Five Nordic skiers – three of them from Sartell – are now in Biwabik, competing at the state level after winning individual placements at the Section 8 meet Feb. 7 at Callaway.

All five are members of the male and female joint St. Cloud Cathedral/ Sartell Nordic ski teams.

The Sartell High School skiers who qualified for state are Josh Hill, Andrea Franz and Anna Lindstrom. The Cathedral High School qualifiers are Greta Danielson and Kyle Sovada.

Injured woman still in critical condition- a Sartell woman remains in critical condition in the St. Cloud Hospital after being struck by a vehicle while walking her dog Feb. 9. Karla Pallansch, 38, was injured at 6:36 a.m. on that morning while walking along the 400 block of 1st Street NE in Sartell.

This May, 14-year-old Michael Heim will be feted in the nation’s capital and just may come home as a $5,000 winner.

The son of Daniel and Sue Heim of Sartell, Heim – a Sartell Middle School student -– was recently named one of 102 winners of the “Prudential Spirit of Community” award. There are two winners chosen from each state (one from junior or middle school, one from senior high school), plus two from the District of Columbia.

On April 28, 2010, Kurt and Kathy Robbins brought their daughter, Arianna, to confirmation practice at St. Boniface Church in Cold Spring.When they returned home – Kurt driving the car – they stopped at the garage. Opening the garage door with the remote opener, Kathy saw son Jonathon standing inside the garage, but in a split second she thought it was odd because he was standing in such a strange posture. Within another split second Kathy heard her husband cry out: “Jonathon! No!!”