March 2022

Guests checked out silent auction items at the Healing Hearts Night at the Barn fundraiser at Lee-Mar Equine Center in rural Granite Falls. The event featured a silent auction, games and raffles, as well as a dinner, general raffle and live auction. Photo by Jessica Stolen-Jacobson

Our Montevideo Math Team has closed out a very successful season. During the season, Montevideo took home the top team score in Section 3A, which had 6 teams. Monte finished the season with 268 team points. New London-Spicer finished second with 246 points, while Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City finished 3rd with 227 points, MACCRAY had 145, BOLD 133, and Lakeview 84.

Flowers from the Heart was at the Wedding Fair with samples of dresses and flowers available in their downtown Montevideo location. Photo by Jessica Stolen Alyssa’s Baking Creations from Benson was on hand with a variety of wedding desserts, and edible favors for guests at the Wedding Fair to sample.

At Monday evening’s City Council meeting, Montevideo City Manager Robert Wolfington accepted a check from Mayor Erich Winter and his wife Jayme Winter. The check donated to the City for funds raised through this winter’s Mayor’s Gala was for $6,000 and will be used to revitalize Larson Park. Photo by Jessica Stolen-Jacobson

At the regular meeting of the Montevideo City Council, Police Officer Jason Deterling was introduced to the council by Police Chief Ken Schule. Deterling has been working for the Montevideo Police for the last three years. After Sergeant Steven Nagel left the Montevideo Police Department recently for employment closer to his wife, the Police Department went through the process of advertising and interviewing for the vacancy. Schule

On Monday, the Minnesota Valley Area Learning Center hosted a virtual reality experience in which students were able to get a taste of what various skilled trades jobs involve through the use of virtual reality headgear and a hands-on traveling truck that is set up for augmented reality experiences. The company working with the ALC is titled Big Ideas USA traveled from New Ulm for the day. Inside the truck, the students were able to wear virtual reality headsets, while also holding the tools of the trade, such as a paint sprayer. Inside of the classroom, students were able to wear headsets that had around 26 different skilled trade tasks that could be sampled through virtual reality programming.