Jessica Stölen-Jacobson With the upcoming start of the Yellow Medicine East School year beginning September 6th, the Advocate Tribune recently sent a questionnaire to new staff members at the district. The following are their responses.
Stone Irvine just returned from an annual training in Michigan, after 18 days, with a challenge coin, AAM & COA awards. Stone was included as one of the “real life” medical support soldiers in a ground evac. unit for Michigan’s Northern Strike Training. Stone is in the back row, far left, in the large group photo. In the small group photo, Stone is on the far right.
Jessica Stölen-Jacobson The Meander Art Crawl returns this year September 30th through October 2nd. The annual event offers a variety of stops at artists studios and artist hosting locations along a route through the Upper Minnesota River Valley from Clinton to Granite Falls.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Spring waterfowl population counts by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources provide data that the DNR uses to produce population estimates. This year, the estimates are average or below-average for several species of waterfowl that nest in Minnesota.
mnext@umn.edu The Lecy farm in western Minnesota is a fourth-generation crop and livestock operation located in Sioux Agency Township along the Minnesota River. Todd’s father, Robert, has farmed his entire life except when he served his country in the U.S.
Stephanie Bethke-De-Jaeghere Environmental Technician Educator Coordinator The number one item that we recycle in Lyon County is paper. Approximately, 75% of what we recycle by weight is paper.
Countryside Public Health September is Emergency Preparedness month. While many of the emergencies in our area are likely to be weather related, there are countless possible disasters that could happen at any time.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Beginning Thursday, Sept. 1, hunters can access nearly 29,000 acres of private land across 39 counties in western and south-central Minnesota through the Walk-In Access program, which pays landowners to allow public hunting on their property.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds firearm and muzzleloader hunters who want to harvest antlerless deer in a deer permit area designated as antlerless permit lottery this hunting season to purchase their license by Thursday, Sept. 8.
Jessica Stölen-Jacobson The second annual SquidFest celebration is planned for Granite Falls on Saturday, September 17th from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.