Upcoming Events
March 26th: Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council Job Fair from 3:00 – 6:00 PM at Benson High School.
Minnesota DNR sets open water fishing regulations for walleye on Mille Lacs Lake
Anglers on Mille Lacs Lake will have the opportunity to harvest two walleye daily during the upcoming open water season, which begins on Saturday, May 10, and continues through Sunday, Nov. 30. Harvested walleye must be 17 inches or greater, and only one of them can be over 20 inches.
MAMLN hosts educational event on Dementia
MAMLN (Montevideo Area Memory Loss Network) will host an educational event on Wednesday, April 2 from 8:30 am – 4:00 p.m. at the MN Veterans Home - Montevideo (2190 William Avenue, Montevideo, MN 56265). This event is made possible in part by a Minnesota Board on Aging Dementia Grant.
This Happened Here: Life Marches On…
[Note: I’m sounding like a broken record here, but the guest column I was excited to run now needs a little more time to make edits… so hello, it’s Jessie Hennen again, writing to you with a thing that happened in Marshall this week. Other voices are coming soon, I promise. Got an idea of your own? Send it to Jessie.rose.hennen (at) gmail.com!]
TOMF “Jam the Gym” fundraising eventcelebrating 30 years
The mission of the Tim Orth Memorial Foundation is to raise funds to assist children who are facing substantial medical expenses incurred as a result of a serious accident or illness. The Foundation is an all-volunteer organization that organizes fundraising events to support the children in the community in addition to raising the much-needed funds. Between the events on Friday, March 28th in Winthrop and Saturday, March 29th in Glencoe and Hector, assistance will be provided to nineteen recipients.
Local students earn academic honors Fall 2024
St. Cloud Technical & Community College congratulates the following students for their academic achievement Fall 2024. They have earned recognition on the President’s List for a grade point average of 4.0 or the Dean’s list for a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.99.
CCM Health moves forward building a new childcare center for employees
CCM Health is excited to share that it has received approval from the Montevideo City Council and the Chippewa County Board of Commissioners to move forward with the construction of a new childcare center for staffs’ children. The new facility, set to break ground this spring, will expand and provide much-needed childcare services for CCM Health staff, supporting the organization’s commitment to being one of the best places to work in the United States.

Wrestling awards banquet held
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Brookside Senior Living receives award
Brookside Senior Living is thrilled to announce that it has received a 2025 Customer Experience Award from Activated Insights, formerly Pinnacle Quality Insight. This recognizes Brookside’s outstanding performance in multiple categories and solidifies their position in the top echelon of care providers nationwide.

Memory Care Corner: Fish and Frontotemporal Dementia…
When people hear the word dementia, they immediately think of Alzheimer’s Disease – and rightly so, as Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of dementia. However, as we have been discussing, Alzheimer’s Disease is not the only fish in the sea! Today, we are going to learn a little about Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD).