Surreal time for the seniors

Ava Kallop dawned the purple and gold Hawks logo on her swim cap six years ago, then a seventh grader. That’s more than 40 Metro West Conference duals, five Maroon and Gold Invitationals, and a host of other meets including…

Letter: A few people to thank

In last week’s column (“Brought together by a love of baseball”), I failed to mention a few important thank you’s related to the Minnesota State Amateur Baseball Tournament.

Commentary: Exploring our Swedish roots

I had the privilege of traveling to Sweden for two weeks in August with my sister and three first cousins. Our purpose was to dig deeper into our Swedish ancestry and explore the homeland of our great-grandfather, Sven Johansson, who…