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Ray Olson celebrates his 100th birthday on Monday. He is a World War II veteran and a retired businessman. Faith and family are the most important to him in his century of life.

Ray Olson -- a WWI veteran and retired businessman -- celebrates his 100th birthday on Monday.

Ray Olson celebrates his 100th birthday on Monday. He is a World War II veteran and a retired businessman. Faith and family are the most important to him in his century of life.

Owen Hilke made history today in the Section 2AA Baseball Tournament. The Kenyon-Wanamingo senior threw the 6th no-hitter in Kenyon- Wanamingo school history.

Total Request LoCO: Last Requests Thank you to all of the artists who submitted locally-filmed (or produced) videos in the past few months. Due to a number of factors, including a recent drop in submissions and the world shifting toward normalcy, this will be the final “Total Request  LoCO.” Please continue to send in your videos, as we will still feature some in stand-alone articles.  LoCO looks forward to watching all of you perform and showcase your talents in person very soon (we hop...

Pine Island Takes Advantage of Kenyon-Wanamingo Errors The Pine Island Panthers defeated Kenyon-Wanamingo 7-3 Thursday thanks in large part to 6 Knights errors. The Panthers pounced to a 3-0 lead in the first inning when the Knights committed 3 of those errors.  Kenyon-Wanamingo pitcher junior Trevor Steberg should have been out of the inning in 13 pitches and no runs scored. Instead Steberg threw 23 pitches and Pine Island had a 3-0 lead.  The Panthers capitalized on three errors within the ...

Kenyon-Wanamingo, Z-M, Northfield All Section Wrestling Champs The Kenyon-Wanamingo Knights won the Section 2A wrestling title while Zumbrota-Mazeppa rolled over Grand Meadow/Leroy-Ostrander/Southland for the 1A crown Saturday.  Northfield was also the Section 1AAA Champion. With the State Tournament changes due to the COVID 19 pandemic teams didnt get a very long time to savor their Section titles. In Section 2A Guillotine #12 Class A ranked Kenyon-Wanamingo defeated Lean and Mean Blue Earth ...

Total Request LoCO: This Local Lo-Fi Duo Doesn’t Suck To submit a locally-filmed (or produced) video, upload it to YouTube and email the link to News@LostCoastOutpost.com with your name, a brief description of your work and “TRL” in the subject line. Please do not submit videos containing any form of violence, racism, illegal activity, pornographic material, bullying or harassment. Also, no advertisements or duplicated submissions please. “Dressed in Black” - Los Perdidos: A “field ...

Feb. 19, 1898: The Chattanooga Daily Times, with a dateline of Johnson City, reported on a fire at Buffalo Mountain. “The Buffalo mountains (sic) near this place have been on fire for two days and the citizens along the foot of the range have been exposed to damage by the fire raining down on them and consuming fencing and whatever else may be on the outskirts of their farms.” Feb. 19, 1914: Readers of the Nashville Banner read of infrastructure improvements taking place in Johnson Ci...

Neckties made global news last week when Maori MP, Rawiri Waititi, was ejected from the debating chamber of New Zealand Parliament. He refused to wear a tie, evocatively describing it as a “colonial noose”. In the intense debate that followed, ideas around acceptable business attire — long based on Western dress codes — were questioned against the expression of Indigenous cultural identity. Ties are now no longer required as part of men’s “appropriate business attire” in the NZ ...