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Published January 25, 2013, 12:00 AM

January 25, 2013

Photos from the January 25, 2013 edition of the Echo Press


The look on senior captain Jack Wensman’s face told the story on Tuesday night as he skated toward his bench with Little Falls celebrating in the background after a Flyer’s goal that made it 5-0 in the second period. Little Falls upped its record to 5-0 against Section 6A opponents and to 13-3 overall with its win at the Runestone Community Center. (Eric Morken, Echo Press)

  • The look on senior captain Jack Wensman’s face told the story on Tuesday night as he skated toward his bench with Little Falls celebrating in the background after a Flyer’s goal that made it 5-0 in the second period. Little Falls upped its record to 5-0 against Section 6A opponents and to 13-3 overall with its win at the Runestone Community Center. (Eric Morken, Echo Press)
  • Junior forward Matt Resch followed through on a shot during the first period on Tuesday night. Flyers’ senior goaltender Michael Stumpf stopped that shot and 24 others to earn the shutout. (Eric Morken, Echo Press)
  • Dylan Kriese split his matches during the Alexandria triangular Tuesday, defeating Gregg Ross from Little Falls by a pin, but falling to Brian Mass of Bemidji on a 10-6 decision. The Cardinal wrestlers split their matches against a pair of the top teams in the section. (Lori Mork, Echo Press)
  • Sophomore guard James Huisman brought the ball up against Ortonville earlier this season. Huisman scored five important points and grabbed eight rebounds to help the Chargers upend Battle Lake. (Eric Morken, Echo Press)
  • Osakis’ Ryan Engfer (top) won three of his four matches this past week as the Silverstreak wrestlers won all three matches in the Osakis home duals last Friday, then fell to Paynesville Tuesday night. (Lori Mork, Echo Press)
  • The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has gotten a facelift, beginning with the building’s entrance. (Echo Press photo by Crystal Dey)
  • Jail Administrator Jackie Notch and dispatcher Donna Roemmich pointed out the benefits of new equipment in the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center during Tuesday’s open house. (Echo Press photo by Crystal Dey)
  • (Contributed by Sharon Pedersen)
  • Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton unveiled his tax and spend plan for the next two years on Tuesday. His plan mixes spending cuts and increases, along with tax cuts and increases. (Photo by Don Davis, Forum News Service)
  • The 2012 annual Ice Fishing Challenge brought out 3,264 participants hoping to win the $20,000 top prize. (File photo)
  • (Left to right) Mikko Cowdery, Anne O’Flynn and Bruce Kelly will bring their Irish music to the Evansville Art Center in Evansville on Friday, February 1 at 7 p.m. (Contributed photo)
  • Historian Minnie Osterholt cooked bean soup over a woodstove in the kitchen of the historic Knute Nelson house in Alexandria. The Douglas County Historical Society will host its “Bean Soup Lunch with Knute” on February 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Nelson Gables in Alexandria. (Contributed photo)
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