Pipestone County Star
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135 episodes
Pipestone Area Schools Board in brief
Separation agreement approved for administrative assistant Pipestone Area Schools (PAS) Board members approved a separation agreement with former middle school/high school administrative assistant Kathryn Baker. Baker signed a resignation lette...
Pipestone Area Schools Board in brief
Separation agreement approved for administrative assistant Pipestone Area Schools (PAS) Board members approved a separation agreement with former middle school/high school administrative assistant Kathryn Baker. Baker signed a resignation lette...
It's time to go back to school
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 Sep...
Why is the operating referendum important?
As we prepare to start the new school year, we know there will be a great deal of activity at the schools. On any typical school morning at the Pipestone Area Schools, the parking lot starts filling before the first bell rings. A bus pulls in. ...
We should expect better
Utility service locators have been painting and flagging yards all over Pipestone this summer. They’ve been followed by fiber optic internet service installers who have dug up boulevards and left piles of dirt and weeds growing where grass used...
HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS: Arrows are busy right away
The Pipestone Area Schools’ girls tennis team began practices on Monday, Aug. 17. Eight days later, the Arrows were thrust upon the 2026 regular season with matches at MACCRAY (Clara City) and Yellow Medicine East in Granite Falls. Three ...
TECHNOLOGY: Pipestone, other schools join BOUND
All Pipestone Area Schools activities information will now be found on a mobile application and website called BOUND. “It was a decision made by (Big South) conference schools,” PAS activities director Rick Zollner said of the switch made...
REGIONAL: SWC sets soccer day for Aug. 29
EDGERTON — Southwest Minnesota Christian school will have soccer day on Saturday, Aug. 29. The Eagles will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the school’s only state Class A soccer title. The day will begin with a soccer camp fo...
LOCAL: Want to join the PAS trap team?
The Pipestone Area Schools and 4-H shooting sports program are seeking youth interested in joining the trap team. Interested youth must register on the school’s new Bound application. The Arrows compete in the Minnesota High School Clay T...
REGIONAL: Anacondas win slowpitch softball league
The 2026 Minnesota/Dakota Slowpitch Softball League wrapped up play on Tuesday, Aug. 18 in Lake Benton, with the Anacondas coming out on top. The Anacondas, seeded second in the postseason tournament, defeated No. 1 seed Lake Benton Bar, 19-13....
RODEO: Goelz competes at state event
Pipestone Area Schools sophomore student Jack Goelz competed at the Minnesota State High School Rodeo Association meet in Pine River Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 22-23. Goelz participated in both the team roping and tie-down roping events. During ...
LOCAL: Fitness classes offered at Ewert
The Pipestone Parks & Recreation Department is offering fitness classes Monday though Friday. No membership is required; everyone is welcome to participate in these sessions. At 5:30 a.m. Mondays, instructor Danielle Bauman will...
Plans presented for area highway projects
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is planning three highway projects in Pipestone County over the next several years. MnDOT District 8 Planning Director Megan DeSchepper presented those plans to the Pipestone County Commissione...
REGIONAL: Calendar of events
INFORMATION CALENDAR Thursday, Aug. 27 Girls Tennis 1 p.m., Montevideo at Pipestone Area (Paulsen Athletic Complex) 4 p.m., Lac qui Parle Valley at Pipestone Area (Paulsen Athletic Complex) Boys Soccer 4:30 p.m., New Ulm at So...
ON THE BUSINESS BEAT: 'Parlayed success story'
Necessity is the mother of invention. That proverb perfectly describes why Pipestone-based Parlay Pack has become such a hit with golfers in a short amount of time. Parlay Pack owner Wade Newgard said he created this “premium” all-in-one ...
REGIONAL: Summer league standings
INFORMATION SOFTBALL Minn-Dakota Slowpitch Standings Through Monday, Aug. 17 Team Record Lake Benton Bar 16-0 Anacondas 14-2 Lake Benton Bar II 10-4 The Starfish 7-7 D&a...
LOCAL GOLF: New year has the same results
The Pipestone Country Club conducted club championships across seven divisions on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 15-16. And the overall men’s and women’s winners remained the same from 2025 — so those cushy parking spots will be unchanged.&nbs...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Every day but Monday
Oh, so quirky. The Pipestone Area Schools football team opened practices this past Monday, Aug. 17. Monday is one of the few days during the week the Arrows won’t play on this season. PAS opens the 2026 regular season with a home game ver...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Quist ready to help Arrow quarterbacks
Landon Quist has returned to the Pipestone Area Schools football program as a volunteer coach. The Pipestone Area Schools board approved Quist at its Monday, July 27, meeting. PAS head coach Scott Boomgaarden reported Quist will serve as ...
Boucher retires from Fire Department after 30 years
On Aug. 4, Dave Boucher retired from the Pipestone Fire Department after 30 years of service. Boucher joined the Fire Department in August of 1995 at the age of 24. He and his wife, Jill, had moved from St. Cloud to Pipestone a few years earlie...
HIGH SCHOOL RODEO: Pater competes at state
Pipestone Area Schools junior student-athlete Kenzley Pater competed at the Minnesota High School Rodeo Association state event in Buffalo Friday-Sunday, Aug. 14-16. Pater competed in several events: barrel racing, goat tying and breakaway ropi...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: 'It's for real' for Elkton-Lake Benton Friday
CANISTOTA, S.D. — The Elkton-Lake Benton football team will open the 2026 season Friday, Aug. 21 at Canistota. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. The Elks began preparations on Thursday, Aug. 6, the first official date allowed by the South ...
LOCAL: Youth football season begins Sept. 12
The Pipestone Area Youth Football will open the Little 10 League season on Saturday, Sept. 12 at Murray County Central. Kickoff is set for 10 a.m. PAYF will field fifth- and sixth-grade teams only this year based on numbers. Thirty-five p...
