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Montevideo Memorial Day Program held

On Monday, the Montevideo Memorial Day Program was held at Sunset Memorial Cemetery featuring the Advancement of Colors, a performance by the Montevideo HS Band of the “Star Spangled Banner”, the Invocation given by Craig Knutson, Chaplain, American Legion Post 59.

MHS Class of 2024 graduates

Last week, the Montevideo High School Class of 2024 celebrated their final days of High School with a breakfast gathering.

Dead leaves, dying branches – is it oak wilk or lingering effects of drought?

It’s no secret that Minnesotans love their trees and want to keep them healthy – but sometimes concern leads down the wrong the path.According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, in 2023 many people misdiagnosed deadly, invasive oak wilt when the culprit for most ailing oaks was general oak decline fueled by the severe drought seen in many parts of Minnesota at that time.“Symptoms like rapid death or dying branches can be attributed to both oak wilt and oak decline spurred by severe drought,” said Brian Schwingle, DNR Forest Health Program coordinator.

M State announces spring 2024 academic honors

Minnesota State Community and Technical College has named 480 students to its President’s List and 531 students to its Dean’s List for the spring 2024 semester.Students on M State’s President’s List earned a grade point average of 4.0 while completing a minimum of six college-level credits and 75% of the courses in which they enrolled for the semester.