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.

Chances for thunderstorms through the weekend
What a great weekend we had across the state of Minnesota this past weekend!
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.

Live Well, Age Wisely: Medicare Open Enrollment Part One
Medicare Annual Open Enrollment runs from October 15th to December 7th each year and the advertising has already begun.

“The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, so that one may avoid the snares of death.” Proverbs 14:27
We always need to be reminded that fear of the Lord doesn’t mean we are afraid of God, but that we are in awe of God.
City continues to work on cleaning-up nuisance property
At Monday evening’s meeting of the Montevideo City Council, one of the topics of discussion was various nuisance properties around the community.

Local teachers launch new sports photography business
A couple of years ago, Zach Koepke, of Granite Falls began creating graphics for the Montevideo School’s Facebook page as a part of his work in the district.

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.