January 2024

Ask a Trooper: Hazard lights
people supposed to use their emergency flashers when they are driving?

Temperatures remain well above average
Once again, we don’t have a lot to talk about as far as moisture in the state of Minnesota.

Garrison Keillor & Friends: The winter blues has got me bad, Mama…
Winter can hit a person hard and when we drop down to zero and below and the wind is out of the north, I walk the deserted streets, no sign of civilization, just blinking red lights, and come home and see in the window the reflection of a wreck of a man, and I think, “Nobody knows you when it’s ten below.
The Lowe Down: Believing in fairy tales…
There is a detective story by Lemony Snicket called, “Who Could That Be at This Hour?” and in the book is a character called Dashiell Qwerty who is quoted as saying, “They say in every library there is a book that can answer the question that burns like a fire in the mind.” My immediate thought, “But what if that book is banned from your library?” Americans should be trusted to make their own decisions about what they and their children read.

Milan Community News
I’m really liking this warmer weather, although it makes me a little nervous.
Transmission line project hosts meetings throughout area
Xcel Energy first proposed the MN Energy Connection transmission line nearly a year ago, and recently hosted Public Information and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Scoping meetings in Olivia, Granite Falls, Marshall, Redwood Falls, Litchfield, Monticello, and Kimball.
St. Olaf College Dean’s List
The following local students made the Fall 2023 Dean’s List at St.

Live Well, Age Wisely: Books available at Prairie Five
Last summer, I received a quantity of the Walk With Ease books to distribute.
Recipe of the Week
Submitted by Myrna Stolen, MarshallA note from Myrna: Used by cooks for toppings on cake or pudding before Cool Whip.
MnDOT encourages schools, communities to join Winter Walk to School Day Feb. 7
More than 60 Minnesota schools and hundreds of students are expected to participate in Minnesota’s Winter Walk to School Day on Wednesday, Feb.