May 2024

Regional fishing outlooks available from Minnesota DNR in preparation for opener

Anglers looking for local fishing information before the Saturday, May 11 fishing opener can check the regional fishing outlooks from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.The outlooks provide details about fishing opportunities and conditions in various areas of the state, including for specific lakes, rivers and streams.Based on reports from across the state, anglers have a lot to look forward to — especially with an early ice out this year and fisheries lake surveys that have showed good year classes of walleye in many lakes, said Brad Parsons, DNR fisheries section manager.“Walleye fishing will be really good and we really hope people can get out and enjoy it early in the season,” Parsons said.

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Garrison Keillor & Friends: On the road again, meeting the folks…

I went out West to Idaho and Washington to do my show in Boise (soft s) and Spokane, and was surprised by how vibrant, bustling, handsome both cities are, and walked out onstage and sang Van Morrison’s “These are the days of the endless summer, these are the days, the time is now” and they seemed to like it okay, so I hummed a note and they sang “America the Beautiful” with me and then we did “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” for the Republicans in the crowd and they sang it full-out, four parts, and then, for contrast, “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt” and we were on our way.It’s an age of dread, the news perpetually discouraging, TV and media merchandising ugliness, and either you join the Greek chorus of gloom or you go with the American choir of cheerful resolve, and I choose cheerfulness.

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Yellow Medicine County Courts

Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s OfficeFuller, Kaya Lavonne, Granite Falls; OFfene date 12/17/23 Tamper with motor vehicle/enter without owner permission (Misdemeanor); Plea 4/29/24 Guilty; Disposition 4/29/24 Convicted; Court Decision 4/29/24 Sentenced Local Confinement (90 Days, Stay 0 Yr 0 Mo 87 Days For 1 Yr Credit for time served: 3 Days); $50 Fine.Kumo, Abson, Milan; Offense date 12/21/23 Traffic - Second Degree Driving While Impaired - Operate Motor Vehicle - Alcohol Concentration 0.08 (Gross Misdemeanor); Plea 4/29/24 Guilty; Disposition 4/29/24 Convicted; Court Decision 4/29/24 Sentenced; Local Confinement (364 Days, Stay 0 Yr 0 Mo 274 Days For 2 Yr); $50 Fine.MN State Patrol - MarshallAreas Vado, Exequiel Antonio, Montevideo; Offense date 3/13/24 Driving After Revocation (Misdemeanor); Plea 4/27/24 Guilty; Disposition 4/27/24 Convicted; Court Decision 4/27/24 Payable without appearance; $200 Fine.

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