The Central Minnesota Arts Board awarded the Sauk Rapids-Rice Hillside Adult Education the amount of $3,500 to allow artist Laura Ruprecht to have her own on-site studio at Hillside from January-May. Ruprecht will work weekly with adults earning art or elective credit toward a high school diploma while creating a body of work for an exhibition in May.
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The Storm’n Sabres varsity hockey team beat Rocori-River Lakes 2-1 in their Dec. 15 match-up. The Storm’n Sabres found themselves down 1-0 just 31 seconds into the first period but were able to tie the score when Alexa Paulson tipped in a Megan Cook shot for a power-play goal midway through the period. On their 45th shot of the night, with just 27 seconds remaining in overtime, Cook found the back of the net off a feed from Bria Ferns for the game winner. Madi DeMarais stopped 16 of 17 shots for the win.