Sartell students Jonathon Oleson, Jarret Janu, Austin Grundhofer, Alex Bertsch and Rory Spanier (pictured here from left to right with team alternates Shawnda Houg, Faith Wannarka and Hali Peterson) placed second at the Regional Envirothon Competition and competed at the State Competition on May 16. The Sartell Middle School team placed first in the Region 2 Envirothon competition. The team was comprised of Ryan Evers, Ethan Neid, Connor Hacker, Brad Kalla and Tim Haas.
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Jake Lieberg (left) and Clare Minnerath were named the Sabre Booster Club’s Male and Female Athlete of the Year.
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Dr. Cody Wendlandt of Sartell was recently elected by his fellow residents to serve as chief resident of the University of Minnesota/St. Cloud Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program for the 2016-17 academic year. He will begin serving in this role July 1.
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The Sartell High School Boys Varsity Track and Field team finished first place at the True Team meet at Rocori High School.
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Seven Sartell High School students participated in the Region 8AA Visual Arts Contest. Kayley Isaacson and Bree Kreutzer received superior ratings and Alex Becker, Braeden Dykhuizen, Callie Grosz, Tyler Kadlec and McKenna Walker received excellent ratings.
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Williams offered county administrator position
The Stearns County Board of Commissioners directed county staff to offer the county administrator position to Mike Williams, who is currently the St. Cloud city administrator.
Williams has 30 years of combined administration experience. He worked for the city of St. Cloud for the last 13 years; he previously held positions in the city of Brookings, S.D.; Becker County, Minn.; the City of Perry, Iowa; and in the town of Easton, Maine. Williams has a doctorate in public policy and administration and a master’s in public administration.
The board directed staff to enter into discussions with Williams to negotiate his employment terms and conditions. Those employment conditions will be going before the board at a future County board meeting.
Williams will be replacing George Rindelaub, who retired as county administrator at the end of March.
