Community Calendar

Friday: Earth Day; 8 a.m. Meet new owner breakfast Hometown Restaurant; 5:30 p.m.

Local author shares his stories in new book

From growing up in the small southern Minnesota town of Morristown, working at his father’s grocery store and locker plant and attending Mankato State college for is degree in Recreation and Park Administration. And more recently worked in the senior housing field as a VP of Operations. Tom Goeritz , now residing in St. James, has added being an author to his list of accomplishments.

Butterfield-Odin announces Students of the Month

Elementary Students of the Month Back row left to right: David Perez Ambrocio, Veyda Haler, Afina Ortiz, Kendra Miranda Rosario. Front row left to right: Jhonatan Ambrocio Perez and Ronaldo Garcia-Hernandez. Not Pictured: Brody Fisch. Tiffany Sandbo

Artist of the Week

This week’s Artist of the Week is Northside Elementary’s Ryder Norland ,Grade 4. Parents Emily and Dan What is your favorite medium in Art? Colored Pencils Favorite Color? Teal What is your favorite art that you have created? Bat Complementary Watercolor What do you want to be when you grow up? YouTuber / Gamer .

Benefit event for Erika Rodriguez

All are welcome to attend a benefit event on Sunday, May 1 from 11am-2pm at the St. James American Legion hosted by friends of Erika Rodriguez. Erika has lived in St. James for 12 years. She and her husband have 3 children. She is past member of Convivencia-Hispana, an active member of Uniting Cultures, and a volunteer at the Watonwan County Food Shelf.

Shirley Coleman is Library System’s new Director

Having worked at the Watonwan County Library in St. James since before there was Internet, Shirley Coleman has been with the library for decades. During her career she has been able to work her way up to being the Assistant Director of the Watonwan County Library system. in the decades Coleman has been with the library love of her job has not changed and is something that makes what she does for the patrons of the library all the more worth it. Being the point of contact for a lot of people on a daily basis is one of the things that she said she loved.

Boys track has winning meet

After the cold weather last Tuesday canceled their home track meet the Saints track team traveled to Mankato for the Buc Indoor Invite on Thursday to make up for it. Top boy finishers: 55 meter Anthony Sletta tied for 3rd (7.1) 200 meter Freddy Garcia 5th (26.8) 400 Noah Anderson 1st (55.9), Fabian Herrera 4th (59.1) 800 meter Marco Crispin 2nd (2:20.8), Levi Miest 3rd (2:22.6).

Spring is here

What is a better way to kick off spring then to go to a few home sports teams games. After baseball and track had to cancel their events last week, this week was the first week Saints had a home game for the season.

Artist of the Week

This week’s Artist of the Week is Northside Elementary’s first grader Jonas Sturm. Parents: Jake and Katy Sturm Favorite instrument: Conga Drums What do you want to be when you grow up? Professional YouTuber Favorite part of music class: Games .