News from Milan
Hey. How about we just finish off winter before we start to do the temperature roller coaster again? I can’t remember any other winter where we have had so many warm days followed by mixed precipitation (freezing rain) and then snow and cold, cold, cold. I am sick of ice on the roads when I drive and on the city streets when I walk the dog.
Memory Care Corner
In my last article, I shared how important hearing is to our ability to remember. As we share with many families, if a person does not hear a conversation, it is very difficult to remember it.
East Medicine Pheasants Forever receives National Award
Jessica Stölen-Jacobson Editor jstolen-jacobson@cherryroad. com One of Yellow Medicine County’s two Pheasants Forever chapters, the East Medicine Pheasants Forever group has won the only National Award from Pheasants Forever to be given in Minnesota.
Montevideo graduate appointed to board of directors
On February 3rd, the American Public Power Association (APPA) appointed Rodney Bourne, PE to the Board of Directors of their Demonstration of Energy and Efficiency Development Program (DEED). Bourne is a 1984 graduate of Montevideo High School.
DNR announces 2022 deer season preliminary harvest results
Hunters harvested about 170,000 deer during the 2022 deer hunting season, a lower total harvest than in recent years. Total harvest was down 7% compared to the 2021 season and 10% less than the fiveyear average deer harvest for Minnesota.
Yellow Medicine County Child Support Office ranks seventh in state
Jessica Stölen-Jacobson Editor jstolen-jacobson@cherryroad. com At Tuesday morning’s meeting of the Yellow Medicine County Board of Commissioners, Child Support case workers Amanda Stengel and Sam Isfeld were in attendance to give a presentation about the county’s child support office.
Prairie Five Meals sites program is running full swing
Prairie Five Meals has gone through some changes over the last handful of years. They were able to purchase their first hot cold truck in 2018 after the Prairie Five Meals board approved the purchase, with the truck being put to use starting in 2019. This hot cold truck helped Prairie Five Meals distribute more food to rural and remote areas. Erick Hedon, who runs the meal program for Prairie Five, said, “We were now able to deliver hot, cold, frozen and shelf stable meals to older adults who live in the small towns and still on the farm sites.” Hedon also reflected on how their hot cold truck was able to really help during the pandemic and in 2020 Prairie Five Meals purchased a second hot cold truck that Hedon said was funded by a grant. This has helped the program deliver more meals.
New Gar possession limit takes effect March 1 on all state waters
Spearers, anglers and bowfishers will be allowed to keep up to 10 gar — the toothy, prehistoric fish native to Minnesota waters — starting March 1, when a new gar possession limit is in effect on all Minnesota inland and border waters. The limit applies to longnose and shortnose gar, which previously could be kept in unlimited numbers, and is among other new regulations in the 2023 Minnesota Fishing Regulations booklet.
Time to buy new hunting, fishing licenses
It’s the time of year when anglers and hunters need to buy new fishing and hunting licenses. Minnesota fishing, hunting and trapping licenses for 2022 expire Tuesday, Feb. 28. Licenses for 2023 are now available wherever fishing and hunting licenses are sold, online (mndnr.gov/buy license) and by telephone at 888-665-4236. Mobile buyers receive a text or email that serves as proof of a valid fish or game license to state conservation officers. All 2023 fishing licenses become effective Wednesday, March 1. New licenses are required for 2023 hunting and fishing seasons that continue past Feb. 28.