December 2022
Free rides for Veterans
Prairie Five CAC, Inc. is honored to announce and to be partnering with 6WRTCC, MDAV, Mn-DOT and the five county veterans service officers of Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine and Swift, in offering free rides to veterans.
Yellow Medicine County’s pick for County Attorney resigns
The end result of the November elections showed that voters in Yellow Medicine County had elected Stephen Emery with 1,958 votes, while incumbent Yellow Medicine County Attorney Mark Gruenes tallied 1,799 votes. However, last week, Emery declined the win.
GUESS WHO?
Each week, the Montevideo American News will share a photograph from our archives for you to “guess who”. To submit your guesses, send us a message by email to jstolen-jacobson@cherryroad. com or message our Facebook page. We will publish the answers the next week.
COURT NEWS
MN Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division Jerve, Jeremy Bruce, Montevideo; Offense date 11/12/22 Hunting - Transport of Firearms - Loaded Firearm (Misdemeanor); Plea 11/91/22 Guilty; Disposition 11/19/22 Convicted; Court Decision 11/19/22 Payable without appearance; $100 Fine. Jerve, Mason Jeremy, Montevideo; Offense date 11/12/22 Hunting-Transportation of Firearms - Loaded Firearm (Misdemeanor); Plea 11/24/22 Guilty; Disposition 11/24/22 Convicted; Court Decision 11/24/22 Payable without appearance; $100 Fine.
Cooler temps for the weekend
We were very fortunate to have some great weather over the long Thanksgiving Weekend. On Saturday, temperatures were in the 40s and 50s across the state! Rush City hit a very warm high of 56 degrees! Windom, Hutchinson, and Jackson all topped out at 55 degrees, while Brainerd climbed to 51 degrees.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, December 2nd: Hometown Heroes Holiday Show at the Hollywood on Main. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., show at 7 p.m.
More funds needed to complete VA Clinic project
At last week’s Montevideo City Council meeting, one of the topics of discussion was a revision of the budget for the VA Clinic project happening at CCM Health. The construction of the new clinic has seen a change in the cost, causing a need to increase the budget from $4,558,568 to $5,468,716. The revision, says City Manager Robert Wolfington, should get the project through it’s anticipated completion in March.
Montevideo student elected to leadership role
In the state of Minnesota, there exists a teacher-led organization among alternative school educators called Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs (MAAP). A part of MAAP includes a student focused program called MAAP Stars, in which students from alternative learning programs throughout the state can participate in challenges involving real life scenarios, and work together in leadership roles towards opportunities for refining life skills. The student group additionally works to educate the public, and elected representatives on what alternative education is and why it is important.
Montevideo entrepreneur makes donation to bring local families joy in the holidays
CCM Health’s annual “Stuff the Truck” event was held for the first time this season Sunday afternoon, and received a large donation from Montevideo entrepreneur Joe Rongstad, owner of All-Time Curbing and Landscape.
Thunder Hawks home opener this Thursday
High-intensity preseason scrimmages last Saturday against Willmar and Canby enhanced Montevideo boy’s basketball coach Derek Webb’s opinion that his team will compete for a West Central championship this season.