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Thomas Halvorson shows off his mullet whipping skills in the Chippewa County Fair’s Mullet Competition Wednesday. Halvorson took home runner up in the Adult Males category. Photo by Jessica Stölen-Jacobson

At Monday evening’s City Council meeting, three of Montevideo Police Department’s officers were presented the Life Saving Award. Montevideo Police Department part-time officer Glenn Dirksen, who is a recent addition to the department, and also a full-time officer for the State Patrol, received an award for an incident that happened on June 5th of this year.

It hurts to feel alone. It hurts to feel like no one understands you.

Two of the newest officers joining the Montevideo Police Department took their Oath of Office at Monday evening’s council meeting. Rachel Mork started with the MPD on June 20th. She grew up in the Ortonville area, attending college at Ridgewater Tech, and skills training at Alexandria Tech. Mork worked as a Community Service Officer for Willmar Police Department for two years before joining MPD. Dakota Mazer joined the MPD on June 13th. Mazer grew up in the Monticello area, attending St. Cloud State University for college, and taking skills training at Alexandria Tech. Mazer worked for the Grant County Sheriff’s Department in North Dakota for three years before joining MPD. The two officers are pictured taking the oath with Montevideo Mayor Erich Winter. Photo by Jessica Stölen-Jacobson

We have had some warm temperatures over the past week. The warm and humid air mass helped to fire off some showers and thunderstorms on Sunday morning and then again Sunday afternoon and evening. Some of these cells were on the strong to severe side across central Minnesota. They also produced some large hail.

Those in the local area may remember the name Curtis Warnke from his 27 years publishing the Wood Lake News, or they may remember him for being the youngest person elected to Legislature in Minnesota, or they may remember him for his gun and tackle shop where he would challenge customers to a game of cards to determine the cost of their purchase.

When Vladimir Tiuso, of Colombia, made the decision to enter the Foreign Exchange Student program, he likely didn’t anticipate gaining a life-long friendship with a family in Minnesota. However, that’s exactly what happened, as Tiuso, who spent the 1994- 95 school year in rural Montevideo returned last week with his entire family to visit his host family, the Poiers.