Ostrander News

Water levels in Austin's three major tributaries - ' Cedar River, Turtle Creek and Dobbins Creek - ' are at flood stage and expected to rise, according to Police Chief Paul Philipp, who said that severe storms ...

The Mower County Highway Department had sent four crews to assess damage to bridges and county highways after about a half-foot of rain fell over the course of Saturday and Sunday, leading to road closures ...

Having pastored a church in Howard Lake, Minn., a few years ago, the front page article and photograph in the May 30 edition of the Star Tribune newspaper jumped out.

A graduate of Rushford High School, daughter of a school cook, and one of a family of school boosters, Shari Michel long returned home each weekend to visit family and attend school events.

Issue date: 5/28/08 Section: Campus News A Minnesota State student who was preparing to transfer to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls died last week from injuries received in a May 21 car accident.

We've learned one of the young men hurt in an accident in Ostrander has lost his life.

A car crash in Fillmore County lands five people in the hospital. It happened around 2am in Ostrander.

Five people ages 19 to 21 were injured early this morning near Ostrander when their car left the road and crashed into a tree.

While Southland Public Schools prepares to bring in a new superintendent, LeRoy-Ostrander Public Schools is feeling the domino effects of losing two of its employees -- one of them to the Southland position.

Issue date: 4/29/08 Section: Campus News About 100 students gathered in Ostrander Auditorium Monday night for the Urban Culture Club's 2nd Annual Open Mic Night and Talent Show. via Minnesota State University, Mankato, ...

“With 'A Good Man is Hard to Find,' it was the first time I realized the kind of power the author had on their material”

Issue date: 4/17/08 Section: Good Thunder Reading Series Fiction writer Leigh Allison Wilson finishes Minnesota State spring semester Good Thunder Series today. via Minnesota State University, Mankato, ...

“What I love about Toilet Training is the way it incorporates perspectives of real people's lives in dealing with our current sex-segregated restrooms”

Issue date: 4/17/08 Section: Campus News This month has been dubbed GaYpril by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Center. via Minnesota State University, Mankato, ...

“It's pushing gender to the extremes.”

Issue date: 4/8/08 Section: Student Life The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Center is holding the Spring Gender Bender Drag Show 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom. via Minnesota State University, Mankato, ...

“He ended up hiking quite a ways in his shorts and tennis shoes, in waist-high snow”

Issue date: 3/27/08 Section: News Bits Minnesota - Minnesota State's annual Africa Night will be 6:30 p.m. Saturday as part of the International Center's semester-long series "Focus on Ghana." The event, ... via Minnesota State University, Mankato, ...

“It's good to learn from someone who has that sort of knowledge”

Next week, students will get to ask everything they ever wanted to know about Islam but were too afraid to ask. via Minnesota State University, Mankato, ...

The flight from Mankato to Magadan, Russia would take almost 20 hours. The straight-line distance between the two cities is about 4,500 miles. via The Mankato Free Press

“I fully expect to end up somewhere I didn't plan to go.”

Issue date: 3/25/08 Section: Good Thunder Reading Series For any artist growing up, certain interests are credited as first sparking the flame of passion. via Minnesota State University, Mankato, ...

“I'm hoping the students who think it's not a problem come and say that. No matter what you think, we're being affected by it”

Issue date: 3/18/08 Section: Campus News Posters and flyers on binge drinking abound in the hallways at Minnesota State, reflecting a widespread perception of the university outside the walls as well. via Minnesota State University, Mankato, ...

“You don't always have those opportunities.”

Issue date: 2/28/08 Section: Good Thunder Reading Series Authors from around the country come to Minnesota State for the Good Thunder Reading Series, but today three MSU faculty members will partake in the ... via Minnesota State University, Mankato, ...

Thursday update: Pat LeVasseur and Ryan Madson, as well as Dassel-Cokato senior Tony Larson are two wins from a Class AA state individual title. via Hutchinson Leader - Newspaper and onl...