Jessica Stolen-Jacobson

Jessica Stolen-Jacobson

This Happened Here: Life Marches On…

[Note: I’m sounding like a broken record here, but the guest column I was excited to run now needs a little more time to make edits… so hello, it’s Jessie Hennen again, writing to you with a thing that happened in Marshall this week. Other voices are coming soon, I promise. Got an idea of your own? Send it to Jessie.rose.hennen (at) gmail.com!]

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.

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.