Area News
O’Neill retires from GFW
by Michael Mattison For the past 29 years, Sue O’Neill has been a fixture at GFW Schools. She has been a long-time member of the English staff and retired at the end of the 2025-2026 school year. O’Neill’s family moved to Winthrop when she was a freshmen. They moved here from Sleepy Eye. She graduated from…
Read MoreWater Tower bids received by Gibbon City Council
by Doug Hanson Bids for the water tower construction for the City of Gibbon came in a little lower than estimated. Maguire Iron, Inc. bid $1,889,000 for the project. The other two bids were for $2,090,880 and $2,259,000. ISG engineer Bryan Petzel stated that their estimate was $2,200,000. The bids were opened on May 28th…
Read MoreKlossner receives Sertoma Club of New Ulm’s 2026 Service to Mankind Award
by Amy Zents New Ulm Journal Ruth Klossner of Bernadotte received the Sertoma Club of New Ulm’s 2026 Service to Mankind Award on Monday at the New Ulm Country Club. The award is the highest honor the Sertoma Club awards. It recognizes outstanding volunteer service and contributions to the community. The annual banquet recognized Klossner…
Read MoreGFW School Board approves a few more reductions
by Doug Hanson The GFW School Board had a very short meeting on Monday, June 3rd, to discuss additional budget reductions that Superintendent Allen Berg was recommending. The Board had agreed to approximately $316,000 in reductions at the April meeting. At that time Berg stated he would look for another $60,000 in reductions. At the…
Read MoreGFW Graduation
GFW held its graduation on Saturday evening. The honor students gathered together before the ceremony. For more photos of GFW Graduation, check out the June 3 issue of the Winthrop News.
Read MoreHaas, Deming twins inducted into GFW Hall of Fame
The GFW Athletic Boosters inducted three new members into the GFW Hall of Fame on Wednesday evening—Jennifer Haas and Jon and Jeff Deming. Haas was the GFW Voltage dance team coach from 1996-2007 and Gibbon Just For Kix from 1996-2012. For the complete story on their accomplishements, check out the June 3 issue of the Winthrop News.
Read MoreTension high at Winthrop Council meeting
by Michael Mattison A heated exchange between a resident and the Winthrop City Council would eventually lead to the resident being escorted out of the meeting by law enforcement. As the first item on the agenda, the discussion was to center on three main topics—city spending, a condemned building and city police. Rand Honl began…
Read MoreGibbon Memorial Day
Carter Sabo, Miranda Grewe, and Mason Schmidt carried the flags for the game. For more photos, check out the June 3 issue of the Winthrop News.
Read MoreGFW NHS Induction
GFW High School inducted 12 new members into its National Honor Society chapter on Wednesday evening. Pictured are last year’s officer and the new current officers. For more photos of the NHS ceremony, check out the May 27 issue of the Winthrop News.s
Read MoreMemorial Day
The Winthrop Honor Guard held its annual Memorial Day program at Winthrop Cemetary on Monday morning. Don Adema and Ron Trebelhorn folded an American flag during the program. Photos from Gibbon’s Memorial Day will appear in next week’s edition of the Winthrop News. Photo by Michael Mattison For more photos of Winthrop’s Memorial Day program,…
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