Deputy Adam Johnson and Jax
Deputy Matt Mayers and Eddie
The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to introduce two new K-9 teams: Deputy Adam Johnson with Jax and Deputy Matt Mayers with Eddie. Jax and Eddie are certified narcotic detector dogs. Their breed is Shepherd Belgian Malinois, and they came from Czechoslovakia. Both dogs are between 1- to 2-years-old and will probably have a 6- to 9-year service life.
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Schneekloth-Scherbing
Rajahna Schneekloth and Jacob Scherbing, both of St. Cloud, announce their engagement.
Parents are Bruce Schneekloth and Newsleaders Publisher Janelle Von Pinnon of St. Cloud, and Bonnie and Glen Scherbing of Foley.
Schneekloth graduated in 2016 from St. Cloud State University with bachelor’s degrees in community psychology and music. She is employed at the Newsleaders of St. Joseph, Sartell-St. Stephen and Sauk Rapids-Rice. Scherbing attends SCSU, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in community psychology with a minor in psychology.
A June 17, 2017, wedding will be held at Molitor’s Quarry in Sauk Rapids.
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Members of the Sartell Area Youth Football Association’s sixth-grade team include the following: (front row, left to right): Ethan McClellan, Cole Hentges, Dylan Simones, Parker Knutson, Cullen Grahek, Anthony Mahowald, Jack Pederson and Charlie Symanietz; (second row) Reece LaVigne, Nathan Vosberg, Tory Lund, Andrew Muzik, Nolan Moore, Brendan Studer, Logan Legatt, Benjamin Fromelt, Brayden Riedeman, Nathan Sarff and Jacob Lance; (third row) Aiden Lang, Matthew Dietz, Cyril Homan, Holden Schwarzentraub, Rylen Paavola, Will Mahowald, Hunter Leinen, Kade Lewis, Kelechi Nwachukwu, Rudy Ruegemer and Alec Martins; and (back row) Coaches Craig Ruegemer, Alec Martins, David Sarff, Mark Vosberg, Kai Lewis, Jim Mahowald and David Mahowald.
The Sartell Area Youth Football Association’s sixth-grade team took part in the Big Lake “King of the Gridiron” Tournament over MEA weekend and came home with a trophy. It was an impressive football performance with wins of 20-7 and 36-0 on Saturday and a championship 14-0 win on Sunday. It was a fantastic way to wrap up their SAYFA careers.
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The following educators from the Sartell-St. Stephen School District were honored at the Leadership in Education Excellence event held Oct. 26 at the River’s Edge Convention Center: Mary Gruenes, Laura Nordby, Michele Rogers and Susan Symanietz. More than 500 people attended the event to honor 155 educators who were recognized with a plaque and certificate from the governor of Minnesota. The honorees were nominated by their school or district. To date, there have been 3,654 educators in the Central Minnesota region who have received this recognition.
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The Sartell High School Girls Varsity Volleyball team defeated Tech High School in a hard fought, five-game battle in front of a spirited Sabre crowd to continue their season. Offensively, the Sabres were led by senior Jaden Turner with 19 kills. Contributing to the offensive success were Sydney Dille (12), Lexie Winter (11), Miah Gessell (10), Ailsa Watson (5) and Maddie Schnettler (3). Defensive efforts were led by Winter with 11 digs, followed by Addy DeMaine (9), Watson (7), Chasee Boyd (5), Bre Hess (5) and Gessell (4). DeMaine passed a season and team high with a 2.76 out of a three-point scale. Aggressive serving was a huge contributor to the Sabre success; Sartell missed only four serves out of 108 attempts. Watson served up six aces followed by DeMaine (3), Boyd (1) and Dille (1).
