Congrats to the Whippet girls basketball team for winning the GICC holiday tournament championship by beating a good Sandy Creek team! Also to the Whippet boys team for claiming Runner Up falling to GICC tonight. Both teams represented Minden well! GO WHIPPETS!!
The boys basketball team comes up with a huge win against St Pats 54-52! We will play for the holiday tournament championship tomorrow at 7:30 in the south gym. GO WHIPPETS!!
The Lady Whippets basketball team defeated St Pats 48-25 in the first round of the GICC tournament. They will play at 6pm tomorrow in the south gym for the tournament championship!
Curious about wrestling and want an opportunity to check it out? Mark your calendar for our FREE beginner girls wrestling camp on January 5th at 6pm. Come learn from high school coaches and wrestlers and ask any questions you may have about the program from club to college. We hope to see you there!
Here are a few more top tens
Finally got some time to update our top 10 record boards from our testing in late October/early November. We have posted some pretty impressive numbers so far this year.
Whippets close out the first half of the season with an undefeated day
https://sites.google.com/mindenwhippets.org/mindengirlswrestling/news/2025-2026-news/whippets-close-out-the-first-half-of-the-season-with-an-undefeated-day-2
https://sites.google.com/mindenwhippets.org/mindengirlswrestling/news/2025-2026-news/whippets-close-out-the-first-half-of-the-season-with-an-undefeated-day-2
Click below to join us LIVE for the Minden High School Band and Choir Concert beginning at 7:00 pm!
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The stages are set and the music department is ready to host you tonight for dinner and a show! Come out from 5:30-6:30PM for the free will donation soup supper and stick around for a fantastic concert afterwards. All funds from the soup supper and silent auction come back to the band and choir programs.
The Minden girls wrestling team is in action at the Flatwater Fracas at the Heartland Events Center in GI!! They will wrestle today and tomorrow throughout the day. GO WHIPPETS!!
Congratulations to our December Whippets of the Month! These students were selected by our staff based on the criteria of academic performance, character, and behavior. Students receive a certificate and Pizza Hut gift certificate. Great job everyone!
The students include:
4th- Sheridan Eshleman, Allison Talbert, Brody Carver
5th- Lucas Carey, Andrew Myers, Katerina Koch, Jace VanPool, Dax Sloggett, Diego de Loera Frias
6th- Caydence Hofstetter, Alex Castro
7th- Lane Aspegren
8th- Mason Schwenka, Bryson Carver
The students include:
4th- Sheridan Eshleman, Allison Talbert, Brody Carver
5th- Lucas Carey, Andrew Myers, Katerina Koch, Jace VanPool, Dax Sloggett, Diego de Loera Frias
6th- Caydence Hofstetter, Alex Castro
7th- Lane Aspegren
8th- Mason Schwenka, Bryson Carver
The boys wrestling team is at home tonight hosting Gothenburg and Aurora. The Whippets won the first dual against Gothenburg and will take on Aurora at approximately 7:30pm!
The Minden Schools Foundation surprised Mrs. Olson and our kindergarten team, Mrs. Boudreau, Mrs. Woldt, and Mrs. Miller, with classroom grants. The grants will be used to purchase a new dramatic play center for kindergarten students and sensory tables for our school library. We are thankful for the Minden Schools Foundation and everyone who supports their cause!
Members of the high school FFA donated a book barn to our East library along with thirty agriculture books. They also delivered coloring books donated by the Kearney and Franklin County corn board. Thank you to Mrs. Oertle and the FFA members!
Tis the season to give and this week some members of the FFA chapter visited the library at East Elementary to donate a Minden FFA Book Barn. With donations from the National FFA, Kearney and Franklin Co. Farm Bureau, and the Kearney and Franklin Co. Corn Growers we were able donate the bookshelf and 31 agriculture related books and 58 Corn Kernel Activity Books. We are excited for the current students and future students at East Elementary to learn about agriculture!
BINGO NIGHT DONATIONS NEEDED
for JANUARY 5th from 5-6 pm.
Please drop off donations at the CLJMS office anytime before the date.
for JANUARY 5th from 5-6 pm.
Please drop off donations at the CLJMS office anytime before the date.
MHS musicians have been hard at work preparing for the final concert of the semester! All are welcome for the free will donation soup supper in the MHS Commons from 5:30-6:40PM and the concert to follow. Come hear some small groups as well as the band, jazz band, choir, and singing club on Friday, December 19th.
Today Kirk Ramsey, President of Minden Public Schools Foundation, presented two middle school teachers with grants from the foundation. Teachers across the district had the opportunity to apply for grants that could be applied to the needs of their classroom. Congratulations Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Gray!!
A great win for the Whippet boys basketball team tonight against Central City! Next up Elm Creek on Thursday. Go Whippets!!
