March 2022

New energy co-operative subject of recent webinar

March 17, 2022

Earlier this month, Montevideo-based CURE (Clean Up the River Environment) hosted a webinar to spread the word about a new cooperative solar garden that’s currently in development in an area West of Clara City, to benefit Xcel Energy customers in both Yellow Medicine and Chippewa Counties among others. The cooperative solar garden is being developed by a company called Cooperative Energy Futures that only produces cooperatively owned community solar installations. “Rather than other models of community solar projects, they develop community solar projects as member-owned cooperatives,” explains CURE Energy Democracy Program Director Erik Hatlestad.

March 17, 2022

Please note that the Advocate Tribune now has a new phone number beginning Wednesday, March 16th. The new main office phone number is: 320-435-6400. To reach office staff through the main office line, the following extensions are now available:

Shoe Swap offers affordable way to keep up with sports shoe needs

March 17, 2022

When Holly Johnson started brainstorming about ways she could give back to the community through her role as Executive Director for NIHCA in Granite Falls, she realized that one of her experiences as a mother of a thirteen-year-old was probably an experience many parents in the community share.

Voices from Pejuhutazizi: Dakota Stories and Storytellers book signing event held

March 17, 2022

Last week, a book signing event was held at the Granite Grinder Cafe & Gifts in Granite Falls in honor of Walter LaBatte Jr and Teresa Peterson’s joint efforts to publish Voices from Pejuhutazizi: Dakota Stories and Storytellers. The book was published early this year by the Minnesota Historical Society Press after years of effort by the uncle and niece to cultivate together the stories told not only by Walter LaBatte Jr., but by other relatives of theirs, and Elders.

March 17, 2022

Be sure to pick up a copy of the March 31st edition of the Advocate Tribune to grab a coloring sheet for the Granite Falls Area Chamber of Commerce coloring contest! Thursday, March 17th: Third Thursday Thistles Every Third Thursday, gather and enjoy a casual potluck in the Makers on the Minnesota newly re-designed lounge space at the K.K. Berge building.

YME boys basketball team takes loss to MACCRAY

March 10, 2022

On Thursday, the Yellow Medicine East boys basketball team played in the first round of the Section 3A-North playoffs against MACCRAY, taking a 69-93 loss. Leaders int hat game included Nikson Knapper, who scored 19 points with three steals, while Isaac Jiminez added another 16 points with five rebounds to the team total. Complete scoring from that game follows:

Granite Area Chamber hosts Easter coloring contest

March 10, 2022

The Granite Falls Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting an Easter Coloring Contest that begins March 31st. Local businesses, Pioneer PBS and the National Independent Health Club Association have donated Easter baskets valued at approximately $30 each to be handed out as prizes for the contest.

“One thing I asked of the Lord…”

March 10, 2022

How do we ask something of the God? We pray. Merriam-Webster. com defines prayer as an address (such as a petition) to God or a god in word or thought, and an earnest request or wish. I learned to pray when I was too little to remember when I learned to pray. It feels like I’ve always known I should pray. I’ve always been comfortable talking to God about what I want. I’ve prayed prayers of praise to God for the joys of all creation I get to experience. I’ve prayed prayers of thanks to God for many good things I’ve received. I’ve prayed prayers of lament when I shout out to God that I am unhappy with the way things are turning out.

Beyond Reason

March 10, 2022

Spring Break 2022! They say it’s gonna be epic! But is it? Let us consider. Spring Break is a strangely named week in March wherein the schools, the same ones that were hitherto educating our children, for some inexplicable reason, set them free.

From the Editor’s Desk

March 10, 2022

Welcome to the first week of the new look of the Advocate Tribune! As I’ve been noting in our newspapers for the last couple of months, this week readers will officially be able to see the first of the changes to come under CherryRoad Media’s ownership. Our team’s efforts have been underway for some time to bring this new look together, and I’ve been anxiously awaiting the point of reveal.