February 2025

Spend a Sunday afternoon with Sarah Morris

Dawson-Boyd Arts Association is pleased to share that the listening room concert featuring musician Sarah Morris is rescheduled for Sunday, March 16 at 3pm.

Ask a Trooper: Suspended drivers license…

Question: I was just talking with someone the other day and they were telling me they had their driver’s license suspended for too many speeding tickets. They also mentioned other ways a person can have their license suspended that I was not aware about. Can you write about that?

Beyond Reason: Saint Valentine…

Las Vegas, Nevada. The Little White Wedding Chapel. Rob waits in his car in the drive-thru. The driver of the convertible ahead of him honks several times, excited, joyous. The couple shares a kiss, takes a handful of selfies, pops open a bottle of champagne, and drives off.

Warmer temps over the weekend

This has been the coldest air so far this winter season that we have been “enjoying!” We had Cold Weather Advisories last week and then we started off this week with an Extreme Cold Warning! At times we have seen wind chills down to 45 below zero across the area--now that is one cold Artic airmass!

Garrison Keillor & Friends: An account of what I’ve been up to…

I’ve just finished a ten-day solo tour down South as the World’s Oldest Stand-Up and it was a major adventure for an old guy with memory issues who keeps forgetting the word “cognitive” and other words of a similar sort, walking onstage every night to do ninety minutes or more freestyle in front of a big crowd, most of whom probably voted the wrong way last November, and make them laugh a lot.

Strategic Farming: Let’s talk crops! focused on navigating the corn maize

Navigating the corn maize of input costs, marketing plans and resources is challenging. Start with hybrid selection, encourages Dr. Jeff Coulter, University of Minnesota Extension corn agronomist. Find hybrid trial data from many sources that are tested in conditions like yours. Focus on the top 20% of performers. If performance is consistent, it’s likely those hybrids will perform well next year, too.

Build Dakota scholarship deadline nears

Officials at Lake Area Technical College are reminding prospective college students that the Build Dakota Scholarship application deadline is quickly approaching.

MnDOT announces winners of Name a Snowplow contest

We’re Off To See The Blizzard and Anthony Sledwards join the Minnesota Department of Transportations’ snowplow fleet as two of the eight winners in the 2024-25 Name a Snowplow contest. Governor Tim Walz joined MnDOT Commissioner Nancy Daubenberger to announce the winning names today. Nearly 23,500 voters cast a ballot in this year’s contest.

MMS students of the month

Congratulations to the Montevideo Middle School January Students of the Month: Lainie Sonstegard, Cora Saeger, Maryn Stanley, Aubrey Williamson, Emily Koosmann, Ranger Blommel, Josue Mejia Sosa, Ashleigh Roelike, CJ Zamora, Karla Antonio, James Vonderharr.