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Guard Tayvion Stewart should be a key veteran player for the Park boys basketball team this winter.

Wolfpack basketball team to have its guards up

While it’s hard to predict how Park will fare this boys basketball season, the Wolfpack will certainly have their guards up. Head coach Mike Weah enters his seventh season directing the …
Bugs are an important part of many bird diets and other natural processes, shown here in black and white at the Dunes Park Reserve.

Life Along the Mississippi

Park High School Chamber Theater brings stories to life

The Chamber Theater at Park High School will present not one but two children’s plays in the Park High School auditorium on Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. Children are welcome and …
Park sophomore Ashley Davis returns after qualifying for the state meet on the uneven bars last season.

Veteran-led Park gymnastics team ready to vault higher

Is this the season a Park gymnastics team returns to state? It very well could be. Park has been a regular participant in the state gymnastics meet, qualifying no less than 16 times since 1986. …
Crime
Booking photo of Adrian Dominique Bell, 35.

Stillwater inmate sentenced to 10 years for assault on corrections officer

Adrian Dominique Bell, 35, an inmate at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater, will spend an additional decade in prison after stabbing and injuring a correctional sergeant in 2020, …
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Business

Taste and Learn-Holiday Cookies at Shepard Farm

Holiday cookie baking season is upon us, and there is hardly a better way to deepen our experience with this tradition than to join Dodge naturalists at the new Education Center at Shepard Farm from …

Government

City Council appoints Monique Garza to fill vacant seat

Newly appointed City Council Member Monique Garza.

At a Nov. 15 special meeting, the Cottage Grove City Council appointed Monique Garza to fill the seat vacated by Steve Dennis, who gave his notice on Oct. 4. The vacancy was announced to the public …

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Obituaries
Robert Paulson
Robert J. “Bob” Paulson, an avid outdoorsman, loving husband, devoted father, and cherished friend, passed away on Oct. 3, 2023, at United Hospital after a brief and courageous battle with …
Lyle Biscoe
Lyle M. Biscoe, age 102 of Old Cottage Grove, died peacefully at the family home on Saturday morning, Sept. 30, 2023. Lyle Milton, the son of Julius W. and Lura (McHattie) Biscoe, was born on …
K. Dwayne Tannahill
K. Dwayne Tannahill was born Sept. 22, 1943, to Clyde and Florence Tannahill in Regina, Saskatchewan. They moved to Waskada, Manitoba and owned a general merchandise and grocery store. Dwayne spent …
William Olson
William Lewis Olson, a resident of Palm Harbor, Florida, and former resident of Sun City Center, Florida and St. Paul Park, Minnesota, passed away of natural causes at 93 years of age on May 5, …
Steven Anderson
Steven Alan Anderson, age 63 of Cottage Grove, passed away on March 7, 2023, in the Hospice Care Ward at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center in Minneapolis. He was born on Sept. 29, 1959, to Mark …
Local sports

Boys’ hockey goes 1-1 for the week

The Wolfpack boy’s hockey team entered the week at 15-7 overall and 5-5 in the conference with a game against the Hastings Raiders (12-9-1) and the Holy Family Fire (18-5). Park had hoped to …

Park swim and dive team set to make another splash

The loss of Mitch LeMay, a state qualifier last season and holder of multiple school records, obviously leaves a big hole in the Park swim and dive team this season. The Wolfpack will obviously …
At the state tournament at the end of last season, Park head coach Jim LaBrosse said, “The future is bright for Park wrestling.” With three ranked wrestlers returning, four state …
t’s just about as close to starting from scratch as you can get. Park returns just one of its top eight players from a year ago. She’s a good one, in leading scorer and versatile …
It’s a new era for Park boys' hockey as Jeff Corkish takes over for Jay Moser who coached the Wolfpack for 17 seasons. Corkish will lead a Park team that went 16-9-1 last season, but was …
Wolfpack skates to 3-0 in girls' hockey Park’s road warriors improved to 3-0 on the young season Friday with a 4-1 victory against Mounds View/Irondale at the National Sports Center. …
Education

Election sees Melinda Dols, Simi Patnaik, and Ryan Clarke elected to ISD 833 School Board

Three school referendum questions, all passed. Two incumbents and Ryan Clarke for school board. Keith Franke the mayor of St. Paul Park, with Tim Conrad and Charlene Whitbred Hemmingson as council …

Features
Santa posees with children for a photo at Breakfast with Santa, held at River Oaks.

Breakfast with Santa set for December 10

What better way for kids to spend time with Santa than with a fun, holiday-themed breakfast? Join Santa at the River Oaks Golf Course & Event Center on Sunday, Dec. 10 for Santa’s Scrambled Eggs, …

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How Christmas is celebrated around the world
Stacker dove into some of the ways people celebrate Christmas across the globe. Read on to learn more and gain inspiration for new family traditions.
20 celebrations this holiday season besides Christmas
Stacker compiled a list of fall and winter holidays celebrated all over the world, including religious festivals, ceremonies honoring the change of seasons, and secular events.
The science of procrastination and how to beat it
Wysa researched the psychology behind procrastination, what makes people do it, and how they can work to overcome it.