November 2023

Home for the Holidays: Special Feature
Editor’s Note: Each week in November through December, the newspaper will be featuring area businesses and organizations to support shopping and gift giving that supports our local area this holiday season.
Recipe of the Week
Submitted by Myrna Stolen, MarshallA note from Myrna: Wafers in the bar make it different.
The Lowe Down: Honoring American Heroes
There’s something honorable about a person who is willing to sacrifice for future generations.
Upcoming Events
Saturday, November 18th: Montevideo Mayors Gala, 6 p.m.

Garrison Keillor & Friends: On the phone with my people
A balmy, even summery, fall in Minnesota and then suddenly snow fell and my aging homeowner pals back home are reconsidering their options.

Memory Care Corner: Please push the purple envelope!
Years ago the phrase, “pushing the envelope” was commonly used to describe when a person would see how far they could go with something without being caught.
Dawson-Boyd Arts Association to participate in 15th annual Give to the Max Day
Dawson-Boyd Arts Association is proud to participate in the 15th annual Give to the Max Day on Thursday, Nov.

Guess Who?
Each week, the Montevideo American News will share a photograph from our archives for you to “guess who”.

New southwest regional TZD coordinator named
The Minnesota Department of Transportation welcomes Sarah McGeary-DeHaan as the new Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) Coordinator for the Southwest TZD Region, which encompasses 14 counties in west central and southwest Minnesota.Toward Zero Deaths is a traffic safety program that works in partnership with members from education, enforcement, emergency services, and engineering, as well as everyone in the community, to implement programs and activities with the common goal of reducing serious injury crashes and traffic fatalities in Minnesota.

Engen named MPTA’s Driver of the Year
Prairie Five CAC, IncPrairie Five Community Action, Inc.