K-W Knights · All year
Band
Concert, pep and marching band. Under Claire Larson the band was selected to represent the district at the Minnesota Music Educators Association convention; the department has taken superior ratings at state contest, was a Grammy Signature School semifinalist in 2015, and tours abroad every other year.
2025–26
Who runs it
Source: the district’s 2025–26 activities directory, kw.k12.mn.us. Bound has no staff listed for this activity yet, so these names are from last year and may have changed — the office will confirm. Reach any coach or advisor through the middle and high school office, 507-789-6186, or the activities director, Jake Wieme, 507-789-7001.
Schedules and tickets
Following the season
K-W Knights athleticsThe district's athletics site: schedules, scores and tickets
Calendar on BoundEvery K-W event, with and without practices
Daily announcementsPractice changes and call-outs, from the school office
All activitiesThe other eighteen teams and activities
Kenyon-Wanamingo's fine arts and academic activities compete under the same MSHSL calendar as its sports, with section and state events in the winter and spring.
From the district
Photographs
Photographs and captions posted by Kenyon-Wanamingo Public Schools to its own live feed, archived here October 1, 2026 so they outlast the feed.
Our report
Where it stands
Owen Dailey teaches band. Under his predecessor Claire Larson the band was selected to represent Kenyon-Wanamingo at the Minnesota Music Educators Association's Midwinter Convention, the state's main gathering of music teachers — an invitation small schools rarely get; John Greene, a former Minnesota Music Educator of the Year, and composers Shirley Mier and Daniel Kallman worked with the group. Students have been selected for Minnesota All-State ensembles, and Gopher Conference all-conference honours go to K-W players most years.
In the local press
- Band to represent Kenyon-Wanamingo at statewide music conferenceThe Kenyon Leader
- Kyllo and Van Epps selected for Minnesota All-State music ensemblesThe Kenyon Leader
- Kevin's Kenyon updates: one-act, winter play, band update and moreThe Kenyon Leader
- Play, band, blizzards and lettersThe Kenyon Leader
Headlines and links only; the articles belong to their publishers. Compiled October 1, 2026 from The Kenyon Leader and the other Southern Minn papers, the Post Bulletin, KTTC, the Wanamingo Messenger and the MSHSL.
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