May 2025
This Happened Here: Or Did It?
Like many fathers (I presume), my dad has a fair share of stock phrases. The second you bring up going horseback riding, you’re greeted with “Horses are vicious beasts…”
USDA to open general and continuous Conservation Reserve Program enrollment for 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced several Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) enrollment opportunities for agricultural producers and landowners. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting offers for both the General and Continuous CRP beginning today through June 6, 2025.
CCM Health recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare in 2025
CCM Health has been selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the 2025 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. The full list of this year’s honorees, presented in alphabetical order, is now available at ModernHealthcare.com/bestplaceslist. A ranked list will be published in a special supplement included with the October 13, 2025, issue of Modern Healthcare magazine.
Montevideo Police Reports
*Editors note: Due to space issues all traffic stops of a regular nature, medical assists and assists with transporting inmates have been excluded from this report.
Montevideo baseball defeats MACCRAY 11-1
Last week, the Montevideo Boys Varsity Baseball team defeated MACCRAY in Clara City 11-1. Leaders in the game included Brody Dack who struck out six, walked one, and allowed just one hit at the pitching mound. Complete scoring follows:
Annual Mental Health Awareness Walk scheduled at Smith Park on May 17th
Area community members are invited to come together for a cause on Saturday, May 17th from 1-3 p.m. at Smith Park in Montevideo at the annual Mental Health Awareness Walk. The event is free, family friendly and held in recognition of national Mental Health Awareness Month.
School District anticipates lengthy list of repairs over the summer
At Monday evening’s meeting of the Montevideo School’s Board of Education, Superintendent McKittrick provided an update on facility maintenance, noting that last summer, the district addressed over a million dollars of facility maintenance needs.
Montevideo baseball defeats MACCRAY 11-1
Last week, the Montevideo Boys Varsity Baseball team defeated MACCRAY in Clara City 11-1. Leaders in the game included Brody Dack who struck out six, walked one, and allowed just one hit at the pitching mound. Complete scoring follows:
From the Editor’s Desk
A weekend of celebration of Mother’s Day often includes a celebration of my birthday that sometimes happens to fall on Mother’s Day itself. That means my lucky kids get out of having to be very kind to their mother on two separate days sometimes. Because this years birthday fell on the day after Mother’s Day, my son celebrated both in one, showing up at my house to tell me I needed to go outside and see what my gift was because it was in the trunk of his car.
Milan Community News
How can these weeks fly by so fast? Stop. I have to many things to do and can’t fit it all in. I know. Priorities. But I find it difficult to cut anything out of my busy life.