Area Church Schedules

Assembly of God, ClarkfieldSUNDAY: Sunday School 9 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.; Evening 7 p.m.Wednesday: Teens 5 p.m.; Young Explorers 6:30 p.m.Augustana Lutheran Church, ClarkfieldSunday Worship 9:30, Children’s Worship 3rd SundayBergen Lutheran Church, Granite FallsSunday Worship 8:30 a.m., Sunday School 2nd and last SundaysBig Bend Lutheran, MilanHoly Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays of each monthSUNDAY: Worship services begin at 10:30 am at Big Bend Lutheran Church in Milan.Buffalo Lutheran, Rural DeGraffSUNDAY: Worship at 8:15 a.m., Communion held on first Sunday of the month.Cornerstone Baptist, MontevideoMON-FRI: Gracenotes on KDMA 1460 7:35 a.m.SUNDAY: Morning Worship Service 9:30 AM (Communion the first Sunday each month) (Service broadcast on Facebook & KDMA at 10:00 AM) Sunday School 11:00 AM (Classes for all ages) Wed.: Pacebook 3:15-4:30 PM School Days (For Grades K-6th) Left Right Center 6:00 PM School Days (For 7th -12th Grace)Crossroads Lutheran Church, DawsonFriday, September 22: 7 p.m.

From the Editor’s Desk

Over the weekend I had the opportunity to work through not one, but two photoshoots for the second round of my photography project.

Chippewa County Courts

MN State Patrol - MarshallGarcia Miranda, Ivonne Virgini, Clara City; Offense date 8/3/23 Driving After Suspension (Misdemeanor); Plea 9/15/23 Guilty; Disposition 9/15/23 Convicted; Court Decision 9/15/23 Payable without appearance; $200 Fine.

Garrison Keillor & Friends: Sing on, dance on, good eye, ain’t you happy

A good week is a good week; let smarter people deal with the debt ceiling crisis and popularity of authoritarianism, my week began with a happy Sunday in church with a lot of blessing going on — sprinkling the schoolkids, the choir, the congregation — and our rector looking joyful as she marched around casting holy water on people — I thought she might like to use a squirt gun or a watering can or the sprinklers in the ceiling.

Local non-profit hosts open house to raise awareness of organization’s mission

Last Thursday evening, the board of directors of a fairly new non-profit organization, Edu-Link, gathered at the Chippewa County Public Library in downtown Montevideo to host an open house to help promote the organization’s cause in the community.Edu-Link was founded by Tim Elkington, after as an adult he attended tutoring services provided by a Montevideo tutor that soon after retired.