Minnesota moms: Join the Mother’s Day weekend fishing challenge
Moms who live in Minnesota are invited to join a free virtual fishing challenge Saturday, May 11, through Sunday, May 12, during Take a Mom Fishing Weekend, when all Minnesota moms can fish without purchasing a fishing license.The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is partnering with the Student Angler Organization and Women Anglers of Minnesota to host the challenge.To participate in the Mother’s Day weekend fishing challenge, moms simply need to join the Facebook group called “Minnesota Moms Fishing Challenge 2024” and post one photo of each fish they catch — we want to see how many fish Minnesota moms catch!All participants who submit one or more fish photos will have their name entered in a random drawing for prizes provided by the Student Angler Organization and their partners, including gift cards for SCHEELS and Lund.
Plant and care for trees, grow resilient communities this Arbor Month
This May, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources invites community members to celebrate Arbor Month by embracing the theme, “Plant and Care for Trees, Grow Resilient Communities.” May is the perfect month to focus attention on tree care.“Choosing and planting the right tree for your yard is the first step,” DNR Forestry Outreach Specialist Nikki Henger said.
DNR urges people to leave deer fawns alone
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources asks that people avoid disturbing or touching deer fawns, which are born around this time of year.Most fawns are born in mid-May to mid-June, and fawns do not attempt to evade predators during their first few weeks of life.
Montevideo athletes compete in South Dakota
From Staff ReportsAt the 99th Annual Howard Wood Dakota Relays in South Dakota last week, Montevideo senior Francis O’Malley placed 14th out of 40 in the boys shotput with a distance of 51 feet, 2.25 inches.
Talking Minnesota’s migratory birds with U of M
World Migratory Bird Day is celebrated annually on the second Saturday in May and October to raise awareness of migratory birds and their habitats.
Minnesota Senate passes bill honoring former Granite Falls Mayor Smiglewski
On Monday, April 29, the Minnesota Senate unanimously approved Senate File 3766.
From the Editor’s Desk
The weather - it still plagues us.
Recipe of the Week
Submitted by Myrna Stolen, MarshallA note from Myrna: No powdered sugar.
Live Well, Age Wisely: The Value of Volunteering…
My dad passed away on April 2nd while on hospice after unsuccessful treatments for cancer.
Garrison Keillor & Friends: On the road again, meeting the folks…
I went out West to Idaho and Washington to do my show in Boise (soft s) and Spokane, and was surprised by how vibrant, bustling, handsome both cities are, and walked out onstage and sang Van Morrison’s “These are the days of the endless summer, these are the days, the time is now” and they seemed to like it okay, so I hummed a note and they sang “America the Beautiful” with me and then we did “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” for the Republicans in the crowd and they sang it full-out, four parts, and then, for contrast, “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt” and we were on our way.It’s an age of dread, the news perpetually discouraging, TV and media merchandising ugliness, and either you join the Greek chorus of gloom or you go with the American choir of cheerful resolve, and I choose cheerfulness.