March 2025

Local students earn academic honors Fall 2024

St. Cloud Technical & Community College congratulates the following students for their academic achievement Fall 2024. They have earned recognition on the President’s List for a grade point average of 4.0 or the Dean’s list for a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.99.

CCM Health moves forward building a new childcare center for employees

CCM Health is excited to share that it has received approval from the Montevideo City Council and the Chippewa County Board of Commissioners to move forward with the construction of a new childcare center for staffs’ children. The new facility, set to break ground this spring, will expand and provide much-needed childcare services for CCM Health staff, supporting the organization’s commitment to being one of the best places to work in the United States.

Wrestling awards banquet held

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Brookside Senior Living receives award

Brookside Senior Living is thrilled to announce that it has received a 2025 Customer Experience Award from Activated Insights, formerly Pinnacle Quality Insight. This recognizes Brookside’s outstanding performance in multiple categories and solidifies their position in the top echelon of care providers nationwide.

Memory Care Corner: Fish and Frontotemporal Dementia…

When people hear the word dementia, they immediately think of Alzheimer’s Disease – and rightly so, as Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of dementia. However, as we have been discussing, Alzheimer’s Disease is not the only fish in the sea! Today, we are going to learn a little about Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD).

Ask a Trooper: Windshield wiper question…

Question: I am in the process of restoring a classic car. I have a question regarding windshield wipers. Do I have to install them on my ride? I am concerned they will take away from the aesthetics. Everything from how they look on the windshield to the motor under the hood that operates them. I thought I would check with you.

School board hears updates on plans for 2025-26 school year

At Tuesday evening’s meeting of the Montevideo Board of Education, Montevideo High School Principal Tanya Maethner submitted a report to the board, highlighting registration efforts for the next school year. “Registration is a time-consuming and sometimes stressful process, for both students and staff, but it’s also a fun puzzle to put together,” Maethner said. Meetings have been going on throughout the last month with staff, presentations to students in grades 8th-11th, and individual meetings with students during advisory time to work on registrations for the 2025-26 school year.