You're invited to the Melrose American Legion, where the Melrose Lions Club will be serving a Ham & Eggs Breakfast, with delicious extras on Sunday, January 19, 2025! Food will be served from 8am to noon. Tickets are sold by Melrose Lions Club members. Enjoy good food & support our community!
Now is the time...to try something new!
Register for a Community Education class to learn, connect, move and more!
For more information and to register visit: https://isd740.ce.eleyo.com/
Attention high school juniors or seniors: You can win an all-expenses paid trip to Washington DC in June 2025! Stearns Electric is sending one high school student from each service territory to participate in the annual Rural Electric Youth Tour June 16-21, 2025. This contest is open to any current high school junior or senior whose family is a member of Stearns Electric Association. Applications must be submitted by 4pm on February 7, 2025. Learn more: https://www.stearnselectric.org/youth-tour/
Melrose Lady Dutchmen Basketball Team had a great time at the St. Cloud Cathedral Holiday Tournament, and went 2-1! Congratulations to Lex Vesel & Grace Herdering, who were selected for the all tournament team! Good luck to our Lady Dutchmen as they compete at Montevideo tonight! #DutchmenPride
Melrose Area Schools needs your input for our next superintendent! The deadline to complete the survey, linked below, is January 9. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SuptSearchMelroseArea
Melrose Area Chamber of Commerce needs help raising money for Melrose Area High School students at our annual scholarship fundraiser: Deuces Wild Dueling Pianos! Deuces Wild Dueling Pianos will be coming to the Freeport Community Center on Saturday, February 15th, 2025. Mark your calendar and grab your tickets now! Tickets are limited and are for sale until February 1st, 2025, for $50 at the Melrose branch of Freeport State Bank, Magnifi Financial and Modern Rose Salon OR online at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1116979849799?aff=oddtdtcreator
Your ticket includes: First come first serve seating with the exception of sponsors. Sponsors will have reserved seating. Doors open and Cash Bar available at 5:30pm. Chicken Dinner with all the fixing will be served at 6:00pm and the SHOW will start at 7:00pm.
Congratulations to the Knowledge Bowl Teams who competed at Buffalo on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025! There were 29 Varsity Teams and 12 JV Teams. The Dutchmen Varsity team of Eric Sundermann, Derick Rademacher, Lydia Prout, and Malachi Piche finished second. The other two Dutchmen Varsity Teams finished 14th and 24th. The Dutchmen JV Teams finished 10th and 11th. Nice job, Dutchmen!
Join us for Open Swim, Open Gym and Open Pickleball today!! Bring a friend & let's get moving! $2/Person or $5/Family - exact change is appreciated! Enter door 2.
Adults and students in grades 7+ are welcome to Open Gym tonight from 7-9pm! $2/Person or $5/Family. Exact change is appreciated! Enter door 2.
Do you have a New Years Resolution? Check out the upcoming Community Education Classes that may help you reach your goals. Register now so you don't miss out on these opportunities!
Pound: Unplugged
Water Aerobics
Beginner Yoga
AM Lap Swimming
Card Making with Amanda
American Red Cross: CPR/AED and First Aid
Beginner Macramé
And More!
https://isd740.ce.eleyo.com/
The Winter Community Education Brochure /Dutchmen Digest should have arrived in your mailbox this week. To view the brochure online or view the online catalog, visit: https://www.isd740.org/commed
#DutchmenPride
Melrose Area Schools has begun the search for a new Superintendent!
The School Board of Melrose Area Public Schools is conducting a search for its next superintendent, and input is now being requested. The deadline to complete the survey, linked below, is January 9.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SuptSearchMelroseArea
To view an information Q&A Summary regarding the Superintendent Search, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-AFtql1rvM
More information, including the hiring timeline, can be found on the district website: www.isd740.org/Superintendent
You're invited to the Red Cross Blood Drive at the Melrose American Legion from 12:30pm to 6:30pm on Wednesday, January 15, 2025! Please call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter 'Melrose' to schedule an appointment. You can also enter for a chance to win an exciting trip for you & a guest to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans! Includes travel, hotel, $1,000 gift card, pre-game activities & more! Terms apply. https://www.redcrossblood.org/local-homepage/events/super_bowl.html
Thank you to the Melrose Middle School Student Council for their hard work, raising money for the St. Nick Project! Their donation helped some kids have a very good holiday! #DutchmenPride
Melrose Area Schools wishes everyone a 'Happy New Year!' #DutchmenPride
REMINDER: The Superintendent Search Online Information Session is today, Monday, Dec 30, at 4:00 pm via Zoom. Please follow the link below to participate in the Zoom meeting.
This session will be recorded and available to view at a later date as well.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85889908465#success
Enjoy these art projects done by Melrose Area High School students! We have a lot of talent in our district! #DutchmenPride
Adults and students in grades 7+ are welcome to Open Gym tonight from 7-9pm! $2/Person or $5/Family. Exact change is appreciated! Enter door 2. (No Sunday Open Gym tomorrow.)
Best of Luck to our Boys Swimming & Diving Fusion Team as they compete in the Brainerd Invitational today! The meet begins at 10am, and Fusion will be in Lane 7. Here is the livestream link: https://www.youtube.com/@brainerdhighschoolvideopro222/streams
Join us for the Stearns County Polar Plunge on February 15th! This fundraiser, held at noon at Avon Beach in Avon, benefits Special Olympics, MN! Scan the QR code to get registered!
