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Justin Popp, owner of Skull Craft, a Royalton-based outdoor business specializing in European-style big game and wildlife mounts, stands inside the entry of his shop during an Oct. 22 visit. Popp earned the “Most Outdoor” distinction as a 2010 Sauk Rapids-Rice High School graduate; 15 years later, he has improved upon that yearbook superlative.

European wildlife mounts feature cleaned skulls

‘Beetle biz’ owner masters unusual preservation

LPN Megan Martini (from left) offers Halloween candy to Memphis and Remi Theede, of St. Cloud, during the Oct. 24 Ridgeview Place Assisted Living & Memory Care trunk-or-treat event in Sauk Rapids. Staff and residents hosted the event.

Costumed community fun involves staff, facility residents

Trunk-or-treat greets Ridgeview Place visitors

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Weekly Slapshot

Saturday, Oct. 24 Granite City Lumberjacks 5, Minnesota Moose 3 GCL 1 3 1-5 MIN 1 2 0-3 First period : 2. Coltin Wassengeso (Eli Tiernan, Micah Saxon) …

Wolves have lost defensive identity

The start of the 2025-26 NBA season has not gone well for the Minnesota Timberwolves. After advancing to the Western Conference finals in each of the past two seasons, expectations were rightfully …

Storm volleyball players Caroline Zasoski (from left), Alayna Booth, Emma Sundby, Kennadee Otteson, Molly Warzecha, Jordan Dilley, Peyton Welch and Aubrey Wolfe cheer on their teammates during the Section 8AAA semifinals against Fergus Falls Oct. 28 at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School in Sauk Rapids. The Storm improved to 24-2 win the win.

Smooth start

The first two rounds of the Section 8AAA volleyball playoffs saw a Sauk Rapids-Rice team in no mood to waste time. A business-like and tight-knit squad that also makes a point of having fun in …

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