Artist Name: Anevay Moriel Parents: Kathy and Jesus Moriel What is your favorite medium in art? colored pencils Favorite color? baby blue Favorite work of art created? dragon eye What do you want to be when you grow up? artist .

Come to the Watonwan Co. Fairgrounds this Saturday, April 8th, starting at 10 AM, for the Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Thanks to many wonderful donations from local businesses, the St. James Women of Today will host this event for children, ages 0 – 12. Pick up eggs, play games, face-painting offered, receive a gift-bag, and stay for the drawings for gift-baskets and more. Let’s hope for good weather! Make sure your children are dressed to be outside. See you Saturday!

Great River Energy, wholesale power provider to 27 member distribution cooperatives, is asking Minnesota communities to join the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and hundreds of co-ops across the U.S. in recognizing the work line technicians do for the communities they serve on April 10, 2023, Lineworker Appreciation Day.

Johnson’s Meat Market has been a part of downtown St. James for twenty years, owners Dustin and Nicole Johnson purchased the meat market back in 2003. This was not new to Dustin, he started working in a meat market when he was 15. After graduating high school he went to Pipestone Technical College for Meat Cutting/Sausage Making.

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.

St. James FFA hosted its banquet Saturday night to celebrate all the achievements and events the students had.