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Mark Hvidsten

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Hvidsten lives in New Prague, where he loves the small-town suburban life. He has two college-age daughters, one at St. Scholastica in Duluth and one at New York University, and a son in middle school. If you can't find him at the office in Minneapolis, you likely will find him with a camera at a high school sporting event.

Latest from Mark Hvidsten

High Schools

Park Center tops Totino-Grace in battle of No. 1 teams in 4A, 3A boys basketball

The Pirates didn't shoot particularly well, but their defense led to many baskets and JJ Ware made big three-pointers to compensate.
January 13, 2023
Galleries
October 25, 2017
High Schools

New Prague archer Callie Schroeder takes happy place to nationals

New Prague archer Callie Schroeder has found a happy place, and a state championship.
April 9, 2014
Callie Schroeder, a ninth-grader at New Prague High School, is the 2014 NASP (National Archery in the Schools Program) Minnesota state champion. Her score of 294 out of a possible 300, a personal best, was the highest among the more than 1,100 boys and girls grades 4-12 at the state tournament in Champlin in March. Photo by Mark Hvidsten
Migration Catchall

An old soldier takes on the ghosts of his war

In retelling his experiences with an intelligence and reconnaissance platoon during World War II, the author finally nurses his wounded conscience.
January 16, 2009
Unknown Soldiers by Joseph Garland