
Memory Care Corner: The Power of Music
Music has always been a part of my life. I remember long car rides when my father would often begin singing. Perhaps it was to help him stay awake, or perhaps to quiet his four children! Regardless, we would always be serenaded with songs like “On Top of Old Smoky” or Eddie Arnold’s “Cattle Call.”

76th annual Fiesta Days celebration is June 12-19
Seventy-six years ago, Montevideo Fiesta Days was started by local businessmen to celebrate the sister city relationship with Montevideo, Uruguay that began in 1905 when the two cities exchanged flags. Today, we continue to celebrate this relationship and our community with events for all ages. Join the Montevideo Fiesta Days Board of Directors and the 2022 Fiesta Days Royalty at the many events that are planned for the week of June 12- 19, 2022.

Thunder Hawk Baseball banquet held
The Montevideo Baseball team held their banquet on Wednesday, June 1st. Coaches Award - Dylan Spray; All Conference, Most Improved, Rookie of the Year - Ethan Moravetz; West Central Conference MVP, All Conference, Most Valuable Hitter, Most Valuable Pitcher, Team MVP - Brady Snell; All Conference Honorable Mention, Most Valuable Defensive Player - Kaden Boike; All Conference - Grayson Eisenlohr. Photo Submitted

Montevideo High School 2022 Commencement held
The graduates throw their caps at the end of commencement. Photos by Jessica Stolen-Jacobson The Montevideo High School band performs at the Commencement ceremony held Sunday afternoon.

Beyond Reason
In the cooler months, Uncle Tony is a staple around the house. Uncle Tony’s usually up at dawn, sipping coffee, enjoying the sunrise, reading the paper. Then you might not see Uncle Tony until the evening. More often than not, Uncle Tony skips happy hour and dinner altogether, emerging to read to the kids, and helping with bath time. On the weekend Uncle Tony might cozy up for a movie. But Uncle Tony is not a fan of the warmer weather. One of the first unofficial signs of summer is./ when it heats up outside and Uncle Tony goes to the basement until fall. Perhaps I should

PRAIRIE NOTEBOOK
Sometimes my past experiences, when coupled with an active imagination, become strange bedfellows. Most recently this came to pass as I cleaned up after the devastating storms we had a couple of weeks ago.

MN Valley Area Learning Center graduates
On May 27th, the MN Valley Area Learning Center held their graduation celebration for the 2022 graduates. Front row (from left): Kaylie Schmitt, Lilya Ontivieros Aase, Naisha Finn, Aidan Olson-Blake, Kadance Huntley. Back row: Eric Magana, Tanner Goschey, Jonas Anderson, Benicio Cochrane, Wyatt Haugen, William White-McEliece & Kyle Nyvold. Not pictured: Andrea Brunk, Isaiyiah Flores, Dominick Hernandez, Tanner Johnson, Christian Kirking, Dylan Novy, MaKayla Rittenour, Micah Smith & Joselline Soto-Castillo. Photo Submitted
University of Sioux Falls Spring 2022 Dean’s List
The University of Sioux Falls congratulates more than 600 students who made the Spring 2022 Dean’s List. To qualify, students must earn a term GPA of 3.5 or greater on a 4.0 scale.
Adopt a Highway volunteers remove 29,500 bags of trash from roads in 2021
Thousands of Adopt a Highway volunteers helped to keep Minnesota roadsides clean and free of litter in 2021 by picking up more than 29,500 bags of trash from highway ditches, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
SDSU announces Spring 2022 Dean’s List
South Dakota State announces the names of the outstanding undergraduates who have been named to the dean’s list for the spring 2022 semester. Local students making the list are: -Braiden Kittelson of Milan, is a student in SDSU’s Jerome J.