The Pipestone Area Schools (PAS) robotics team, the ArrowBots, have been working on this year’s creation for over a month. FIRST Robotics kicked off the 2026 season on Jan. 10 when teams were shown this year’s game field and challenge details f...

Local Republican Party supporters chose Kendall Qualls and local Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party supporters chose Sen. Amy Klobuchar on gubernatorial preference ballots at their respective precinct caucuses Tuesday evening, Feb. 3 in Pipest...

Pipestone County is attempting to sell 13 tax forfeited properties by online auction at mnbid.mn.gov. Pipestone County Auditor-Treasurer Amanda Sandy said it’s the first time the county has had an online tax forfeiture auction. “We wanted to ju...

Several Pipestone Area Schools students participate in dance for Spotlight Dance Center located in Luverne: Vivian Brockberg, Aubrey Brockberg, Elle Brockberg and Kaitlin Hanson. All of them performed during the center’s winter dance recital at...

INFORMATION BOWLING SCORES From Bole-Mor Lanes Pipestone Last Week Lynnette’s Ladies Standings Gutter Gals 11-5, JBS 10-6, The Bowling Stones 9-7, American Legion 8-8, Stay In Your Lane 8-8, B&B RV Service 7-9, Rock Lobsters 7-9, Dolls w/Ba...

LOCAL SCOREBOARD High Schools Monday, Feb. 2 Boys Basketball Southwest Minnesota Christian 70, Pipestone Area 62 Minneota 63, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 61 Girls Basketball Pipestone Area 79, Southwest Minnesota Christian 42 Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 62...

WINDOM — Pipestone Area Schools’ Amyra Mahik was driving through the lane in another taut game with Big South Conference rival Windom. Mahik decided it was her best choice passing out to the 3-point arc, with Jadyn Kor waiting on the wing. Kor ...

WINDOM — The Pipestone Area Schools’ boys basketball team handled Windom the first time around on Jan. 9. Elliot Serreyn made sure that didn’t happen on Friday, Feb. 6, dropping 30 points in a 71-63 victory over the Arrows in Big South Conferen...

FAIRMONT — Here’s the great news. The Pipestone Area Schools’ gymnastics team put together an outstanding night on all four apparatuses. However, the Martin County Area Magic scored even better in a 138.25-131.35 victory over the Arrows in a Bi...

MOORHEAD — On national signing day, Pipestone Area Schools’ football player Xavier Banjoko inked with Minnesota State University-Moorhead. Banjoko made it official during a special ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 4, in the PAS library in front of f...

MINNEOTA — For the Pipestone Area Schools’ wrestling team, a match versus powerhouse Minneota was needed. The Vikings, a member of Section 5A, came into last Thursday’s quadranglar having lost just one dual to Aberdeen, S.D. Minneota made it to...

REDWOOD FALLS — Pipestone Area Schools’ senior wrestler Joannacrystal Perez-Garcia has been a trailblazer. Perez-Garcia wrote her story on Saturday, Feb. 6, becoming the Arrows’ first-ever female state qualifier. “I am proud of my work because ...

Temperatures are beginning to warm, so it’s easy to start thinking about the upcoming 2026 spring sports season. The spring sports drive and revive event, a program sponsored by the Pipestone Arrows Athletic Booster Club, is underway at SoJo’s ...

INFORMATION HIGH SCHOOLS Calendar Thursday, Feb. 12 Boys Basketball    7:15 p.m., Pipestone Area at Blue Earth Area 7:30 p.m., Estelline/Hendricks at Elkton-Lake Benton Girls Basketball    6 p.m., Pipestone Area at Blue Eart...

BENSON — Former Pipestone-Jasper High School wrestler Dustin Darveaux is set to be inducted into the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association David Bartelma Hall of Fame. The induction class features athletes Josh McLay, Werner Family and Darvea...

The Pipestone Area Schools winter cheerleading group performs at home boys and girls basketball games. Here’s the group. Front row (from left), Abbi Haack, Stephanie Arellano Campos and Valencia Murphy. Second row, Ericka Vivanco, Amelia Homand...

MARSHALL — Even though this sports editor couldn’t be there in person, I sure was dadgum proud to see a special student-athlete reach the pinnacle Saturday. Sara Jones (neé Graf) was officially inducted into the Southwest Minnesota State Univer...

There will be a public hearing on firearms use during deer season at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24. The event will take place in the Pipestone County Courthouse Commissioners Room. The event was originally scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 3; but, it was m...

The Pipestone Parks and Recreation Department has a batting cage located in the blue building at the Pipestone County Fairgrounds. The physical address for the fairgrounds is 10th Avenue SE. To use the batting cage, a key is available at the Ew...

INFORMATION REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CALENDAR Thursday, Jan. 29 Boys Basketball    7:15 p.m., Southwest Minnesota Christian at Murray County Central 7:15 p.m., Edgerton Public at Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 7:30 p.m., Pipestone Area at Madison,...

REGIONAL SCOREBOARD High Schools Monday, Jan. 12 Boys Basketball Edgerton Public 96, Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda 51 Southwest Minnesota Christian 74, Westbrook/Walnut Grove 61 Girls Basketball Pipestone Area 57, Edgerton Public 35 Dell Rapids-St. ...

Jackson County Central’s post play was simply too much for Pipestone Area Schools in Big South Conference boys basketball action Tuesday, Jan. 13. Sullivan Hall stands 6-foot-10 as the Huskies’ center. Weston Rowe is a bulky 6-foot-7 power forw...

WHITE, S.D. — Elkton-Lake Benton junior guard Joseph Nibbe has become a dynamic force. Nibbe tossed in 24 points on 10-of-11 field goals and 4-of-5 from the free-throw line, helping the Elks to an 81-62 victory over Sioux Falls Lutheran at the ...

JACKSON — Pipestone Area Schools’ junior wrestler Mason Fruechte reached another milestone during a triangular on Thursday, Jan. 15. Fruechte recorded a 20-2 technical fall over Drake Engelby from Blue Earth Area, giving Mason his 75th career v...

INFORMATION BOWLING SCORES From Bole-Mor Lanes Jan. 14-15, 2026 Pipestone Last Week Lynnette’s Ladies Standings Gutter Gals 4-0, American Legion 3-1, Rock Lobsters 3-1, B&B RV Service 2-2, Dolls w/Balls 2-2, The Bowling Stones 1-3, JBS 1-3,...