May 2022
Students experience volunteering through Kids in the Community Day
Last week, students at Montevideo Schools participated in the 12th annual Kids in the Community day. For the annual event, students participate in service projects around the community. This year’s projects included cleaning up at CCM Health, the Montevideo Fire Department, United Methodist Church, Sunset Cemetery, behind Main Street, Pioneer (Heritage) Village, Smith Park, and the Chippewa County Courthouse. Montevideo Middle School principal Shawn Huntley says, “It’s a great opportunity for kids to learn the importance of service (volunteer) projects. This is our way of saying thank you to our community for all of the support we receive during the school year. Photos by Jessica Stolen-Jacobson
UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, May 30th: Memorial Day Program at Sunset Memorial Cemetery 11:00 a.m. Lunch will be served at the American Legion Post 59 Club Room, by the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 59 following the program at Sunset Memorial Cemetery.
From the Editor’s Desk
Whenever I have the opportunity to look through the newspaper’s archive books, I’m more than happy to spend hours leafing through the pages. While leafing through the Advocate Tribune archives I’ve come across classmates and photographs from my years at Yellow Medicine East. There’s even a photograph of me in the fifth grade at the school’s spelling bee.
EMS Week is May 15th-21st
The Milan EMS crew: Josh Moen, Tim Kanten, Jeff Higgins, Gwen Kleven Olson. Not pictured: Nate Fragodt, Jarrod Higgins.
Section 5A True Team Championships held
Last Wednesday, the Section 5A True Team Championships were held at Holdingford High School. At the event, Montevideo’s boys team ended with a score of 429, while the girl’s team had a score of 239.
Thursday evening storm causes damage from winds
Between five and six p.m. Thursday evening, skies grew dark over the area, as a storm moved in that would produce winds that were recorded at up to 75 miles per hour in nearby Canby and up to 107 miles per hour in eastern South Dakota.
New restaurant to open soon in Montevideo
In 1998, Rafael Nunez and his wife Natalia Hernandez immigrated to Minnesota from Mexico, in search of a better life. They left their home with only $100 and a backpack each. Now, the couple is about to open their third restaurant, the second in Montevideo. The couple opened their first business, a small store on Highway 7 in Montevideo, which was open for three years before they moved to the downtown location, La Plazita, which opened nine years ago. La Plazita started as groery store, then later on, Nunez and Hernandez added the kitchen and a small restaurant in the back. Awhile later, they opened a second restaurant in Appleton, finding success in sharing their Mexican food with the community.
Kellie Ahrenholz
Kellie Ahrenholz, 58, of Montevideo passed away Monday, May 16, 2022 at her home. A Funeral Service will be Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 11 a.m.
Gary “Arlen” Rossow
Gary “Arlen” Rossow of Montevideo, formerly of Windom, died Friday, May 13, 2022 at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale at the age of 82. Memorial services will be held Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 2 p.m.
Genevieve Meyer
Genevieve Meyer of Montevideo died on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at St. Cloud Hospital at the age of 92.