Private landowners with open lands, such as former pastures or crop fields, can apply for financial assistance to plant trees through Minnesota DNR‘s Field to Forest Cost-Share Program.
The Chippewa County Fair in Montevideo was buzzing with youthful energy as…
Yellow Medicine East Public Schools will see big changes in the coming…
At Monday evening’s meeting of the Yellow Medicine East School Board, Bert Raney Elementary Principal Lisa Hansen reported a smooth start to Kindergarten camp and progress towards full staffing. “We are fully staffed, and just have a few final details with paraprofessionals to work out,” Hansen said. Hansen also highlighted new literacy requirements and praised staff preparation efforts.
Last Wednesday, the Poetry Bus rolled into Granite Falls on the collective’s first stop on a week-long journey through the southwest Minnesota region. The group of four Minnesota based poets wrote poems for visitors to their booth at the Farmer’s Market Wednesday morning, and at the Granite Area Arts Council in the evening. The collective includes Wudali, Michael Kleber-Diggs, Athena Kildegaard, and Su Love. Each comes from a different part of the state and brings their own voice to the effort. While three currently live in the Twin Cities, Wudali is originally from Minneota and Kildegaard is based near Morris, giving the collective strong ties to rural Minnesota.
As I add another week in my August series of The Continuum of Creation: Faith and the Land, I can’t help but write about how God’s creation continues personally in our lives; in each of our lives. In Psalm 139:13-14, the psalmist tells us “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”
On 8/10/25 at approximately 4:40pm, The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office received a report of threatened assault at the residence of 401 Cynthia Street in Maynard, Mn. The report stated a vehicle drove past the residence and the known driver to the victim brandished a firearm in his direction. The driver, Craig Bellis, age 45, was arrested at Prairie’s Edge Casino later in the evening. Bellis is in Yellow Medicine County Jail at this time.
Healthy Tip of the Week:
We started off the week with more smoke from Canada. We had yet another period of smoky conditions as we experienced much of the region dealing with an Air Quality Alert. I saw that if the Air Quality index is 150, it is “comparable to smoking up to seven cigarette a day!” No wonder it can have such an impact for those with lung disease and heart issues.
CCM Health is proud to announce that Board Member David Lieser has been recognized by the Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) for successfully completing MHA’s trustee certification program. David was honored during MHA’s 2025 Summer Trustee Conference in late July alongside other hospital and health system leaders from across Minnesota.