announcements

CGAA looking for basketball coaches The Cottage Grove Athletic Association is now accepting applications for those seeking to coach a 2013-2014 traveling basketball team. Volunteer coaches will be selected from those who interview during the open coaches interview period. A coaches...

Second-annual 3-on-3 basketball league at Park High School The Cottage Grove Athletic Association, in association with Midwest 3-on-3, will be hosting the second-annual 3-on-3 Basketball League this fall at the Park High School Activity Center. The league will run five Sunday evenings...

Park High School Athletic Awards Night May 29 Park High School will host its annual Athletic Awards Night at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, in the Park High School cafeteria. This year's guest speaker is Steve DuVal, a 1986 graduate of Park High School and a Park Hall of Fame Inductee...

Wolfpack basketball Skills Challenge 2013 Whether it's your first time picking up the "rock," or you're a fully seasoned varsity star, the Wolfpack Skills Challenge is the off-season program for all Wolfpack basketball players to improve shooting and ball handling skills. Players...

Standing Strong 5K Run/Walk May 18 Oltman and Cottage Grove middle schools are launching the first-annual Standing Strong 5K Run/Walk to be held on Saturday, May 18, at Kingston Park in Cottage Grove. The event is a fundraiser to support anti-bullying programming in the community....

East Ridge girls lacrosse Youth Night rescheduled for Wednesday, May 1 The East Ridge High School girls lacrosse team rescheduled its Youth Night for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, at the Raptors Nest Stadium. All youth lacrosse players are invited to attend the varsity game and pregame...

Tom Westling summer tennis lessons Tom Westling, a Professional Tennis Registry certified teaching pro, is offering tennis lesson for kids of all ages and abilities this summer at the East Ridge High School tennis courts. Session One beings June 11, Session Two starts July 9 and...

This weekend families can take a chance to ride on the Canadian Pacific Railway's Holiday Train, see "Beauty and the Beast" at East Ridge High School or "West Side Story" at New Life Academy. The 2010 Holiday Train committee is hosting a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m....

At the top of the list of things to do this weekend in south Washington County is the November Scout drive for the Friends in Need Food Shelf in St. Paul Park, Gentle Saturday at Cottage Grove Middle School and stories from the home front during war time as told to the South Washington...

Logan and Courtney Beckman's first child was due Oct. 8, but they were well aware that their child's birth date could end up 10/10/10. The Prior Lake couple arrived at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury Saturday afternoon. Courtney pushed for about 50 minutes Sunday morning and delivered...

Longtime Cottage Grove residents Glen and Lorraine Brown will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary at an open house hosted by their children on Saturday, Sept. 18. The couple was married on Sept. 23, 1950, in Goodhue. Glen, a farmer his entire life, served on the Cottage Grove...

Ingrid Johnsen and Tony Haas were married on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, in Tofte, Minn. Ingrid is the daughter of Peter and Jane Johnsen of Woodbury and Tony is the son of Mark and Dawn Haas of Cottage Grove. The couple lives in Columbus, Ohio.

Kay and John Schwebach of St. Paul Park announce the birth of Jack Charles Schwebach on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury. Jack weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 20 1/2 inches in length. He is the first grandchild for both sets of grandparents. They...

Chris and Sarah Fuller of Cottage Grove announce the birth of their daughter Amanda Jeanne who was born on Monday, March 22, at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury. Amanda weighed 8 pounds, 5.4 ounces, and measured 21 inches long. She was welcomed home by her big sister Katie Jayne, 2,...

Kevin and Amy King of Cottage Grove announce the birth of Ava Anna King. She was born on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, weighing 7 pounds, 10 ounces, and measuring 19 inches long. Ava was welcomed home by her sister, Kiley, and her brother, Adam. Her grandparents are Bud and Brenda...