
Artist of the Week
First grader Virginia Ramos Mejia is Northside's Artist of the Week. Parents Micaela Mejia Perez & Jose Hernandez Gomez What is your favorite medium in Art? I love to color.

Willie Curry places 3rd at Pine Island Tournament
St. James finished 2-1 in a high school wrestling quadrangular in Slayton last Thursday.

St. James wins home-and-home series against Waseca
St. James’ 63-51 high school boy’s basketball home victory against Waseca last Friday -- played with coach Spencer Monson in COVID-19 protocol -- was special on several fronts.

Saints took on two tough competitors
St. James Girls Basketball traveled to Waseca on Friday for their one game last week. The game started with the Saints getting off to a big lead in the first with a score of 35-16. This was after a moment of them trailing 20-12.

Saints gymnastics team fight on with injury and illness
Saints gymnasts have a had a busy last few days. On Thursday January 13th the girls had a rough night falling to Waseca's 128.425 team total to SJA's 98.225. Same situation for the JV team with Waseca scoring 114.1 to SJA's 50.75. The Saint's team line up was short due to a few injuries and illnesses. Other things also came up through the night that had the team at a disadvantage. They kept their heads high and smiles on their faces though, and put their focus into the next meet.

Dry January
So, January is many things, but I think the word most people use to describe it is “long”. Yes, technically it’s tied for the longest month of the year with others but I’d like to see any other month look hard and long into the cold, grey eyes of January and see who blinks first.
Watonwan County Humane Society rose sale
The Watonwan County Humane Society is holding its annual rose sale fundraiser. Bunches of multi color roses will be sold for $20 a dozen.

Lookout and be careful when driving
Winter this year has been on that has given us a lot of crazy weather, especially over the weekends. I feel like mother nature loves to give out the bad weather when the weekend comes, it has happened twice this winter.

Lowell Duane Koch
ST. JAMES - Lowell Duane Koch otherwise known as “Stub” , age 87, of St.

Lillian Warnemunde
ST. JAMES - Lillian Warnemunde, age 97, of St.