December 2022

Sharon Knutson

 The funeral service for Sharon Knutson, 71, of Belview will take place at 1 p.m. on Friday, December 9, 2022, at Rock Dell Lutheran Church in rural Belview. Visitation will…

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Beyond Reason

Et Tu, Vince While I am quite fond of the Vince Guaraldi, the solo artist and his Trio, there are limits to my affection. I happen to dislike Christmas songs.

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“May the God of hope fill you with all the joy and peace in believing.” (Romans 15:13a)

Peace. Peace is something sought after by nations, by leaders, by followers, by almost everyone. If you Google just videos of “how to find peace,” you will find over 97 million results, and on Bing you will find almost 10 billion results. Results that talk about the process of meditation, what to give up, things you should start doing, things you should stop doing, the list goes on and on.

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Free rides for Veterans

Prairie Five CAC, Inc. is honored to announce and to be partnering with 6WRTCC, MDAV, Mn-DOT and the five county veterans service officers of Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine and Swift, in offering free rides to veterans.

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From the Editor’s Desk

Around a month ago, my daughters convinced me that the thing to do was to adopt a puppy from the Hawk Creek Animal Shelter. All of our pets have only ever been rescues, but we have never adopted an actual baby animal. Thus, I underestimated how much effort raising a puppy would entail.

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Live Well, Age Wisely:

Yesterday I was “supervising” some work in the basement – keeping my friend company who was trying to figure out a water drainage issue. I don’t hang on to a lot of things but since I started writing in journals six years ago, I’ve kept all of them in a bookshelf.

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