March 2022
UNITED Wrestlers compete at State Tournament
On Friday, team UNITED wrestlers participated in the State Wrestling Tournament preliminaries. Qualifying for semi-finals was Montevideo wrestler Daniel Gunlogson (113 pounds) who placed third in his division. Scoring for team UNITED follows:
South Dakota State University announces summer and fall 2021 graduates
South Dakota State University The following students graduated after the summer and fall 2021 semesters at South Dakota State University. The students listed below completed all requirements for a degree and/or certificate program and those requirements have been verified by the appropriate college.
Thunder Hawk boys basketball team loses to Jackson County Central
Last Saturday the Thunder Hawk boys basketball team played a Section 3AA-North playoff game against Jackson County Central for a 67- 75 loss. Leaders in that game included Landon Stock, who scored 30 points with 12 rebounds, while Hunter Strand added 11 points with one block for the teams total. Complete scoring from that game follows:
Community members
Community members gathered throughout Main Street Wednesday afternoon with signs and cheering in order to send-off the UNITED Wrestling athletes to the State Competition. Photos by Tierra Picht .
Beyond Reason
Spring Break 2022! They say it’s gonna be epic! But is it? Let us consider. Spring Break is a strangely named week in March wherein the schools, the same ones that were hitherto educating our children, for some inexplicable reason, set them free.
Prairie Notebook
We haven’t looked skyward in this column for a while so here are a few interesting tidbits about what’s going on over our heads. First of all, Happy Spring! Meteorological spring, that is.
From the Editor’s Desk
Welcome to the first week of the new look of the Montevideo-American News! As I’ve been noting in our newspapers for the last couple of months, this week readers will officially be able to see the first of the changes to come under CherryRoad Media’s ownership. Our team’s efforts have been underway for some time to bring this new look together, and I’ve been anxiously awaiting the point of reveal.
CHURCH SCHEDULES
Assembly of God, Clarkfield SUNDAY: Sunday School 9 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.; Evening 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY: Teens 5 p.m.; Young Explorers 6:30 p.m.
The Community Newspaper
When I was growing up in the early 1980s, we had a weekly newspaper in our town. There was a woman assigned to cover our little neighborhood. I remember her calling each week to ask my mother what was new in our family. Did Jeremy make the honor roll this quarter? Had we gone on vacation recently? Did we get a new pet? She would take this information from anyone in the neighborhood who was willing to share it and would write a column each week. When the paper came out on Wednesdays, my mother was always excited to read what was going on in the neighborhood. Everyone on our street knew each other. We played outside with the kids every day until dusk. My parents were in a bowling league with our neighbors. We had a block party in the street in the summer. When a new family moved in everyone welcomed them and introduced themselves. I guess you could say it was a great community.
A Letter from our Staff
Hi to all our community residents. My name is Rhonda Miller and I am the Regional Accounting Manager for the Minnesota newspapers, and a few others, owned by CherryRoad Media.