January 2024
Garrison Keillor & Friends: A close call and then the creation
I walked into the neighborhood bank the other day and there in the lobby, loading the ATM machines, were two guys with fistfuls of money, bricks of $100s, $50s $20s, a sight I’d never seen before, perhaps a signal from alternative reality that my chance at bank robbery was here, but then I saw the third man, his hand on the pistol in his holster, and so instead I walked up to the cashier’s window and asked for a couple grand so I can make New Year’s gifts to doormen at our building and Mitch the plumber and our cleaning lady and also to some deserving children.I know it’s pitifully small-minded of me but I enjoy walking around with a $100 bill in my pocket.
Faith Column: Happy New Year
Well, it is 2024 and many of us as we age, wonder where all the years have gone so quickly.
New Board formed to support cancer patients in Chippewa and Yellow Medicine Counties
A group of individuals recently came together to discuss the need of supporting local cancer patients in Chippewa and Yellow Medicine Counties.
Alexandria Technical & Community College Fall Dean’s List
Scott Berger, Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs at Alexandria Technical & Community College, recognizes individual students for academic excellence.
Live Well, Age Wisely: Another Medicare Open Enrollment Period?
The term Part C can be very confusing when talking about Medicare.
Square deal: 4-H youth serve up quilts to veterans
4-H youth in Swift County, in partnership with other community members, have sewn 110 quilts to deliver to the Montevideo Veterans Home, which was recently completed.
Ask a Trooper: Insurance Question
Question: I have a question about people who are driving for food deliveries and ride-hailing app services using their personal vehicle.
News from WRAP: January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month
January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month as well as National Stalking Awareness Month.
Voller awarded Triple A award
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Local students named to SDSU dean’s list
More than 3,400 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance over the fall 2023 semester at South Dakota State University by being named to the dean’s list.To earn dean’s list distinctions in SDSU’s colleges, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credits and must have earned at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale.