Thunder Hawk boys take on Minnewaska, Lakeview
On Friday, the Montevideo Thunder Hawk boys took a 60-62 loss in overtime against Minnewaska. Leaders in that game included Kaden Boike who scored 24 points, while Landon Stock landed a double-double, with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Complete scoring from that game follows:
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
This letter is about the flood of October 20, 2021. It started in the Spring of 2016. A sinkhole began in the City parking lot west of The Gallery on 1st. It was filled, and I was told by City employees that it was an old storm sewer that was caving in.
Prairie Notebook
Allow me to take a little detour from the general topic areas for this column. The cold weather is reminding me of past experiences in the frigid outdoors - all perhaps conditioning me for a life in the great frozen north.
Milan Community Column
I've got to find an address for Mother Nature. Someone needs to bite the bullet and apologize to her. It could be just as well be me. One day the wind blows from one direction and the next it blows from the exact opposite direction. At least the drifts are equal height. I did notice that there was not much wildlife out in the open. Not even many birds on the wing. Except in the area of my bird feeders.
Beyond Reason
The big day is approaching. No time to waste.
From the Editor’s Desk
Over the weekend I took my daughters to the ocean for the first time in their lives. It was a trip planned for quite some time - before I knew what my current working situation would be. And so, with our non-refundable plane tickets, we boarded a plane late Friday for a weekend in sunny California. I'd decided a while ago that to visit the ocean, they needed to visit somewhere warm and especially during the winter months. Thanks to a lot of help from willing contributors, the three papers were able to get out on time with full coverage of events. It really does take a village, and I'm very grateful to have the help so I could get away for the weekend.
Minnesota State University, Mankato Dean’s list announced
The Academic High Honor and Honor lists (Dean's lists) for the past fall semester at Minnesota State University, Mankato have been announced by interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Brian Martensen.
Equipment Grants available for access to healthy foods
Funding for equipment that increases availability and access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food to underserved communities is now available. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is now accepting applications for the 2022 Good Food Access Program (GFAP) Equipment and Physical Improvement Grants.
New cell phone tower erected near Milan gives prioritized service to emergency services
AT&T recently added a new cell tower near the intersection of 70th Street NW and 150th Avenue NW in Milan to enhance the area’s 4G LTE coverage and help give residents and first responders faster, more reliable wireless service. The enhancements also bring Band 14 spectrum to the area. Band 14 is a nationwide, high-quality spectrum set aside by the government specifically for FirstNet. In an emer-gency, this band – or lane – can be cleared just for FirstNet subscribers.
Elightenment Psychiatry offers a holistic approach to mental health services in Montevideo
Last August, Mackenzie Snortum opened Enlightenment Psychiatry. Snortum, who has been in nursing since she was 16, found that in working in the medical field, especially in hospital Emergency Rooms, there was a distinct need for psychiatry services, as mental health issues that brought people to hospitals were often misunderstood. “That’s really when I ventured down that road and thought this is what I want to do,” she says. She decided to shadow a Psych NP at Woodland Centers in 2015 and then took some time off to have children before going to school in 2017 to earn her degree in Psychiatry.