Something Wicked This Way Comes: Maple River graduate launches career as a horror author. Since the days of telling ghost stories around the camp fire, storytellers have reveled in producing goosebumps, and 2005 Maple River graduate Amanda (Schubbe) Ruzsa has turned that love of being frightened into a diverse career in the horror genre. After being a life-long fan of horror stories, Ruzsa had jumped feet-first into being a horror author with 19 titles that range from poetry

The concept of “love” has many definitions in life, but in the game of tennis, the word “love” has a very specific meaning: nothing,...

When a juvenile bird leaves the nest, it has to be pretty confident before taking the leap or else pay the price. For students at Maple...

No more pencils. No more books. And the only dirty looks from teachers will be if you forget your chromebook at home. The modern...

“A Little Too Gretchen” For generations, Star Wars has resonated with viewers because of its universal themes, especially the idea of a...

Serteen Celebrates 25 Years Having a student show up late to a Serteen meeting rarely distracts adviser Jim Swanson, but when dozens of...

This video essay will look back on Dale Massop's state wrestling championship in 1985

It’s a Good Day to Be An Adult and an Eagle Note: As a teacher, you’re often irrationally proud of Little Johnny’s accomplishments since...

Maple River Cheer performed at halftime this past January. When a whistle blows or a buzzer sounds, it’s usually the signal for a break...

Miss Bonnie Lass celebrated its 60th Year thanks to participants who began caretakers of the program. An Overview of 60 Years of Miss...

Athletic Trainer Allison Montag serves Maple River Athletes For folks at the Daily Planet, most of them were completely unaware of Clark...

"If you build it, he will (mow)" For the past two decades, Jay Byram has been working behind the scenes of Maple River schools with a...

"It's a Great Day to be an Adult and an Eagle" (Note: The legend of Ned Shuck’s work ethic began in the late 90s when he put in endless...

An inside look at the local museum in Mapleton.

"It's a Great Day to Be an Adult and an Eagle" Note: During class, Connor Grunzke was always ‘on’ but directing his focus was pretty...

Laureen and Maureen arrived at Maple River together--married local and stayed local--and for more than a decade, taught together at Maple...

The Maple River drama club will be performing the play Beetlejuice  for the public on November, 7, 8 and 9 at 7 p.m. with a special...

2001: Joe Obermeyer "It’s a Good Day to Be an Adult and an Eagle." (Note: Due to circumstances that were beyond my control, I had most of...

Student Council learns leadership through planning activities. Following all the excitement and pageantry of homecoming week, the student...

Lewis and Moore represented Maple River on the National Stage. As an "Old Guy" covering youth sports, my inner cynic observes a student’s...