Local teacher starts baking business
Robyn Aslesen first started baking custom cakes for her own wedding in 2014. Being pleased with the results, she began adding in a few more wedding and graduation cakes over the years. By the end of 2021, her three-year-old son began helping Aslesen with her baking. “He wanted to bake more than we were able to eat,” she says. “When I mentioned that to him, his response was – mom, you should sell some!” Thus, Aslesen says, it was that idea from her child that planted the seed of inspiration to move the business forward. Within a week of his suggestion, Aslesen says she applied for and received her Minnesota Cottage Food Producer license, and Tasty Bakes and Custom Cakes was born.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, March 12th: Talking Waters Beer Brunch. Begins at 11 a.m.
Montevideo Swim & Dive team members qualify for State
Last Thursday, the Montevideo boys Swim & Dive team participated in the Section 3A preliminaries, with team members qualifying for advancement to sections. Montevideo scoring was as follows: 200 MEDLEY RELAY – (1) Montevideo (Austin Dunn, Callim Schmitz, Evan Smith, Mickey Hess) 1;43.31 … 200 FREESTYLE – (5) Austin Dunn, 1:54.95 50 FREESTYLE – (4) Evan Smith, 23.46, (10) Gavin Arends, 23.84 DIVING – (9) Wyatt Picht, 187.00.
Taterpie’s Sweet Treats launches at Java River
Taylor Patton Holien has always enjoyed baking, having spent time with her grandmother baking as a child, and baking more extravagant cakes and such for birthdays for family members as she got older. “It was always something that I liked to do and then I just kind of grew from there,” she says. “I would have people reach out to me and I’ve done cakes for birthdays and things like that.”
Thunder Hawk girls basketball team advances to State finals
Last week, the Thunder Hawk girls defeated Benson 58-19 in an away game. The win signaled the title of West Central Conference Champs for the Thunder Hawk girls, with a 12-1 West Central Conference record. The title is the first in the school's history. The girls moved on to the Sections Tournament Saturday hosted in Montevideo to defeat Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 65-34, advancing the team to the state finals.
Three from Team UNITED reach milestones
Tyler Schickedanz achieved his 60th win at the Section Tournament Saturday. MINNESOTA Dan Gunlogson achieved his 100th win at the Section Tournament Saturday.
Three from Team UNITED qualify for State
Last weekend, Team UNITED traveled to Redwood Falls to the Section 3AA championship individual tournament. At the meet, qualifiers for State were Daniel Gunlogson (113 pounds), Zander Clausen (120), Dain Mortenson (152), Avery Wittnebel (160) and Keaton Haas (220). Scoring from that event follows:
Stock named West Central Conference player of the week
Landon Stock was named the West Central Conference Player of the Week for boys basketball last week. West Central Conference Schools include Benson, BOLD, Melrose Area, Minnewaska Area, Montevideo, Morris Area and Sauk Centre. MINNESOTA
Thunder Hawk boys basketball team defeats BOLD
On Thursday, the Montevideo boys basketball team took on Melrose for a 54-76 loss in an away game. Leaders in that game included Kaden Boike, who scored 10 points with three assists and a steal. Andrew VanBinsbergen added another 10 points to the team total. Complete scoring from that game follows:
United Way Community Investment volunteers needed
United Way of Southwest Minnesota (UWSWMN) needs a limited number of volunteers to help review Community Impact Grant applications submitted by local nonprofit organizations requesting program funding for 2022-23. This is an exciting and influential volunteer opportunity for local people to learn more about programs in our service area while having input as to how funds raised in our most recent campaign are invested.