Pipestone County Star

Separation agreement approved for administrative assistant Pipestone Area Schools (PAS) Board members approved a separation agreement with former middle school/high school administrative assistant Kathryn Baker. Baker signed a resignation letter dated July 28 and will be paid for August, September and October. School Board member Daphne Liknes made a motion during consideration of the consent agenda that the School Board enter a cl...

Separation agreement approved for administrative assistant Pipestone Area Schools (PAS) Board members approved a separation agreement with former middle school/high school administrative assistant Kathryn Baker. Baker signed a resignation letter dated July 28 and will be paid for August, September and October. School Board member Daphne Liknes made a motion during consideration of the consent agenda that the School Board enter a cl...

Utility service locators have been painting and flagging yards all over Pipestone this summer. They’ve been followed by fiber optic internet service installers who have dug up boulevards and left piles of dirt and weeds growing where grass used to be. They’ve also left behind green plastic boxes, known as pedestals. One was placed in the boulevard in front of my house. Two others were added on my side of the block to th...

As we prepare to start the new school year, we know there will be a great deal of activity at the schools. On any typical school morning at the Pipestone Area Schools, the parking lot starts filling before the first bell rings. A bus pulls in. Parents drop off their children. Teachers walk through the doors carrying coffee, lesson plans, student work and the hopes they have for their students. Inside, students are engaged in learni...

All Pipestone Area Schools activities information will now be found on a mobile application and website called BOUND.  “It was a decision made by (Big South) conference schools,” PAS activities director Rick Zollner said of the switch made last spring.    Zollner said slowly, but surely, most of the activities conferences in Minnesota are transitioning to BOUND.  What’s more, the Red Rock Confe...

The Pipestone Area Schools’ girls tennis team began practices on Monday, Aug. 17. Eight days later, the Arrows were thrust upon the 2026 regular season with matches at MACCRAY (Clara City) and Yellow Medicine East in Granite Falls.  Three seniors will serve as leaders in state qualifier Jasmine Boeke plus Aleryn Brinkmeyer and Iva Witte.  Boeke played both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles with now-graduated partner V...

The 2026 Minnesota/Dakota Slowpitch Softball League wrapped up play on Tuesday, Aug. 18 in Lake Benton, with the Anacondas coming out on top. The Anacondas, seeded second in the postseason tournament, defeated No. 1 seed Lake Benton Bar, 19-13. The Anacondas also defeated Lake Benton Bar II that night, which pushed them to the championship game. Here’s the team (from left to right), Jonah Johnson, Hayden Gravley, Jack Christi...

The Pipestone Area Schools and 4-H shooting sports program are seeking youth interested in joining the trap team.  Interested youth must register on the school’s new Bound application. The Arrows compete in the Minnesota High School Clay Target League.  This fall, the squad will participate in the 4-H state shoot conducted by the University of Minnesota.  For information, email Robert Faber: rkfaber7@gmail.com....

EDGERTON — Southwest Minnesota Christian school will have soccer day on Saturday, Aug. 29.  The Eagles will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the school’s only state Class A soccer title.  The day will begin with a soccer camp for fourth- through sixth-graders from 8:30-10 a.m. — a scrimmage will follow at 10 a.m. The alumni scrimmage will be from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Hot dogs will be served at 12:45 ...

The Pipestone Parks & Recreation Department is offering fitness classes Monday though Friday.  No membership is required; everyone is welcome to participate in these sessions.  At 5:30 a.m. Mondays, instructor Danielle Bauman will teach a class called total body toning. This is a group workout using light weights, resistance bands and bodyweight exercises to shape major muscle groups.  Instructor Theresa Draper o...

Pipestone Area Schools sophomore student Jack Goelz competed at the Minnesota State High School Rodeo Association meet in Pine River Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 22-23. Goelz participated in both the team roping and tie-down roping events. During the team roping contest, Goelz served as a heeler while Weston Feist of Jordan was the header. This marked the second straight week a Pipestone student competed at an association meet, with K...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is planning three highway projects in Pipestone County over the next several years. MnDOT District 8 Planning Director Megan DeSchepper presented those plans to the Pipestone County Commissioners during their Aug. 11 meeting. The first project planned in Pipestone County is an unbonded concrete overlay resurfacing of U.S. Highway 75 from Hwy. 30 to County State Aid Highway 9 in 202...

INFORMATION CALENDAR Thursday, Aug. 27 Girls Tennis  1 p.m., Montevideo at Pipestone Area (Paulsen Athletic Complex) 4 p.m., Lac qui Parle Valley at Pipestone Area (Paulsen Athletic Complex)  Boys Soccer  4:30 p.m., New Ulm at Southwest Minnesota Christian (Edgerton)   Cross Country  1 p.m., Elkton-Lake Benton at John Collignon Invitational (Madison Golf & Country Club/South Dakota) Volleyball  7:1...

The Pipestone Country Club conducted club championships across seven divisions on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 15-16.  And the overall men’s and women’s winners remained the same from 2025 — so those cushy parking spots will be unchanged.  PCC board of directors secretary Carrie Radloff reported 104 golfers participated in the event. “It was a great turnout,” Radloff added. “We also had a ...

INFORMATION SOFTBALL  Minn-Dakota Slowpitch Standings  Through Monday, Aug. 17 Team             Record Lake Benton Bar     16-0 Anacondas 14-2 Lake Benton Bar II 10-4 The Starfish   7-7 D&T’s Meat Market 7-9 Sluggers 7-9 Alcobolics   4-12 Staci’s Bar     3-13 Dirty Dairymen   2-14 Schedule   Tuesday, Aug. 18 Semifinals (All games in Lake...

Necessity is the mother of invention.  That proverb perfectly describes why Pipestone-based Parlay Pack has become such a hit with golfers in a short amount of time. Parlay Pack owner Wade Newgard said he created this “premium” all-in-one golf travel system — alongside his wife, Megan — because it was difficult to carry luggage through airports.  “I couldn’t find anything to fix the pro...

Oh, so quirky. The Pipestone Area Schools football team opened practices this past Monday, Aug. 17. Monday is one of the few days during the week the Arrows won’t play on this season.  PAS opens the 2026 regular season with a home game versus Redwood Valley on Thursday, Sept. 3. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Paulsen Field. Head coach Scott Boomgaarden said the game will be “competitive.”  “Redwood V...

Landon Quist has returned to the Pipestone Area Schools football program as a volunteer coach. The Pipestone Area Schools board approved Quist at its Monday, July 27, meeting.  PAS head coach Scott Boomgaarden reported Quist will serve as both a quarterbacks and defensive backs coach.  “I asked him if he was looking for help,” Quist said in a telephone interview with the Pipestone County Star Monday. “I ...

On Aug. 4, Dave Boucher retired from the Pipestone Fire Department after 30 years of service. Boucher joined the Fire Department in August of 1995 at the age of 24. He and his wife, Jill, had moved from St. Cloud to Pipestone a few years earlier when he took a job with the city of Pipestone. Being new to town, Boucher didn’t know many people, but he knew some of the guys in the Fire Department and he knew the Department was a...