
Butterfield-Odin September Students of the Month
High School, 9th grade: Yoali Sanchez (on the left). Jr High, 8th grade: Kaylie Turcious Morales ( on right).

Artist of the Week
Its the first week of Artist of the Week for the 2022-23 school year. Fifth grader Anahi Ruiz-Morales is Northside Elementary’s Artist of the Week this week.
City of St. James City-Wide Clean Up Update
St. James, Minn., October 13, 2022 – The City of St. James hosted the city-wide clean-up event on Saturday, October 8, 2022. This event was free to the residents of St. James with the exception of appliances that contained freon.

St. James City Council Candidates
With election day approaching, on Tuesday, Nov. 8, the Plaindealer gave the candidates for St. James City Council the opportunity to provide information to the voters. They were asked why they want to serve on the City Council and to comment on the top two or three issues the council will be or should be dealing with in the next few years.
Joanne RaVaye (Alkire) Christman
Joanne RaVaye (Alkire) Christman, 89 years young, formerly of St. James, passed…

Robert Berndt
Robert Berndt, 68, of St. James passed away at his home on…

Injuries Hamper Saints Chances Against Tough TMB Squad
St. James Area hosted the Tracy-Milroy-Balaton for a Saturday afternoon tilt, dropping a 35-0 decision to the visiting Panthers. Injuries posed a challenge and younger players stepped up to provide reinforcement.


4-H Golden Gleaners have started a new year
The Golden Gleaners is the local 4-H club based in St. James, there are seven families enrolled in the club. The club is very active within their community, they put together May Baskets for residents within the nursing home, assisted living, and Homestead.
Individual Tennis Tournament Features Wins by SJA Entrants
With a Section 2A team championship in the books, Saints netters returned for the individual portion of the competition. Singles entrants were #1 seed Eva Romsdahl and Maya Kulseth, seeded #6, and doubles teams of Allison Bluedorn and Keyana Haler, also seeded #1, and the #6 seeded duo of Alexis Brekken and Mykela Hanson.