CURE brings local residents to Washington DC

Delegates from Minnesota return from Washington, D.C. after a week of Congressional meetings pushing to roll back the 45Q tax credit that subsidizes the development of carbon pipelines. Dan and Jolene Henriksen (Vesta), Pam Jensen (Lamberton), and Peg Furshong (Renville) met with officials from Rep. Finstad, Rep. Fischbach, Sen. Klobuchar, Rep. Omar, and Sen. Smith’s offices. In addition to state meetings, the delegation met with the Senate Committee on Finance, House Committee on Ways and Means as well as with the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) as a follow-up to a letter sent on February 10th on wasteful and dangerous carbon capture subsidies.

KOLT foundation gala exceeds fundraising goal

On Saturday evening, the first annual KOLT Foundation Gala was held at The Rock: Dining and Events. The evening featured food, auctions, and entertainment with a black and white attire theme.

Band students attend Minnesota Orchestra

last week, Montevideo School’s seventh and eighth grade band students were able to enjoy a trip to the Minnesota Orchestra. The program featured music to represent multiple emotions and also featured another young musician, Jane Story a 17 year old violin concerto competition winner.

Housing study open to collect local data

Over the next few months, the City of Montevideo is working with Chippewa County and Clara City to study the communities’ housing needs and priorities. This study will provide insight into the communities’ current housing stock from both a data analysis and community input perspective. The desired outcome is an easy-to-use plan that identifies and prioritizes housing needs and provides an implementation matrix with action steps, a timeline, a responsible party, and resources.

Live Well, Age Wisely: Medicare Fraud Prevention…

Can you believe that fraud, errors, and abuse cost Medicare more than $60 billion last year? Medicare fraud is one of the most rampant forms of fraud in the US. There are a variety of ways it is committed and ultimately all taxpayers end up paying for the dishonesty of others. The Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) began in 1997 and they provide valuable tips for preventions and ideas for what to do if you believe you’ve been scammed. The following suggestions come from their web site at smpresource.org.

Ask a Trooper: Backing up on Freeway…

Question: The other day I was going down the freeway and I saw a vehicle that must’ve missed their exit as they were backing up near an exit ramp. This didn’t appear safe and I’m going to guess illegal. What do you say sir?

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.

Annual event provides opportunity for local students to experience agriculture

On March 12th, the annual Ag in the Classroom event was held at the Minnesota West campus in Granite Falls. Each year in March, Yellow Medicine County Farm Bureau hosts the event that allows for 4th grade students from area schools to gather with local commodity groups, electric industry representatives and farm safety instructors. This year, seven schools including Montevideo, Lakeview and YME attended, bringing more than 300 students to the venue to meet with the five commodity groups. Each group hosts a 20 minute session of educational information.