Prairie’s Edge lit up the 4th of July with an exquisite fireworks show that was attended by hundreds. Right at 10 pm the first booming sparkle streaked into the sky, bursting with what looked like confetti set on fire. The brilliant fireworks went on for about 25 minutes. Photos by Cynthia Christians
Marie Stelter, 93, of Belview, formerly of Echo, passed away on Friday, July 1, 2022, at Parkview Nursing Home. Funeral Services will take place at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 11, 2022, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Vesta. Visitation will be one hour prior at the church. Interment will be at the Vesta Cemetery. A livestream of the service will be available at the St. John’s Lutheran Church webpage and a recording of the service will be available at www.sunsetfuneralassociation.com. In lieu of flowers memorials are preferred to Great Plains Lutheran High School in Watertown, S.D. or the Christian education school of your choice.
Shirley Fay Gladitsch, 89, of Vesta passed away Sunday, June 26, 2022, at her home. Memorial Services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Vesta. Visitation was one hour prior to the service at church on Tuesday. Interment was in the Vesta Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred. Online condolences may be sent at www.stephensfuneralservice.com. Stephens Funeral Service - Redwood Valley Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.
Dorothy Elise Brusven was born on March 9, 1925, in Clarkfield to Elmer and Martha (Hatlen) Aakvik. She was baptized and confirmed in the Clarkfield Lutheran Church. She graduated from the Clarkfield High School in 1943 and went on to school and graduated from the Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis. Dorothy worked three years as a cashier and bookkeeper at Charter Loan Company in Minneapolis; one year as secretary at the Durkee Atwood Company in Minneapolis, and then one year as a secretary at the Clarkfield Bank.
Lori Sherod, of Odessa, has been advertising heavily through social media in the local area to find host families for foreign exchange students hoping to come to the United States for the 2022-23 school year through the International Student Exchange (ISE) program. Sherod, a Special Education teacher, is driven to find families to host the students, because as she knows - for many of these students in their senior year of high school, the 2022-23 school year is their last chance to take advantage of the foreign exchange program. If families are not found, those students will miss out on the opportunity, she says. Sherod has the opportunity to work with anyone interested in getting started in the program, though she can only supervise the placements in person for those in a 120- mile radius. For those she gets started, she can walk them through the process of meeting the requirements, and then a representative from their area will be assigned to those approved for the monthly visits.
I mustache you a question. I always thought of the world as kind of divided into two camps: Us and Them.
The following students graduated after the spring 2022 semester at South Dakota State University. The more than 1,500 students listed below completed all requirements for a degree and/or certificate program and those requirements have been verified by the appropriate college.
For a couple of years, Andrea Gullickson, formerly of Granite Falls, has had a vision of opening a cake pop business with her daughter, Meadow. “I realized that is a complicated process. Food trucks are popping up all over the place, so I knew I wanted to do something fun and unique,” says Gullickson.
Are we there yet? I remember saying those words as a kid, and I remember my kids saying those words not long after we started out on a drive. Waiting can be hard.
United Way of Southwest Minnesota (UWS- WMN) is collecting new school supplies to help local children start the school year off right. Can you help us Stuff the Bus? School supplies most needed this year are colored pencils (12 count preferred), crayons (24 count preferred), fine or broad tip markers, and scissors. School supply donations can be placed in collection containers that can be found at the following locations through July 29th.