Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Spring waterfowl population counts by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources provide data that the DNR uses to produce population estimates. This year, the estimates are average or below-average for several species of waterfowl that nest in Minnesota.
Jessica Stölen-Jacobson The Meander Art Crawl returns this year September 30th through October 2nd. The annual event offers a variety of stops at artists studios and artist hosting locations along a route through the Upper Minnesota River Valley from Clinton to Granite Falls.
Stone Irvine just returned from an annual training in Michigan, after 18 days, with a challenge coin, AAM & COA awards. Stone was included as one of the “real life” medical support soldiers in a ground evac. unit for Michigan’s Northern Strike Training. Stone is in the back row, far left, in the large group photo. In the small group photo, Stone is on the far right.
Jessica Stölen-Jacobson With the upcoming start of the Yellow Medicine East School year beginning September 6th, the Advocate Tribune recently sent a questionnaire to new staff members at the district. The following are their responses.
Patrick Mader “We were busy kids,” Jill Slettedahl Winter says of the childhood she shared with younger sisters Amy (Slettedahl) Northrop and Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson. Jill became a state track champion and collegiate All-American, but the value of education shone through the daughters of Bob, a rural mail carrier, and Judy, an educator, too.
In 1872 the settlement of Granite Falls was less than two years old and its population fewer than thirty. On October 20th of that year, men and women of the small town gathered in abandoned, sod-roofed log cabin on the hill above the town. After listening to a sermon by the Rev. J.D. Todd, they appointed three people (J.D. Todd, J. Luce and John Jacobs) to prepare and report documents to organize a Congregational Church.
Want to raise the competence and vitality of our nation? Rather than saddle college students with unprecedented loan debt due to lack of investment in education, we need to return to valuing education. A good education helps people get jobs that generate taxes which actually pay back educational investment. So little to disagree with there, but since 1980 republican policy has starved education, increased student debt while making tons of money for banks. Economists realize that as today’s college students enter the workforce with over a trillion dollars of cumulative debt, they aren’t likely to make major purchases or even have a little extra money to circulate in the economy. Today’s graduates struggle for decades to pay off loans that far overshadow college loan and tuition costs prior to 1980. I graduated in 1978 with almost no student debt, thanks to our nation’s commitment to investing in education. It would be hypocritical for me to say loan forgiveness is not called for today, as the level of debt students face makes it extremely difficult to get ahead.
What’s in a Name? Due to the overwhelming response (glad you liked it, Mom) to a recent column about nautical terminology, this is a kind of follow- up. Thus, I give you boat names.
We had some severe weather move across Minnesota both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday and Sunday, tornadoes were confirmed in Ramsey County and Dakota County. During the storms, heavy rain fell during the Minnesota State Fair. The concert at the State Fair’s Grand Stand had to be canceled.
Granite Falls Police Department Blue, Arianna Danielle, Granite Falls; Offense date 8/15/22 Giving Peace Officer Name and Date of Birth of Another Person (Gross Misdemeanor); Plea 8/18/22 Guilty; Disposition 8/18/22 Convicted; Court Decision 8/18/22 Sentenced Local Confinement (365 Days, Stay 0 Yr 0 Mo 365 Days for 1 Yr Credit for Time Served: 4 days); $100 Fine. Enney, Larry Lee Jr, Granite Falls; Offense date 12/29/17 Traffic - DAR (Misdemeanor); Plea 8/22/22 Guilty; Disposition 8/22/22 Convicted; Court Decision 8/22/22 Payable without Appearance; $200 Fine.