May 2022

Lincoln County collaboration supports project impacting Yellow Medicine River water quality

Lincoln County Soil & Water Conservation District 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.

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City Council declares state of emergency

At Monday evening’s regular monthly meeting of the Granite Falls City Council, the council passed a resolution declaring a state of emergency based on the recent storm damage. The resolution was recommended by Casey Namken, the Yellow Medicine County Emergency Manager, and allows the County and City to be able to access funding available from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA).

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday, May 20th: 29th Annual Chippewa/Yellow Medicine Counties Relay for Life at Smith Park. Saturday, May 21st: Suicide Prevention Awareness Walk Smith Park in Montevideo.

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From the Editor’s Desk

Mother Nature decided bright and early Monday morning to make it the Monday’est Monday that ever Monday’ed with a storm moving through the area dropping massive hail right about the same time the kids were arriving at school.

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Bengtson’s work to appear in Friends of Minnesota Barns calendar

Sharla Bengtson, of Wood Lake, recently entered one of her photographs into a contest for Friends of Minnesota Barns. The photograph was chosen to be featured in the Barn Calendar for 2023 in the month of November. The photograph Bengtson submitted was taken in Pine County, Minnesota. Additionally, Bengtson’s granddaughter submitted a photo to the same contest and will have her photograph featured for September in the calendar. Photo Submitted.

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