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St. James Golf Course and Rivers Edge Bar and Grill named 2022 Business of the Year
Annually the chamber members vote for the Business of the Year, for 2022 they voted St. James Gold Course and Rivers Edge Bar and Grill as the Business of the Year.
Community Calendar
Thursday: Friends of the Library Book Sale Friday: Friends of the Library Book Sale Saturday: Friends of the Library Book Sale Sunday: District 840 Cash for Kids Online Auction ends Tuesday: 12- 1 p.m. Rotary Club Saturday 4/8: 10 a.m. Women of Today Easter Egg Hunt Weekend Movie: Champions Events for the Watonwan County Library 3/30 @ 5:00-7:00 pm: Knitting and Crocheting in St. James All ages and abilities can come and learn how to knit and crochet with help from Tessa & Teri 4/3-4/11: Peep Diorama Contest in St. James & Madelia Libraries Anyone can create a Peep diorama and enter it into our contest! Create your diorama at home between 4/3-4/8. Then bring it to either the St. James or Madelia Branch library to be displayed. Voting will take place 4/10 & 4/11 with winners announced on 4/13!
St. James Eggshell concludes season at Regionals
The Senior High Knowledge Bowl Regional Meet in Mankato was postponed from Thursday, March 16, to Monday, March 20, due to inclement weather. The St. James Eggshell team concluded their season, placing 9th in Class AA at the Regional meet with 93 points.
Blood drive at Presbyterian Church April 13-14
Many people want to give back to the community but may not have a lot of time to volunteer. In only about an hour, volunteer blood donors can help save lives and feel instant gratification.
Artist of the Week
Artist Name: Radley Suess Grade 1 Parents: Jessica and Corey Suess What is your favorite medium in art?: paint stix Favorite color?: Red Favorite work of art created?: Claude Monet Flowers What do you want to be when you grow up?: artist
New Life in Spring
If you’ve seen any ads – like any ads, pretty much for anything – you’ve started to see the theme of spring pop up. And in ads, spring is this neatly definable thing: pastel colors; new life; animals running around.
CHURCH SCHEDULES
Albion Lutheran Church LCMC Pastor Robert Springer 507-3755044, 10454 250th Ave, St. James Sunday - 9 a.m.
Community Survey results are in
St. James City Council held its meeting on Tuesday, March 21. The meeting started with a public hearing for the St. James City Charter, Joe McCabe addressed the council and those in attendance about the process the council used in addressing the target changes. McCabe said they reviewed the current charter, held to community meetings, they visited with the City Manager and City Clerk-Treasurer. Changes are made based on staff recommendations, and current procedures and policies. McCabe and the committee recommend the committee meets in five years and then again in 10 years.
Watonwan County 4-H Dairy Project Bowl Regional Champions!
The Watonwan County 4-H Senior Dairy Project Bowl team competed at regionals in Redwood Falls on Saturday March, 18th. They walked away as regional champions and will be headed to the State Competition on April 15th.