Pickleball group draws more players to teams
Since summer of 2022, community members from around the Cottonwood, Clarkfield, Boyd, and Granite Falls areas have been gathering in Granite Falls to form two pickleball teams.
September 2023
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Emergency preparedness for older adults
September is National Emergency Preparedness Month and this year, our focus is ensuring that older adults are prepared if a disaster were to happen.
DNR announces next steps on land transfer
On August 30, the DNR held a working session and open house in Granite Falls, Minn.
DNR announces next steps on land transfer
On August 30, the DNR held a working session and open house in Granite Falls, Minn.
Garrison Keillor & Friends: Sing on, dance on, good eye, ain’t you happy
A good week is a good week; let smarter people deal with the debt ceiling crisis and popularity of authoritarianism, my week began with a happy Sunday in church with a lot of blessing going on — sprinkling the schoolkids, the choir, the congregation — and our rector looking joyful as she marched around casting holy water on people — I thought she might like to use a squirt gun or a watering can or the sprinklers in the ceiling.
The Lowe Down: You do you…
Life is difficult enough without comparing our lives to anyone else’s existence and I wonder if social media is damaging the self esteem of not only our young people, but people of all ages.
Recipe of the Week
Submitted by Myrna Stolen, MarshallA note from Myrna: Simple and good.Butterscotch or chocolate pudding an be used instead of vanilla pudding.
Ask a Trooper: Motorcycle Eye Protection
Question: I read one of your articles about motorcyclists needing to wear eye protection.
Grants available projects that foster social connections for older adults
Southwest Initiative Foundation (SWIF) has launched a new grant program, Fostering Social Connection in Later Life with funds from the Paul and Alma Schwan Aging Trust Endowment Fund.
Ways people with disabilities can search for hunting opportunities
Hunters with disabilities can learn more about hunting opportunities by visiting the Minnesota DNR website.