spelling bee

Forty-three 5th through 8th grade central Minnesota students put their spelling skills to the test.

Two local students are moving on to the State Spelling Bee later this month.

There is plenty of Easter related things happening in central Minnesota this weekend your family will enjoy. You can go on an Easter egg hunt at the St. Cloud Country Club, check out the musical comedy Spelling Bee at Pioneer Place, see Justin Ploof and the Throwbacks, see how they make Maple Syrup at Wildwood Ranch, and see the Easter Bunny in Sauk Rapids. Read more in The Weekender!

There is lots to see and do this weekend in Central Minnesota you and your family will enjoy. You can check out the Argentina group Che Malambo at St. John's University, a musical comedy about a Spelling Bee at Pioneer Place, enjoy an Easter Egg Hunt at Grace United Methodist Church, and see arts and crafts at the St. Cloud Jaycees Craft show and the St. Cloud downtown Art Crawl. Read more in The Weekender!

A Foley girl and a Dassel-Cokato boy are the first place winners of this year's Regional Spelling Bee.

The St. Cloud area will be well represented after two local 8th graders advanced in this (Thursday) morning's Regional Spelling Bee. 8th Grader John Byun, from St. Cloud, took first place with the word Ravioli, while 8th grader Morgan Paulson of Sauk Rapids-Rice took 2nd place.

Sartell’s Gopi Ramanathan has made it to the finals of the National Geographic Bee.

I remember participating in the Spelling Bee when I was in school. I never went farther than the local level, but it was still fun. In all my years, I have never seen a kid ask for the word quite this many times.