A high school administrator died last Sunday at Flushing Hospital Medical Center from H1N1, or Swine Flu. Mitchell Wiener, 55, was sick for nearly a week with the virus after students came back from spring break. According to USA Today, the outbreak in New York started three weeks ago when students returned from vacations in Mexico to a Catholic school in Queens. The school was closed immediately due to the risk of infection. Several other…

     On Saturday, May 16 the Bison Track and Field team hosted the Bison Youth meet. It was a fund raiser for the year to come and it was very successful. Kindergarten through sixth grade kids attended the meet in a variety of events. The meet ran the same way as a high school meet only with less kids and less events. There were only kids from the BHM school district and they competed against each…

Today seniors got a big surprise when they got their “Got to be me” books from 8th grade. What makes the these book so special, and what impact do they have on seniors? Eighth grade teacher Jan Heyerdahl,  who’s been doing this for 25 years, said ” It’s as successful as the students make them. They reap the rewards, and under it all they become better writers.” Natasha Leech who has only been doing this for four years…

May 28th the art show takes place in rooms F101 and F102, and a few steps away in front of the PAC a auction is going on. Biding starts at 7:45, and all profit goes to the benifit o VSA arts of Minnesota for more information about VSA check out thier website. They even mention Buffalo for all the donations over the many years (VSA.com.) The art department at Buffalo takes pride in the art…

Students in grades 7th – 12th (in fall of 2009) have the oppertunity to join the summer strength and conditiong program. Tory Hanson the main coordinator/coach says “100s’ of hours are spent to make sure the program runs smoothly. There will be 3 to 5 staff memembers at every session depending on the activtiy. We spend 7 to 8 hours here each day 4 days a week to make sure the students get the full…

Early this season the Bison Girl’s Varsity softball team struggled with five losses to good teams like Zimmerman , Becker, Spring Lake Park, Big Lake , and Shakopee. But after an eight game winning streak they quickly redeemed themselves and are now tied for first in the conference along with St. Micheal/Albertville and Becker. Hoping to knock them out of the race for first, Buffalo is scheduled to play their second game against St. Micheal/Albertville Friday May, 15.…

On Monday, May 11th, the Buffalo FFA Chapter held its yearly Officer Elections in the Ag Room, D105A. Twelve applications were accepted, and 10 new officers were elected, some replacing themselves. The newly elected President is Junior Jordan Pahl, and taking over his place as Vice President is Junior Tanner Bauman. Resuming her job as Secretary is Junior Leah Petersen, and Sophomore Melissa Neske is replacing herself as Reporter. Sophomore Allison Mustonen is Replacing Tanner…

The Bison adapted softball team now has a record of six wins and seven loses. On Tuesday May 12 the Buffalo Bison lost to the Osseo Orioles 11 to 16. The game started with the Orioles getting four runs in the first inning and the Bison having none. Once in the fourth inning the Bison caught up to the Orioles with a score of six Bison and 10 Orioles. Bison held in there tell the end and…

Third block ends and the seniors file into their locker bay area, some gathering items for their next class, however many are filing toward the parking lot. This year because of the budget cuts and the limited number of classes many of the seniors are allowed to leave at 12:30. Not all have been given this option though; many are forced to be in elective classses and are expected to pass them while many others get…

The set up of a court room, crowded the stage with seven perfect name cards accompanied by seven perfectly placed water bottles indication where each of the state’s Justices would assemble for the day. After prolonged moments of silently waiting, the Marshall crosses the floor, bangs her gavel and demanded, “All rise for the Justices of the Supreme Court of Minnesota.” Immediately, more than 850 members of the audience obeyed as the seven Supreme Court…