Ask a Trooper: School bus safety…
Question: With school back in session, can you talk about school bus safety and what motorists need to know?
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YME Homecoming 2025 royalty candidates
The 2025 Yellow Medicine East Homecoming Royalty Candidates were announced this week. Candidates are as follows:
Above normal temperatures in long forecast
Some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms moved across the region Monday into Tuesday. We also saw a return of warmer weather. This came after a chilly weekend.
YME tennis takes on Montevideo
In a rained out game last Tuesday, the YME girls varsity tennis team took a 1-6 loss to Montevideo. Scoring from that game follows:
Countryside Public Health and Five-County Partnership Honored with National Award for Opioid Settlement Work
Countryside Public Health, in collaboration with Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, and Yellow Medicine Counties, has been recognized with a 2025 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties (NACo) for its innovative partnership addressing substance use and abuse.
Avera Again Launches ‘Ask the Question’ to Prevent Suicide
During September, which is National Suicide Prevention Month, Avera has launched its Ask the Question public service campaign for the third consecutive year.
Minnesota DNR shares what to expect for the 2025 fall color season, provides tips to enjoy autumn on state lands
To celebrate Minnesota’s most colorful season, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is sharing a fall color forecast, typical timing of color change, ways for Minnesotans to find where colors are at their peak each week, and autumn trip-planning tips.
Minnesota archery hunters expected to have plenty of harvest opportunities this season
It’s the time of year when leaves turn color, the air gets crisp, and hunters look forward to deer hunting opportunities as Minnesota’s archery deer season begins on Saturday, Sept. 13.
“Two are better than one…” – Ecclesiastes 4:9a
This is my second week on blessings and I’m focusing on community. Community is more than just the place you live, it is really about the connection and importance of every human being in our lives. It’s amazing to think about just how many people “every human being in our lives” really is! If I think about the number of people I might come across on an average day, just a trip to get groceries, with a stop at the post office, and lunch at local café could bring me into contact with 50 to 100 people. I may not know all of them, but I may have an impact on many of them, even if I don’t know it. And I know many of them have had an impact on me from a smile, or a hi, or even a conversation with me, this is a blessing!