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The North Branch U10 team accepted a $1,000 donation from ShopKo for the North Branch traveling baseball program last week. The kids got all decked out in their uniforms to accept the check at the store in North Branch on Friday, June 12. On hand to accept the check were, front row (l-r) Aric Steele and Daniel Scarborough. Second row, Newell Fisk, Nick Pilz, Tennie Jacobson, Kyle Ketchmark, Michael Pilz, Kody Strohmeyer and Brandon Steffensen. In the back row is ShopKo store manager Jaye Kruckeberg and the team's head coach Larry Steffensen.

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