Category Archives: Community News

Atsma Enjoying Full Time Teaching

By Jill Fennema – Jennifer Atsma has lived in the area for the past two years, but she just started teaching at Edgerton Public School. Jennifer is teaching English to 8th and 9th graders as well as senior speech and

Passing On Love For Art

By Jill Fennema – Alexia Sonnek is the new art teacher at Edgerton Pubic School. She will teach various art classes to students in grades 7 through 12. Alexia is the oldest of seven children. She is originally from La

Vis is history teacher at SWC

By Jill Fennema – Collin Vis is the new history teacher at Southwest MN Christian High School. In addition to U.S. history, world history, and government, he teaches New Testament Bible class to freshmen students. This is Collin’s third year

Madetzke Helps Students “See” Math

By Jill Fennema – Ashley (Bloemendaal) Madetzke is teaching 7th and 8th grade math at Edgerton Public School. She is also teaching two college classes – pre-calculus and algebra. Ashley grew up in Pipestone. Her parents are Mike and Leann

Cornerstones of Edgerton – From Bowling Shoes To Spreading The News

A history of the building located at 804 Main Street, by Mike Drooger – The building on Edgerton’s Main Street that is now home to the Edgerton Enterprise, On the Farm, Main Street Printers, and Edgerton Electric, got its humble

Parmer Enjoys Helping Students

Caleb John (CJ) Parmer is the new high school English teacher at Southwest MN Christian. He has three English classes (seniors, juniors, and freshmen) he is teaching this fall and next spring he will also be teaching high school speech.

Helping Students Find Spark

By Jill Fennema – Hiedi Lambrecht is the new band teacher at Edgerton Public School. This is her first year teaching. She completed her student-teaching at Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton this past spring. That school is located in Janesville, which is about 20

Buys Teaching 1st grade

By Jill Fennema – Leah Buys has been hired to teach first grade at Southwest Minnesota Christian Elementary School. Leah is a 2017 graduate of SWC. This will be her first teaching position. Her parents are Wendel and Helene Buys

Edgebrook Staff Receive Scholarships

Edgebrook Care Center is pleased to announce that 10 outstanding staff members received scholarships to continue their education. This year’s recipients are Austin Roskamp, Rylie Talsma, Bella Niemeyer, Madelyn Rozeboom, Mikayla Johnson, Meredith Kracht, Ashley Moss, Holly Vis, Craig Erickson

Drooger Hired at SWC

By Jill Fennema – One of the four new teachers at Southwest MN Christian Schools is a familiar face and name around Edgerton. Luke Drooger has been hired as the new math teacher. He will be teaching all of the