2022 Gridiron Season Wraps Up With Playoff Trip to Pipestone
The St. James Area Saints earned the #7 seed for the Section 3AA playoffs and traveled to Pipestone on October 25th, returning after losing 30-0 to the #2 seed Arrows. After ending a long losing streak with a shutout over Wabasso, SJA will look towards building continued success while Pipestone plays in the Section championship against JCC after a semifinal win over MVL.
St. James Area Tennis Reaches State Consolation Championship
The 2022 season ended with an impressive 24-5 record for the SJA Saints, narrowly missing out on an upset of Breck in the opening round. SJA opened the consolation round with a 5-2 victory over Staples- Motley before bowing out to Pine City in a 5-2 decision to earn 6th place at the State Championships.
Back in Time: Moon Night Madness in Downtown St. James
Barb Holmgren In November 50 years ago the merchants in St. James set aside the hours from 5 p.m.
Watonwan County Fair
In July of 2023 the Watonwan County Fair will be celebrating it’s 144th year. The fair board is made up of men & women who work hard to have the best and biggest Annual Watonwan County get together.
FFA is back at Butterfield-Odin
Butterfield-Odin has brought FFA back to its school. For years Butterfield-Odin was partnered with St. James for FFA, but with the partnership ending at the end of last year this left the students in Butterfield without an opportunity to have AG classes.
Martins fly back south
Mary Lou Oldenburg’s Purple Martin Palace which is across from Sunset Drive had another great year in St. James.
No Greater Sacrifice, No Service Too Small
We are moving towards Veterans Day, even if the weather seems to be moving the other way. The weather tends to be part of daily conversations but talking about sacrifices by our veterans and their families should stretch far beyond November 11th.
Halloween fun
Kids in St. James had a lot of opportunities to celebrate the candy filled holiday of Halloween.
Ruth Schmillen
Ruth Schmillen, 105, of St. James passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2022, at Good Samaritan Society Pleasant View in St.
Kevin James Bigaouette
Jay John Jaskulke BUTTERFIELD - Jay John Jaskulke, 68, of Butterfield, formerly of Fairmont, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2022. A service for Jay will be held 2 p.m.