestone to the elimination bracket. Mankato Loyola nipped Post No. 6, 2-0, on Friday, July 17. Zollner pit...

Autumn LaBrune is the 2026 Pipestone County 4-H summer intern. LaBrune is the daughter of Adam and Gretchen LaBrune and a Russell Tyler Ruthton graduate. Next month she’ll begin her sophomore year at the South Dakota School of Mines where she’s studying civil engineering. She hopes to work in water resource. LaBrune said she applied for the internship because she’s been very involved in 4-H over t...

ST. CLOUD — When it was announced St. Cloud State University had hired Shane Bouman as new head softball coach, fans scurried to circle their 2027 calendars. Bouman announced during an interview with the Pipestone County Star that St. Cloud State will play Southwest Minnesota State University at Marshall in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference action Saturday, April 17. So that means it will be...

Dahl Motors conducted its third annual car show at the “dealership of the crossroads” at United States Highway 75 and State Highways 23 and 30 in Pipestone. Owner/CEO Scott Dahl reported 51 entries for the three-hour event. The overall winner was this 1961 Chevrolet Corvette Retromod owned by Jim and Janet Voges of rural Slayton. A retromod is a classic vehicle restored to preserve a vintage look,...

INFORMATION SOFTBALL Minn-Dakota Slowpitch Standings Through July 15 Team             Record Lake Benton Bar 14-0 Anacondas 10-2 Lake Benton Bar II   8-2 Sluggers                   5-7 D&T’s Meat Market 5-9 Alcobolics 4-10 The Starfish             3-5 Staci’s Bar                 3-9 Dirty Dairymen       2-10 Schedule  Tuesday, July 21 Open league bye week. Several make-up games will be played....

Soon-to-be Pipestone Area Schools’ freshman Oliver Sterud will participate in the Prep Baseball Showcase later this week. “It’s going to be really cool to see good competition down there,” said Sterud, an all-Big South Conference first-team selection during the 2026 season as pitcher/outfielder for the Arrows. “I’m going to play against the best of the best.” Oliver’s younger brother, Elliott Ster...

Both the Pipestone A’s and Elkton Snappers head to the postseason this week. After the completion of Sunday’s Gopher League and First Nite League games, Pipestone finished as the 10th seed with a Region 10C record of 3-11. Since Lakefield nipped Pipestone, 5-4, on Sunday, June 14, the Frogs earned the No. 9 seed despite a 3-12 mark. The top five seeds have earned a bye into the Region 10C tourname...

Pipestone Area Youth Tackle Football sign-up is set for both Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 3-4. The site will be the Pipestone Area Schools’ elementary commons area. Equipment also will be issued on these nights. The fourth-grade sign-up session will be a 6 p.m. Aug. 3, with the fifth- and sixth-grade session at 6 p.m. Aug. 4. A 0 fee is due at the time of registration. Scholarships are available from...

Editor’s Note: This summer, the sports editor will be writing a six-week series on pickleball throughout the region. — BROOKINGS, S.D. — This past Sunday night, a casual drive on United States Highway 14 told the tale. Pickleball continues growing in Brookings, the fourth-most populous city in South Dakota. Four of the eight courts installed in Hillcrest Park were in use. “Honestly, it’s indescrib...

LUVERNE — Tens of regional high school basketball teams participated in the Southwest Minnesota Shootout on Wednesday and Thursday, July 15-16. Both the Pipestone Area Schools boys and girls were among them. “It’s a great event,” said PAS head girls coach Grant Everson, who highlighted the convenience of having a showcase just 25 miles from here. The Arrows squared off with Rapid City Christian fr...

The Pipestone County Star was present for the Southwest Minnesota Shootout basketball showcase. This event took place over two days on Wednesday-Thursday, July 15-16. Luverne High School served as the site, with four courts going at once. Ninety-six varsity and junior varsity teams participated. Due to a camera issue, some photos may appear washed.  Star sports editor Eric Viccaro took all the pho...

MOORHEAD — Talented Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton runner Hannah Masselink will continue competing on the collegiate level. This past spring, Masselink announced her plans to join both the cross country and track and field programs at Concordia Moorhead. “I loved the atmosphere of the teams,” Masselink said in an email to the Pipestone County Star. “Everyone was so inviting, and genuinely...

TYLER — The yearly tradition known as Æbleskiver Days will begin on Friday, July 24 with several events. However, the signature æbleskiver bake-off originally set for Thursday, July 23, in the Lincoln County 4-H Building has been canceled. “We just didn’t get enough contestants to carry on with our plans,” said festival organizers on the Æbleskiver Days’ Facebook page. This year’s grand parade the...

Pipestone Country Club conducted its first-ever youth tournament on Thursday, July 16, at the facility. Golfers were treated to warm, sun-splashed conditions. A reported 40 golfers participated in the tournament, which featured various age divisions from 5-6 year-olds. The age limit for a player was 17 years old. Youth ages 9-10 years old played five holes. Contestants in the 7-8 division played t...

The Pipestone County Museum has two interns this year. Olyvia Weber returned for a second year and it’s the first year for Julia Berkenpas. Berkenpas is a 15-year-old 10th grader at Pipestone Area Schools (PAS). She’s the daughter of Brandon and Nellie Berkenpas. Berkenpas said she was interested in the internship because she likes social studies and she thought it would be a good opportunity to l...

Lincoln Pipestone Rural Water (LPRW) increased its net position by 5,813 in 2025. That’s according to the audit report presented by LPRW General Manager Jason Overby during the July 14 Pipestone County Commissioner meeting. Total revenue for the year was ,454,778. Of that ,230,973, which is about 69%, was from charges for services. Another ,481,934, which is about 24%, was from capital grants and...

Pipestone County Commissioners during their July 14 meeting approved an agreement whereby the county would share its highway engineer with Murray County. If approved by the Murray County Commissioners, the agreement would be in effect until Dec. 31. Highway Engineer Nick Bergman said Murray County asked if Pipestone County would share his services on a temporary basis until it can fill the positio...

Pipestone Area Schools (PAS) students have had several opportunities to travel this summer. French students went to France, Spanish students went to Spain, members of the Pipestone Area Marching Arrows went to Chicago, and a group of high school students went to New York. Below is a brief summary of each of those trips. Spain Seventeen students and three adults took a trip to Spain from June 10 to...

Pipestone County Commissioners are considering added funding for Southwest Health and Human Services (SWHHS), which serves Pipestone, Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Murray and Rock, in response to a variety of financial challenges facing the agency beginning in 2027. SWHHS Director Stacey Timm told the commissioners during their July 14 meeting that the federal government reduced the amount of funding it...