Jean Doran Matua

The Kimball Express are headed again to the Minnesota Baseball Association Class C State Tournament, this year played in Jordan, Belle Plaine, Green Isle, and Shakopee. Luxemburg Brewers After defeating the Monticello Polecats, 5-3, earlier in the day, the Express faced the Luxemburg Brewers for the #3 ticket to the State Tournament. Luxemburg had defeated the Becker Bandits earlier in […]

In the second round of State Tournament play this past weekend, the Kimball Express were matched up with the Foley Lumberjacks on Saturday, Aug. 24. The Jacks had top-seed in Region 8, and Kimball was #3-seed in Region 11. The game got off to a late start, just over an hour, and it was a hot day out there. They […]

The quiet of a Saturday mid-day in Watkins was disrupted by an unusual sight: just before noon, a convoy of dozens of privately-owned ex-military vehicles drove down Central Avenue and into the church parking lot at St. Anthony’s. Waiting for them was a cadre of volunteers from the Wat-Kim-Valley V.F.W. ready to serve them lunch. The Military Vehicle Preservation Association […]

The Eden Valley Fire & Rescue Department hosted an open house for the community on Saturday, Oct. 5. There were activities for all ages, and they also served up a lunch of hot dogs, chips, and cookies. Eden Valley Police Chief Evan Borscheid brought his K9 unit Chase, a well-trained Belgian Malinois, and gave a demonstration of his skills. Kids […]

Last week was busy for serious Aurora chasers – and for the casual ones as well. The biggest event was Thursday evening, Oct. 10, when a CME (coronal mass ejection) flared off the sun hurtling toward the Earth three days earlier. Facebook is still filled with photos taken by many thousands of people around the world, all from last week. […]

The bi-annual Kimball Area Chamber-sponsored Meet the Candidate Night is one of so many events interrupted by COVID-19. So it was a treat to revive the -important election-year discussion. Held Monday evening, Oct. 7, at the KAHS cafetorium, there were four local/state candidates participating (all candidates were invited). Eric Helgeson is one of three candidates running for one of three […]

Did you see Sasquatch riding a unicycle last Friday, Oct. 4? He rode uphill, from Linden Avenue up to Casey’s in Kimball. Why, you may ask? He came in search of undecided voters. The Sasquatch 2024 campaign has been going for awhile, visiting small and not-so-small towns around Minnesota. That Friday, it was Paynesville, Kimball, and Maple Lake. Acknowledging that […]

About 150 people gathered at Kimball high school’s cafetorium Wednesday evening, Oct. 30, for a formal hearing on Xcel Energy’s plan to erect about 175 miles of 345-kilovolt (high-voltage) transmission line. With Administrative Law Judge Suzanne Todnem presiding, brief presentations were made by Scott Ek of the Minnesota Public -Utilities Commission, Matt Langan of Xcel Energy, and Andrew Levi of […]

About 150 people gathered at Kimball high school’s cafetorium Wednesday evening, Oct. 30, for a formal hearing on Xcel Energy’s plan to erect about 175 miles of 345-kilovolt (high-voltage) transmission line. With Administrative Law Judge Suzanne Todnem presiding, brief presentations were made by Scott Ek of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Matt Langan of Xcel Energy, and Andrew Levi of […]

Walking into the Peps Gym at Eden Valley-Watkins high school that Saturday afternoon (Nov. 2) felt a lot like walking into the Hall of Fame scene at the end of “A League of Their Own.” That scene is the culmination of the brief but hard-fought careers of professional baseball players in the relatively short-lived AAGPBL (All-American Girls’ Professional Baseball League). […]