Jessica Chavez wins St. James District 840 Spelling Bee

Twelve Northside 5th graders and St. James Middle School students took their spelling to the test against one another at the St. James Spelling Bee. Students, teachers and parents gathered in the Little Theater on Thursday, Jan 23 for the spelling bee.

All believers are qualified for ministry

I was not born in the church. (most of us weren’t!) What I mean is that I did not attend church as a child. My parents didn’t attend, so I did not attend until a friend asked me when I was 13 years old. For a couple of years I attended church with friends, not my family (they did eventually come and now, 30+ yrs later are faithful attenders!) When I was a sophomore in highschool I responded to an altar call at Bible camp and I spent my time praying about my future. It was there that I felt a very clear calling on my life to be in church ministry. HOW was what I needed to figure out.

Fiery Talk

First of all, if something is like fire you would think it would be fiery.

Event center welcomes Saintettes Extravaganza

Marking their 33rd year of producing the Extravaganza, the Saintettes enjoyed a change in location with the 2025 edition taking place at the St. James High School Event Center on January 18th. Part of a busy stretch for the team, the new surroundings led to a great night for all.

Girl grapplers participate in Pine Island

Forty teams and 330 wrestlers converged at Pine Island for the largest all-girls wrestling tournament in Minnesota on January 18th. St. James placed 32nd overall as a team with Fernanda Esqueda winning a championship and Nicole Martinez placing 2nd.

Lake Crystal trip nets 70-59 victory for GBB

Journey Swanson, Reese Malmgren, and Madelyn Malmgren all broke double figures in a non-conference road win at Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial on January 20th. Trailing by a point at halftime, the Saints used a late rally to triumph.

Saints move to 11-5 with win at St. Clair

St. James Area completed back-to-back road wins by defeating St. Clair 61-50 on January 21st. Madelyn Malmgren’s 16 points led SJA scoring, Reese Malmgren added 15, and Journey Swanson scored 14 points.

Wrestlers compete at Blue Earth Event and Wabasso tourney

St. James-Madelia wrestlers split matches at a triangular in Blue Earth on January 16th, beating Martin County West/Fairmont 38-35 and losing to Worthington 42-20. Pitted against thirteen opponents, SJM finished 9th at the Wabasso tourney on January 18th and four wrestlers reached the medal platform.