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Junior Legion Baseball: Alexandria Black races ahead Alexandria Red for third place at Bernie Classic
11+ hour, 24+ min ago (516+ words) ALEXANDRIA — Before their final regular-season game of the junior Legion baseball season, both the Alexandria junior Legion programs met at the Bernie Classic on Sunday, July 13. The two teams played in the third-place game, with Alexandria Black besting Alexandria Red…...
Junior Legion Baseball: Alexandria Black rides pitching and timely hitting to sweep of Cold Spring
1+ week, 5+ day ago (757+ words) ALEXANDRIA — The Alexandria Junior Legion Black baseball team leaned on pitching and timely offense to sweep Cold Spring Post 6915 on Tuesday, June 30. Alexandria opened the doubleheader with a 1-0 win before taking the second game 6-1 in five innings. The opener turned into…...
Goal of Food Services director is to position Alexandria School District as a leader in healthy school meals
2+ week, 6+ day ago (704+ words) ALEXANDRIA — Over the past several years, school lunches have changed. Students’ trays used to be filled with rectangle-shaped pizza, canned fruit and veggies, milk and maybe some kind of processed snack. But nowadays, those trays look much different with fresh…...
Alexandria Community Christian School celebrates its Class of 2026
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (103+ words) Alexandria Community Christian School celebrated not only the seniors who graduated this year, but also those in kindergarten, 6th grade and 8th grade. Seniors Caitlen Baker and Sandra Cordes... Alexandria Community Christian School celebrates its Class of 2026 Commencement took place May 22 at…...
Area section golf results for May 28: Alexandria, West Central Area girls claims section team titles
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (291+ words) Here are the final results of the section golf tournaments featuring Alexandria-area teams on Thursday, May 28. All members of the section team champions qualify for the state tournament, along with the six highest-finishing individuals not on the winning team. The…...
Girls Golf: Alexandria puts together strong round to lead Section 8AAA tournament after Day 1
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (422+ words) SAUK CENTRE — A strong opening day has Alexandria girls golf in position to advance to the Class AAA state tournament on Wednesday, May 27. The Cardinals fired a cumulative score of 309 to finish the first round of the girls Section 8AAA tournament…...
Stoeck to perform at Saturday Art Market this weekend in Alexandria
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (159+ words) ALEXANDRIA — Alexandria guitarist, folk singer and songwriter Ben Stoeck will perform at the Saturday Art Market on May 30. Stoeck has been playing and performing on numerous stages and bands around the country for over 15 years. He has opened for acts…...
Bonds will help pay for Alexandria's new $7M water tower
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1185+ words) ALEXANDRIA — What's that thing under construction along County 82 in west Alexandria? A missile, a rocket, a weather station? Nope, it will be Alexandria's largest water tower. The city will be using general obligation bonds to finance the new $6,975,000 tower. At…...
Alexandria sales tax request stalls in Legislature
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (421+ words) ALEXANDRIA — A plan to use a local sales tax to help pay for a third arena at the PrimeWest Health Runestone Community Center is not going to happen this fall. In the final days of the 2026 session, the State Legislature…...
Alexandria man sentenced for felony child torture
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (217+ words) ALEXANDRIA — An Alexandria man has been convicted of felony child torture. Parker William Johnson, 28, was sentenced for the crime earlier this month in Douglas County District Court. Three other charges against Johnson were dismissed. According to court documents, he will…...