By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor
The St. Charles area has numerous Amish construction crews, constantly busy with work for their fellow Amish, or their English (non-Amish) neighbors. ...
The last time the St. Charles 2nd graders visited Whitewater State Park for the maple syrup program, snow was still on the ground. When they returned to the park last Thursday, the landscape was...
By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor
Last Saturday, Pat Kasey of Rochester eagerly looked over the beds of plants at Yoder’s Country Greenhouse in rural St. Charles. This was her first time...
By Dakota Swenson, St. Charles Press Staff Writer
It’s been a rocky start to the 2018 spring season for all sports. Horrific weather has caused everything to be postponed for the first month of the...
By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor
As she was wheeled into the ‘chicken coop’ of Whitewater Health Services in St. Charles, Nina Higgins first questioned the name of the nursing home’s all-...
By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor
Dover-Eyota 2nd grader Maggie McLaughlin proved that there is no age limit to making a difference. Inspired by the #Give16 campaign of Minnesota Wild...
By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor
Last Saturday, a group of St. Charles Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, and their family members sacrificed their Saturday morning in order to...
By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor
“I came to writing not as a reader, but as a daydreamer,” said Allen Eskens last week at the St. Charles Public Library. As a student, his tendency to...
By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor
As a student at St. Charles High School, Keith Brogan had a very successful career in FFA. He served as his chapter’s president and in 1992, he was awarded...
By Jill Veerkamp, St. Charles Press Editor
“I can. We will.” This short, simple phrase is the 2017-18 theme for the National FFA Organization. With only four words, the phrase embodies the spirit...