Newsletter-Early-Week

The Chippewa County Historical Society’s Heritage Week takes place each year in May, relying on volunteers to staff historic buildings and provide hands-on lessons and interpretations for school children. The event was held May 6th through the 8th for students from school districts around the local area.

Question: In one day, Monday I had three incidents where cars did not yield right of way when they had a flashing left turn arrow. I have observed several other incidents involving other drives as well. It seems of late people seem to think the flashing arrow gives them the right of way.

Anglers looking for local fishing information before the Saturday, May 10 fishing opener can check the regional fishing outlooks from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

At Countryside Public Health, we work every day to protect and promote the health of our communities. One important way we do this is by monitoring disease trends across our state and communities, offering education, and providing resources that help people prevent and manage health conditions. One of the most common and serious health concerns we track in our country is High blood pressure, or hypertension — but the good news is, it’s also one of the most manageable with the right information and support!

The Minnesota DNR fire danger map continues to show that the entire area is in a very high fire danger. Officials are reminding everyone that fires can start easily and spread at a very fast rate if they develop. As a result, no open burning is allowed for much of western into parts of northwest and north central Minnesota.

Over 200 area high school students participated in the annual Culinary Skills Challenge held at the SMSU campus, Marshall, last Tuesday to learn more about the food and hospitality industry. Students attended a variety of workshops presented by area chefs, entrepreneurs and food scientists. Students also had the opportunity to participate in seven different food and hospitality competitions. There were 17 students from Montevideo who attended this day long event.

A filmmaker from Moorhead with ties to Southwest Minnesota is bringing a passion project to life with the filming of a short-film, part of which will take place in Montevideo. Oscar De Leon, a director and founder of the film production company Chamber Six Media, is currently developing a short film called “Tristessa”. The film, De Leon explains, is about a homeless couple navigating love and hardship, with one of the most pivotal scenes to be filmed in Montevideo.