May 2024

Ask a Trooper: Grass clippings…
Question: I sent you an email asking about the legality of individuals discharging grass clippings from lawn mowers onto public roads.
Recipe of the Week
Submitted by Myrna Stolen, MarshallA note from Myrna: This dish puts together fast.

Garrison Keillor & Friends: Lets talk aout honesty, grrr, rrrfff, rrrfff..
Whenever I open an egg carton, I think of the chicken at work in the factory, creating this elliptical work of art onto a conveyor belt, to be stolen away, and then the hormones in the chicken feed kick in and the process of creation repeats itself, sort of like me and limericks: I write a good one and it stimulates the next limerick and pretty soon I have a hundred of them, which I could collect in a book but won’t because very few people appreciate limericks — women do not, because so many cruel limericks have been written about women, and when men read a limerick they think, “I could’ve done better than that,” being the compulsive competitors they are, and meanwhile here I am with this work of art in my hand.Minneapolis is great.

Memory Care Corner: How would you react?
How would you react if one of your loved ones received a dementia diagnosis?
Area Church Schedules
Assembly of God, ClarkfieldSUNDAY: Sunday School 9 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.; Evening 7 p.m.Wednesday: Teens 5 p.m.; Young Explorers 6:30 p.m.Augustana Lutheran Church, ClarkfieldSunday Worship 10 a.m.Bergen Lutheran Church, Granite FallsSunday Worship 11 am.
Faith Column: God’s grace is a gift and gifts aren’t paid back
I don’t know if you realize this or not, but God’s grace to you is a gift.

Milan Community News
Green is busting out all over.
Chippewa County Courts
MN State Patrol - MarshallMartinez Herrera, Moises Isaac, Willmar; Offense date 4/27/24 Driving After Revocation (Misdemeanor); Plea 5/10/24 Guilty; Disposition 5/10/24 Convicted; Court Decision 5/10/24 Payable without appearance; $200 Fine.

From the Editor’s Desk
Last week the rain finally cleared enough to till the garden space.
Local students graduate Augustana University
Augustana University is extremely proud to announce the graduating Class of 2024.

