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  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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YMC Restorative Justice expands staff with hiring of new Transition Circle facilitator

com At last Tuesday’s meeting of the Yellow Medicine County Board of Commissioners, Yellow Medicine County Restorative Justice Coordinator Sharon Hendrichs presented a report on the Restorative Justice Department’s previous year. Hendrichs noted that the program includes Circle Sentencing, Family & Community Circle, Circle of Hope, Shift Circle, Transition Circle, and Family Safety Planning Meeting/ Parallel Protection Process.

Live Well, Age Wisely

Director of Aging Well, Prairie 5 Community Action Council I’ve come to realize that in rural Minnesota, we are our own best resource. People truly care for their neighbors and communities.

Suspect in last week’s police standoff charged

In the late afternoon hours of April 10th, a force of officers from the Cooperative Enforcement Effort (CEE) VI Drug and Gang Task Force, along with officers from the Granite Falls Police Department, Upper Sioux Community Police Department and Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office arrived at a home on the 1100 block of Bergeson Drive in Granite Falls to serve a felony warrant.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday, April 21: Prairie Arts Chorale “The Journey Home Blue Skies and Country Roads: concert. Prairie Arts Chorale is an adult choir from southwest Minnesota performing around the region since 1980 under the direction of Dan Hampton and Kade Davidson. Concert held at Granite Falls Lutheran Church at 7:30 p.m. Tickets at the door or in advance at prairieartschorale.org.

RECIPE OF THE WEEK

OF THE WEEK Vegetable Cheese Casserole 4 cups cooked asparagus 2 cups cooked ham 1 and 1/2 cups milk 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup grated cheese Buttered bread crumbs Place asparagus and ham into a buttered dish. Cover with a white sauce made of the milk, butter and flour and salt.

Signs will be replaced on several southwest MN highways this spring

highways in the order listed. • Highway 40 from Kandiyohi County Road 5 to the Minnesota River • Highway 29 from Montevideo to Highway 40 • Highway 9 from Highway 23 to Highway 104 • Highway 71 from Highway 23 to Morton • Highway 68 from the South Dakota border to Marshall and from Highway 19 to Morgan Traffic impacts The signing crew is a moving operation.

Ask a Trooper

Question: My son recently got his driver’s license. Does his name need to be on the proof of auto insurance card? Answer: Minnesota accepts proof of auto insurance on paper or electronically.

Stay safe while gardening and landscaping

– Xcel Energy is advising customers who are eager to start their spring planting or landscaping to always call 8-1-1 to have underground utility lines marked free of charge before starting any digging projects. April is National Safe Digging Month, which serves as a reminder that digging without locating utility lines causes injuries, loss of life, and property damage every year.