March 2022

Art’s Dairy Freeze opened

Art’s Dairy Freeze opened for the season on Saturday, March 12th to a steady flow of locals who came out in their winter jackets despite the cool breeze to enjoy the first taste of the hometown classics on offer. News of the restaurant’s opening shared on the newspaper’s Facebook page was met by a number of comments by those sharing excitement and memories, with one commenter recalling visiting the popular local hang-out since 1962. Photo by Jessica Stolen-Jacobson

Thunder Hawk girls basketball team makes school history

The R/A Facility at Southern Minnesota State University was filled with the sounds of cheering from Montevideo Thunder Hawks fans that gathered there Friday night to watch the girls basketball team make school history with their Section 3AA championship win over Fairmont.

Community Matters: A letter from Vice President of Sales Lisa Drafall

When I started my career, I lived in California. I grew up in Sacramento, a town of 1,000,000. I later moved to a small town up north, Redding. Redding was a town with a population of 100,000 where the shock of living in such a “small town” was difficult to adjust to. In these towns, I’ve worked around journalism for the past 25 years. I have always loved journalism. It is the reason I sought my first job in newspapers (Accounting), just so I could be near the printed word in the hopes that maybe someday, my words could be on the page.

Beyond Reason

Sometimes people ask me how I stay ahead of the news. Well, I have many trusted sources but I’ve been reading one publication in particular for longer than all the others. The periodical both informs and entertains. Its prose is simple and clear, but not without style. Their news stories cut to the chase. There is a focus on the natural world. And their puzzles keep me razor sharp. That’s why I still read Highlights magazine.

Prairie Notebook

It may be a bit early to be offering tips for spring gardening while we are still in the final week of winter. However, like most eager gardeners, even thinking about prepping the soil plants mental seeds that will blossom into action once the weather warms. That’s the key, warming weather, or more precisely - warming and drying soil. Typically the soil is warmed two ways: from above via the air temperature and, of course, a warming sun. However, due to the make-up of our planet. The soil is also heated from below, that heat transferred from its core, up through the mantle and crust. Even in the coldest winter, once one gets below the frozen top soil, deeper layers are often 40-45F.

From the Editor’s Desk

We all survived last week’s transition to the new systems under CherryRoad. Though I can’t say it wasn’t without a lot of lessons to learn.

Carol Roberts

Carol Roberts of Montevideo died Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at Luther Haven Nursing Home in Montevideo at the age of 82. .

Glen Hilden

Glen Hilden of rural Milan died Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at CCM Health in Montevideo at the age of 85. Funeral service was held on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 11:00 AM at Kviteseid Lutheran Church in Milan with Pastor Kristine Isder officiating.

David Goebel

David Goebel, 66, of Montevideo passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at CCM Health. Memorial services will be held on Monday, March 21 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Visitation will be held on Sunday evening from 5 to 7 pm at St. Paul Lutheran Church and continue one hour prior to services at the church on Monday.