The Sixth Annual Project Turnabout "Appetite for Life" Gala was held Friday, February 12, at the Metropolitan Ballroom & Clubroom in Minneapolis. This interactive, all-star cooking class, silent auction and culinary event raises funds for the Another Chance for Life Fund, which provides scholarships to individuals and families seeking treatment, recovery and a better quality of life from their gambling addiction. 100 percent of the event proceeds solely benefit patient and family aid.

   Registration conference appointments for YME High School students and parents are scheduled for Monday, March 8, They will be able to meet with the student’s advisor and also register for 2010-2011 classes and receive 3rd quarter midterm report cards. Information is being mailed out  this week.  Parents are encouraged to attend the registration and midterm conference appointment to review course registration materials.

The Upper Sioux Community will receive financing for the proposed expansion for the Prairie’s Edge Casino Resort from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Prior Lake, according to a press release issued by the Shakopee Mdewakanton tribe.
The $9 million loan and $1 million grant is expected go towards the addition of approximately 80 additional hotel rooms, 15,000 square feet of adjunct meeting and gaming space, plus renovations to existing areas such as the buffet and bar.

An unsustainable Minnesota budget suggests that the services provided by the state will have to change – the Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC) is taking a proactive approach to ensure that it has a say in the matter.
Extraordinary circumstances call for extraordinary measures and the AMC: Redesign project is hailing its 10-point PACT plan as an audacious out-of-the-box approach.

River otters, those playful creatures sometimes known for their child-like personalities, are the subject of a public meeting to be held at 6:30-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 9 at the Kilowatt Community Center.

Feelings on the subject of allowing them to be trapped in the Minnesota River Watershed and Southwest Minnesota run from one end of the spectrum to the other.

Currently, river otters may only be trapped in other parts of the state.

 
The world gets a little smaller this Wednesday when 90 young adults from 20 different countries present “A Song to the World” at the Montevideo Fine Arts Center.
Passion, inspiration and positivity are a promise of the performance collective that goes by: Up with People.
Even if the name doesn’t ring a bell, there’s a good chance that you’ve come across the Denver-based non-profit, which has performed all over the world, including in four Super Bowls and in front of the Pope.