Albany Economics Challenge team brings home the hardware

For the second year in a row, the Albany Economics Challenge team placed first at the state competition. For the full story read next week's Enterprise.

Congratulations!!!

Holdingford hires new elementary principal

Holdingford Elementary School now has a new principal to replace Mark Messman, who accepted the superintendent position in Eden Valley-Watkins.
The new principal, Jim Stang, was offered and accepted the position Friday.
"I'm confident that Jim's qualifications and experience in the classroom will be a great fit for Holdingford Elementary," said Holdingford superintendent Eric Williams on Friday.

For the complete story see next week's Enterprise.

Concertina Kid

Emily got to go see Nathan's Old Time band practice Sunday afternoon. Watch the video below to see them perform Hupai Siupai and look in this week's Enterprise to read their story!

Car runs into Holdingford school bus

Icy road conditions this morning caused a car driven by a Royalton man to skid into the back of a Holdingford school bus.
The accident happened on Nature Road in Two Rivers Township at 7:14 a.m.
Fifteen children were on the bus at the time of the crash, none were injured.
According to Holdingford Superintendent Eric Williams, the bus was stopped and picking up students when it was rear-ended by the car.
The driver of the car, Jordan Wentland, 21, was taken to the hospital by a private party.
The Morrison County Sheriff's Department responded to the scene.
Check www.albanyenterprise.com for more details.

Holdingford has new fire chief

The City of Holdingford has a new fire chief for the first time in 19 years. The new fire chief, Keith Hommerding, was sworn in at last night's council meeting in Holdingford. Read more about this story in next week's Enterprise!

Sixth-grader wins Holdingford Spelling Bee

A sixth-grader took all at the Holdingford Spelling Bee Wednesday. The Enterprise was there for the exciting 13 rounds. To see who won, check out The Enterprise on Wednesday!

Holdingford seventh-grader Rachael Brinker made it to the final three at the spelling bee Wednesday.

Holy Family sixth-graders Skype with Russian students

Sixth-graders at Holy Family Skype with students from Russia every Tuesday. They discuss anything from agriculture to professional sports.

Look for the complete story in the Feb. 1 Enterprsie.

Princess Kay visits Avon Elementary

Mary Zahurones, the 2011 Princess Kay of the Milky Way, along with princesses Leah Middendorf and Kirsten Meier, visited Avon Elementary this morning to teach students about where dairy products come from.
Students were attentive as the three spoke about their experiences growing up on a dairy farm and received dairy products at the end of their presentation.
Read the whole story in the Jan. 11 edition of The Enterprise!

Above, Princess Kay, Mary Zahurones, takes questions from a group of third- and fourth-graders at Avon Elementary this morning.                                                                     PHOTO BY MARK KLAPHAKE