Live Well, Age Wisely: Approaching the Holidays
Yesterday I was “supervising” some work in the basement – keeping my friend company who was trying to figure out a water drainage issue. I don’t hang on to a lot of things but since I started writing in journals six years ago, I’ve kept all of them in a bookshelf.
Local student part of MSU BFA Exhibit
A Minnesota State University Moorhead student art exhibit featuring works by graduating art students will be on display in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery through December 15. The exhibit is in partial fulfillment of students’ Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degrees.
Free rides for Veterans
Prairie Five CAC, Inc. is honored to announce and to be partnering with 6WRTCC, MDAV, Mn-DOT and the five county veterans service officers of Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine and Swift, in offering free rides to veterans.
Yellow Medicine County’s pick for County Attorney resigns
The end result of the November elections showed that voters in Yellow Medicine County had elected Stephen Emery with 1,958 votes, while incumbent Yellow Medicine County Attorney Mark Gruenes tallied 1,799 votes. However, last week, Emery declined the win.
GUESS WHO?
Each week, the Montevideo American News will share a photograph from our archives for you to “guess who”. To submit your guesses, send us a message by email to jstolen-jacobson@cherryroad. com or message our Facebook page. We will publish the answers the next week.
COURT NEWS
MN Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division Jerve, Jeremy Bruce, Montevideo; Offense date 11/12/22 Hunting - Transport of Firearms - Loaded Firearm (Misdemeanor); Plea 11/91/22 Guilty; Disposition 11/19/22 Convicted; Court Decision 11/19/22 Payable without appearance; $100 Fine. Jerve, Mason Jeremy, Montevideo; Offense date 11/12/22 Hunting-Transportation of Firearms - Loaded Firearm (Misdemeanor); Plea 11/24/22 Guilty; Disposition 11/24/22 Convicted; Court Decision 11/24/22 Payable without appearance; $100 Fine.
Cooler temps for the weekend
We were very fortunate to have some great weather over the long Thanksgiving Weekend. On Saturday, temperatures were in the 40s and 50s across the state! Rush City hit a very warm high of 56 degrees! Windom, Hutchinson, and Jackson all topped out at 55 degrees, while Brainerd climbed to 51 degrees.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, December 2nd: Hometown Heroes Holiday Show at the Hollywood on Main. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., show at 7 p.m.
More funds needed to complete VA Clinic project
At last week’s Montevideo City Council meeting, one of the topics of discussion was a revision of the budget for the VA Clinic project happening at CCM Health. The construction of the new clinic has seen a change in the cost, causing a need to increase the budget from $4,558,568 to $5,468,716. The revision, says City Manager Robert Wolfington, should get the project through it’s anticipated completion in March.