geography

‘Decoding the Driftless’ to be broadcast on public television

Feb 17, 2021

A documentary about the unique geography of the Driftless Region will air on the public television station TPT Life at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 21. The driftless area, which includes Lake City, comprises parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois that escaped glaciation during the last ice...

Lane qualifies for second straight state geography bee

Mar 11, 2020

Carter Lane learned recently that he was going to the state geography bee on March 27. On March 6 he learned that he wasn’t going, and neither was anyone else. Organizers had decided to cancel the in-person bee because of the coronavirus outbreak and instead hold it remotely. It’s the eighth...

Roberson qualifies for state geography bee

Mar 28, 2018

Lincoln High School eighth grade student Luke Roberson will compete at the state geography bee April 6 in Mankato. Roberson won the school bee and had one of the top 100 scores on a written test to earn a berth in the state bee. Roberson said geography has been an interest ever since he was young...

Roberson is new geographic bee champion

Feb 7, 2018

Lincoln High School’s 2018 national Geographic Bee champion is eighth grader Luke Roberson (left) and the runner up is seventh grader Josh Siewert. The two competed in January among 10 seventh and eighth grade students on questions related to U.S. and world geography. Luke is awaiting final...

Mahn wins geography bee

Feb 2, 2017

Chrisjon Mahn is Lincoln High School’s 2017 National Geographic Bee Champion. Molly Kennedy was runner-up. On Jan. 13, these eighth graders competed among 10 seventh and eighth graders on questions related to U.S. and world geography. Chrisjon is awaiting final results from the State Bee qualifying...