
August 29, 2021
Above: Sophomore Mariah McCabe gets low for a serve receive.
Coming back from a double-digit deficit, the Clipper B-Squad volleyball girls took game one and then neve...

August 28, 2021
Above: Kayla Zimmerman and Micah Peterson racked up National Honor Society service hours serving food at the “Thresher’s Kitchen.”
The 48th annual Le Sueur County Pioneer Pow...

August 27, 2021
For Abby Pinke , becoming a teacher was a step in a healing process.
“After recovering from a brain surgery about six years ago, I went back to school and pursued education. I...

August 26, 2021
Above: Zoe Porter on the serve receive during one of the seven scrimmages Cleveland played in its new gym on Tuesday.
Clipper volleyball wrapped up its pre-season yesterd...

August 26, 2021
For new first-grade teacher Clara Wieser , teaching at Cleveland this year is sort of a homecoming.
“During my time in college I did one of my field experiences in Cleveland, ...

August 25, 2021
This week, the Cleveland Public School – Athletic Department was presented with a $3,000 check from the Cleveland Open Golf Tournament which took place on August 10, 2021! We wou...

August 24, 2021
With the hiring of K-6 music education teacher Lacee Johnson , Cleveland elementary students will once again have a formal music program starting this fall.
It will be the fir...

August 23, 2021
We are gearing up for another exciting year. Yes, there were challenges last year, and there will be challenges again this year; however, we are committed to providing all of our...

August 22, 2021
In a category where they not only have to show off their projects but themselves too, Cleveland kids continued to shine in Le Sueur County fair 4H livestock showmanship competitio...

August 20, 2021
It’s not simply a few minutes escorting an animal around the show ring and then taking home a blue ribbon.
It takes long, tedious hours in the barn or pasture, feeding, washing...

August 18, 2021
Dear Parents and Guardians,
The Cleveland School District is committed to having all PK-12 students return to in-person learning for the 2021-22 school year. We will...

August 6, 2021
Above: Cleveland band director Erik Hermanson points out keys to sixth grader Anika Sathoff while her classmate Kayla Hoffmann works on her flute skills.
For some budding Cli...

July 31, 2021
Above: Jackson Meyer bounces over tackling dummies in a running drill.
First the heat index kept the Clippers’ annual football camp inside.
Then it was the air quality. ...

July 28, 2021
While the boys basketball scrimmage on Monday was meant to prepare the Clippers for the upcoming season, it was also an opportunity for athletic director Rich Kern and company t...

July 26, 2021
Above: Allie Anderson tags out a St. Clair runner trying to steal home.
U10 softball (grades three and four) finished their season on Tuesday with a game against visiting S...

July 26, 2021
Above: Lexi Wobbrock palms a grounder.
With no games scheduled in 2020, this was the first summer softball season for not only the first graders but second graders too.
...

July 22, 2021
Above, shortstop Elijah Sullivan makes a putout throw to first. Sullivan is the only 2021 senior who played in the tournament but was still only 17 at the time.
The first ...

July 5, 2021
Despite mid 90s temperatures, Elysian was the place to be for many as the city celebrated Independence Day on Sunday with a grand parade in the afternoon and events before and aft...

July 1, 2021
Above: Shortstop Hunter Plafcan fields a grounder as a Quad City runner sprints by.
Jumping out to an 8-0 lead in the first, it was rocket’s red glare for visiting Quad Cit...

June 29, 2021
Sometime around 10,000 years ago, as the last of the glaciers that had advanced and retreated across Southern Minnesota was melting away, an ancestor of the modern bison, Bison o...