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Miss Winthrop Candidates Addison Henningson, Ellison Fitzpatrick, Kailynn Hubred, Lara Stegeman, Madeline Meitner, Miley Odegard The 40th Anniversary of Grackle Days will begin on Friday and last throughout the weekend. The free Grackle breakfast will kick things off at 6 a.m. GuideCraft USA will be the host this year and the event will feature exhibits, door…

The wet weather may have forced the Lafayette Easter Egg Hunt indoors, but it didn’t stop the kids from having fun Saturday. About a hundred kids—and lots of parents, grandparents, and other family members—piled into the fire hall for the annual Lions egg hunt. The Easter Bunny—as played by Conner Portner—was there, too, and encouraged…

Final touches are being done at Clear Lake south of Gibbon as the restocking of the lake has begun. On April 1, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources harvested pre-spawn perch in Ortonville which were released into Clear Lake. In about a week, another release of perch will take place. Next month, the plan is to…

Blazin’ West 4-H hosted an Easter Event with 2BCONTINUED dancing stars Daryl & Marilee Peterson on Saturday, April 4th, at the Gibbon Community Center. Families enjoyed egg hunts, games, painting, dyeing eggs and baby animals. Photos by Maggie Buettner\ For more photos, check out the April 8 issue of the Winthrop News.

by Michael Mattison Time has flown by for Miss Winthrop Desirae Schmidt. She will be crowning a new Miss Winthrop next week. “Seeing the royalty all of my life, I thought it was so cool to be up there with the shiny crowns and everything,” Desi said. “Once I got older I started to realize…

GFW hosted Jam and Gym, a Tim Orth Foundation event, on Friday evening. Clockwise from top left: The Dunk Team entertained the crowd with flips and tricks. For more photos of the event, check out the April 1 issue of the Winthrop News.

GFW students and staff were able to attend the Trig Star Competition 2026 on March 13 at SCC Mankato. Front row, from left to right: Silvana Ruiz, Kjerssa Jasinski, Addison Henningson, Lara Stegeman, Lucio Munoz, Brayden Miller, Oscar Gomez and Kalli Aden. Back row: Back row: Mr. Dela Cruz, Maria Soto Garcia, Keyden Buboltz, Matthew…

GFW Pioneer Express FFA chapter members Edan Messerli and Carson Lee are state finalist for proficiency awards. They have been selected as a state finalist in their proficiency area. Their proficiency award application notes their record-keeping and experience in their supervised agricultural experience (SAE). FFA members have SAEs to demonstrate skills and concepts learned in the…

by Michael Mattison Winthrop has a new beauty salon in town. Shania Rose opened up Hometown Stylist in October. She is located at 701 North Hennepin Street. Hometown Stylist provides mens, womens and childrens hair cuts, perms, eye lashes and waxings. “I was that girl in school that always did everyone’s hair,” Shania said. “I…