A winter storm moved into Minnesota late Monday into Tuesday. This system brought freezing rain and snow to the state of Minnesota and has caused traveling difficulties. Warnings were posted for most of the state for difficult driving conditions.
OF THE WEEK Submitted by Myrna Stölen A Note from Myrna: A German Chocolate cake recipe. I don’t know how the frosting is, as I didn’t make it.
Jayden Wilson, a 2021 graduate of ECHO Charter School, read and signed his oath of office to become the youngest member of the ECS Board Thursday night during the Board’s December 9 meeting. Wilson, 20, from Granite Falls, said it was a weird feeling not having been out of school long and already holding a position that usually fell to older people.
Congratulations to Whitney Tennis & Stephen Winger on their marriage last Saturday! (Whitney is the daughter of Todd & Amy Tennis). Caroline Streich & family attended their second cousin Mike Beninga’s funeral at St.
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Community members gathered last Saturday for Santa Day in Echo. The event included Free BINGO for turkeys, hams, and meal sides thanks to local businesses donating/ sponsoring the BINGO items. These businesses included Farmers Coop Oil of Echo, Dan Larsen Tax Preparation, Granite Works, Echo Fire Department, Sharon’s Headquarters, Gjerset Trucking, Sunset Funeral Home, Kotek Trucking, Farmers Union Insurance of Montevideo, Kvistad Farm, Bendix Plumbing and Heating, Daryl Kuehn Heating and AC, and Pederson Farm Partnership. Hickory Lane Farm of Echo donated the potatoes for the BINGO meal side bags.
While my son was deployed in the Middle East, I wrote about my grandma’s great cookie mission. Each week she would bake and send box after box of cookies and then, once they arrived, my son would go around base and hand them out to all of his fellow soldiers that were around at distribution time.
Tis’ the season – it’s a phrase we hear often these days. We are in a season of holiday celebrations, a season of hustle and bustle, a season of balancing want vs. need, and of course, a season of giving. And while December is a time we tend to think more about the spirit of giving and receiving, it’s a need that our communities and neighbors have year-round.
Belview GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Sundays: 9 a.m. Holy Communion, 10:15 a.m.
During the Advent season, the message of God saving us is something we shouldn’t miss. It’s said best in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.”