News
Citizen calls attention to right-ofway issue at Council meeting
At the regular monthly meeting of the Montevideo City Council, Montevideo resident Jeffrey Labar was in attendance to discuss an issue with the right-of-way on State Road affecting his ability to sell his home.
Lindsey Stage joins Westberg Eischens
Westberg Eischens has hired Lindsey Stage to join their Granite Falls accounting office. As Staff Accountant, she will assist with client bookkeeping, payroll, tax preparation, compilation and review services.
National Weather says a “derecho” produced multiple tornadoes
I think many people across the state of Minnesota are still in disbelief about the weather that hit the state last Thursday. The National Weather says a “derecho” produced “at least six different tornadoes” in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota last Thursday.
News from Milan
The only damage I had was the loss of the top of an old pine tree. And it landed a few feet away and did no damage.
Faith Column: Shaped by Sacred Speech
The first Bible verse I remember memorizing was Micah 6:8. I’m sure many of you know it.
COURT NEWS
Montevideo Police Department Orozoco, Fredy; Offense 4/8/22 Drivers License - No MN DL (Misdemeanor); Plea 5/6/22 Guilty; Disposition 5/6/22 Convicted; Court Decision 5/6/22 Payable Without Appearance; $100 Fine. Billings, Jessica Marie, Montevideo; Offense date 9/20/21 Accident - Hit and Run Vehicle (Misdemeanor); Plea 5/9/22 Guilty; Disposition 5/9/22 Convicted; Court Decision 5/9/22 Sentenced Local Confinement 90 Days, Stay 90 Days for 1 Yr; $100 Fine.
THEIR LOVE STORY
A serial is a publishing format that breaks down a larger work of narration into sequential installments for publication in magazines or newspapers. Serials were popular in the late 1800s, and early 1900s, and even appeared in the Montevideo American News in the 1920s. This is the third week of a six-week series of serials written by author and Montevideo native Arthur Norby.
Khou Lor announced as a new MNRAAA Board of Directors member
The Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging, Inc. (MN- RAAA) is pleased to announce the addition of a new member to the Board of Directors. Khou Lor has been appointed to serve on the MNRAAA Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2022.
Adventure into History at Minnesota Historical Society Sites and Museums this Summer
From hands-on Native Arts workshops to guided walking tours of the longest stretch of Victorian mansions remaining in the country, Cp & Sv Cp & the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) welcomes all to learn and enjoy Historic Adventures at its sites and museums.
Lincoln County collaboration supports project impacting Yellow Medicine River water quality
A conservation-minded landowner found a permanent fix for the perennial erosion that robbed his Lincoln County field of topsoil when local, state and federal partners collaborated on a project too extensive for any one of them to take on alone. Randy Janiszeski’s 120- acre Alta Vista Township field drained a 150-acre watershed in the hills above the North Branch Yellow Medicine River. After every hard rain, he’d repair the gullies and then keep farming the land until the next hard rain.