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Goodridge Elementary School Accelerated Reader challenge

02/09/2016

Goodridge Elementary School recently participated in an Accelerated Reader challenge. Grades competed against each other by reading books and taking a test on what they read. A total of 2,151.7 AR points was achieved! Celebrating the win, there was an afternoon of fun with ‘Minute To Win It’ games...

Grygla High School athlete sets new record by reaching 1000 kills and 1000 points

02/02/2016

Shantel Verbout, a Grygla High School Senior, has set a new record at her school. She is the first GHS athlete to hit 1,000 kills on the volleyball court, in addition to scoring over 1,000 points on the basketball court. Setting this goal for herself when she was just a 7th grader, Shantel proudly...

The winner of the Grygla Spelling Bee was Jared Haack. The alternate winner was Jamie Dougherty.

Haack moves on to the Regional Spelling Bee

02/02/2016

The Grygla School held a spelling bee last week on Wednesday, January 27th, at 1:30pm. Participants were students in grades 5-8. The winner was 7th grader, Jared Haack, son of Jeremy and Tonia Haack. The alternate winner was Jamie Dougherty. Jared will move on to the Regional Spelling Bee, which is...

L-R: MaKayla Vad, Trystan Jelle, Kelly Dougherty and Dustin Nelson make up Iron Chargers Team 4149C, who earned an invite to the Robotics World Championship.

Grygla Iron Chargers named 2016 VEX Robotics State Champions

02/02/2016

The Iron Chargers have earned an invitation to the VEX Robotics World Championships! They were named the 2016 VEX Robotics State Champions last weekend when they competed in the Dream It Do It Minnesota State VEX Robotics Competition that was held in St. Cloud January 23-24. Along with being named...

Chad and Tina Swanson. PHOTO BY: Janssen Photography, Fergus Falls, MN

Marshall County local leaders participate in Extension program

01/26/2016

Chad and Tina Swanson, of Argyle, are Marshall County’s representatives in the Red River Valley Emerging Leadership Program. Alumni of the program from the county nominated them to take part in the program because of their involvement in their community. Chad is a Partner and Crop Insurance Agent...

Team 4149C: Makayla Vad, Trystan Jelle, Dustin Nelson and Kelly Dougherty.

“We are one of the teams to beat!”

01/19/2016

Isaac Kvasager, Grygla Robotics Club Advisor, says, “I think it’s fair to say we are one of the teams to beat. There are several teams from the metro area that we have been scouting, but have not yet played against. They will be very competitive at the state competition. We have a lot going for us...

The Goodridge Elementary School teamed up with School Mall to raise money for their AR (Accelerated Reader) store at school. With the help of parents, family, friends and community members, the students raised $675 for the AR store and over $750 for individual classrooms.

Funds raised for the Accelerated Reader store

01/19/2016

Pictured with Daniel is his uncle Godfrey Friedt, who attended the championship game in Frisco. Godfrey was cheering for the Bison as a proud uncle, a proud fan and a proud NDSU alumnus!

Daniel Polansky is a part of college football history

01/12/2016

The Bison earned a place in the college football history books with their fifth straight FCS title, and Gatzke native, Daniel Polansky, is a part of it all. Daniel, son of Gary and Laurie Polansky, is a redshirt sophomore on the North Dakota State University football team. As part of the Bison...