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Senate power sharing agreement, committee assignments

On Sunday, January 12, leaders from the Senate DFL and Republican caucuses announced a historic organizing agreement to govern the work of the Senate while it exists with a 33 – 33 tie. The agreement passed as a resolution on the Senate floor on Tuesday, January 14, the first day of the 2025 session.

Hog barn incident

Friendship Township, Yellow Medicine County – On 01/18/2025, at approximately 1715 hours, Yellow Medicine County Dispatch received a 911 call of a report of two individuals down and unresponsive in a hog barn. Clarkfield Fire Department, Clarkfield Ambulance, and Granite Falls Avera Ambulance were paged to the scene. Deputies arrived on scene and found that the caller had assisted in extricating the victims from the barn. Life saving measures were performed by deputies until EMS arrived.

Local students make Dean’s List at SDSU

More than 3,900 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance over the fall 2024 semester at South Dakota State University by being named to the dean’s list.

CHILDCARE AWARE PART 2 OF A 3 PART SERIES: Childcare Aware program awarded grant funds to assist local providers

For more than 30 years, Prairie Five has been a part of Child Care Aware of America (CCAoA). The program is a national organization that supports, they say, every part of the child care system through a network of child care resource organizations working in communities. The national organization provides research that drives policy and practice, and helps to build child care programs and providers, but also works with families and employers to find child care solutions.

Montevideo City Council holds first meeting of 2025

At Monday evening’s meeting of the Montevideo City Council, new and re-elected council members took the oath of office. Re-elected council member is Bev Olson and newly elected council member is Dean Matthys. Also newly elected taking the oath of office is James Bulman.

Ask a Trooper: Blue Light Question…

Question: I’m wondering about a light that seems to only be on at night on the traffic lights. It’s a small purple or blueish light that’s near the traffic lights. I’ve tried to figure out what its use is or if it’s a camera. I’ve asked other people what it means and I’ve never met anyone who knows what it is. Thank you!

CCM Health Welcomes Nicole Wellendorf, MSW, LICSW to its Behavioral Health Team

CCM Health is excited to welcome Nicole Wellendorf, MSW, LICSW to their Behavioral Health team. Nicole completed her education at Washington University in St. Louis and is board certified in Licensed Independent Clinical Social Work, is a Rostered Child Parent Psychotherapy and Certified Attachment Biobehavioral Catchup clinician and is Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health certified. Nicole will begin seeing patients at CCM Health in January 2025.

CHILDCARE AWARE PART 1 OF A 3 PART SERIES: New pod model daycare opens locally

The idea of a pod model daycare was a topic of discussion at meetings held in Montevideo in 2023 when the City began working with Rural Childcare Innovation Program to develop a community solution action plan. The idea, a fairly new concept in Minnesota, allows up to four in-home daycare providers to operate out of the same building independently in order to help address the childcare shortage that exists throughout the state, but especially in rural areas.