Josh Hagemeister may have just become famous for being chosen as an official fishing guide to Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith for the Minnesota Fishing Opener, but he’s already held in high esteem as a Tech High School graduate of 1989. Hagemeister started his fishing guide business in high school. Dreaming of always owning a guide … Read more
For police officer Greg Klinefelter, St. Cloud is in his blood. As a 1987 graduate of Apollo High School and St. Cloud State University graduate, the St. Cloud community is his home. Klinefelter looks back on Apollo with fond memories. “Back then, it was the modular system at Apollo, and it felt so different,” says … Read more
Apollo High School football coach Justin Skaalerud recently received the 2017 Community Service Award by the Minnesota Football Coaches Association for his work with athletes and community involvement. Skaalerud requires all of his football players (freshmen through seniors) to work a minimum of 25 hours in community volunteer service every year. In addition to the … Read more
“Can we go back to China?” asks Ameena Eyo, eighth-grade Chinese Immersion student at North Junior High School. Eighth-grade students from North and ninth-grade students from Apollo High School have just returned from a two-week educational trip to China and they are still abuzz from their experiences. The Apollo and North students who went on … Read more
Less than 1 percent of applicants taking the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) are able to earn a perfect score, and Tech High School graduate Tyler Benning just joined the privileged ranks. Benning wasn’t expecting to receive a perfect score. He’d been taking practice tests that were going well, “but not that well.” In fact, … Read more