From the Editor’s Desk
A lot of times in this line of work we are observers more than participants in anything, and yet somehow we often find ourselves ensconced in community efforts.
January 2024
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Ask a Trooper: Insurance Question
Question: I have a question about people who are driving for food deliveries and ride-hailing app services using their personal vehicle.
News from WRAP: January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month
January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month as well as National Stalking Awareness Month.
Garrison Keillor & Friends: A close call and then the creation
I walked into the neighborhood bank the other day and there in the lobby, loading the ATM machines, were two guys with fistfuls of money, bricks of $100s, $50s $20s, a sight I’d never seen before, perhaps a signal from alternative reality that my chance at bank robbery was here, but then I saw the third man, his hand on the pistol in his holster, and so instead I walked up to the cashier’s window and asked for a couple grand so I can make New Year’s gifts to doormen at our building and Mitch the plumber and our cleaning lady and also to some deserving children.I know it’s pitifully small-minded of me but I enjoy walking around with a $100 bill in my pocket.
Alexandria Technical & Community College Fall Dean’s List
Scott Berger, Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs at Alexandria Technical & Community College, recognizes individual students for academic excellence.
Live Well, Age Wisely: Another Medicare Open Enrollment Period?
The term Part C can be very confusing when talking about Medicare.
Upper Sioux Agency State Park to permanently close in February
On January 10th, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources sent out a media advisory noting that there would be an online press conference that morning with announcements regarding the closure of Upper Sioux Agency State Park.
New Board formed to support cancer patients in Chippewa and Yellow Medicine Counties
A group of individuals recently came together to discuss the need of supporting local cancer patients in Chippewa and Yellow Medicine Counties.
Walk by candlelight at Lac qui Parle State Park on Saturday, Jan. 27
Minnesota state parks and trails will host candlelight events across the state this winter, including one at Lac qui Parle State Park on Saturday, Jan.
Yellow Medicine County Courts
Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s OfficeKrutchek, Brian James, Hazel Run; Offense Date 1/1/09 Criminal Sex Conduct - 2nd Degree - Significant Relationship - Under 16 - Multiple Act (Felony); Disposition 1/10/24 Convicted; Court Decision 1/10/24 Sentenced Commit to Commissioner of Corrections - Adult(MN Correctional Facility - St.