May 2022

United Way of Southwest Minnesota Ag Plus Cooperative staff held their second annual soup/chili cook-off over three days’ time in their Canby, Ghent and Marshall locations to benefit United Way of Southwest Minnesota (UWSWMN). This year’s options included wild rice soup, cheeseburger soup, chili and grilled cheese sandwiches, or Irish stew.

Ridgewater College Ridgewater College’s Breann Wozniak and Kari Slinden were recently honored for their teaching excellence by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System Board of Trustees. Minnesota State recognized Outstanding Educators at an April 20 celebration banquet in St.

The Minnesota High School Rodeo Association held their Region Four Rodeo at Lee Mar Ranch Saturday and Sunday. The Region Four Rodeo featured junior high and high school students from around the state, including Wood Lake and Montevideo riders. Events included barrel racing, bull riding, steer wrestling, chute dogging, calf roping, breakaway roping, and more.

The Montevideo Area Chamber of Commerce was able to host the annual Easter Egg-citement easter egg hunt event on Saturday after three weeks of rain, and cold weather delayed the festivities. Children of all ages gathered at Smith Park for their chance to find eggs filled with candy or one of seven golden eggs that would award them a gift basket. Gift baskets, as well as the candy in the eggs were donated by area businesses and organizations.

The Montevideo High School Choirs annual Honors Concert was held Monday evening in the Montevideo High School Gym. This year’s concert featured the theme “One World, One Music”. This Honors Concert will be the last under the direction of Dan Hampton, as he retires this year. Hampton wrote in the event program, “It is a difficult thing this year for me to have to say goodbye not only to all of the seniors, but to all of the students as I retire from teaching here in Montevideo. It has been my greatest joy making music with these students and watching them grow.”