May includes National Police and EMS Week The month of May includes National Police Week and National EMS Week. WRAP (WoMen’s Rural Advocacy Programs, Inc.) would like to recognize and thank all Law Enforcement and Emergency Medical Service Responders! The jobs of those in law enforcement and EMS are never easy and can be extremely dangerous.
The Clarkfield American Legion & Auxiliary will meet at 7 pm on Wed. May 10th at the Clarkfield City Hall for a Mothers Day Program.
Last year around this time I remember scrambling around looking for my flashlight (it was in my car!) and then realizing the batteries in it were dead all the while receiving weather notifications and texts from people saying, “GET IN YOUR BASEMENT NOW!” I was fortunate to escape harm and my power was only out for a short while but that awful feeling of being caught unprepared stuck with me. That weekend, I went on a shopping trip to get a few more flashlights, batteries, and a weather radio.
As we alluded to last week in this space, the CAIR (Community Artist in Residence) program – thanks to the hard work of its Advisory Board and a generous grant from the Blandin Foundation – has been able to up its interview game. The final three candidates for this year’s six-month resident artist position will visit Granite Falls the weekend of May 19th-21st, exhibiting their work, meeting folks, talking about their potential plans, and holding workshops open to all.
OF THE WEEK Submitted by Myrna Stölen A note from Myrna: You can also add nuts to this to make it even better. Carrot Bars 2 cups flour 2 cups sugar 1 tsp salt 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp soda 1 and 1/2 cup vegetable oil 4 eggs 3 cups carrots (grated) Beat sugar and oil - add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Question: I have noticed an increasing number of U.S. branded vehicles (mostly pickups/ SUV) driving with no daytime running lights.
We had a mixed bag of weather over the weekend around the state. At times we had sunshine, and other times we had rain and even some spotty hail embedded within some of the stronger cells. The winds also were strong as we had a Wind Advisory that went into effect on Sunday. We even had some frost early Sunday morning as temperatures fell into the low to mid 30s for overnight lows.
Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office Popowski, Lucas John, Wood Lake; Offense date 2/6/23 Fifth Degree Assault - Inflict or Attempt Bodily Harm (Misdemeanor); Plea 4/24/23 Guilty; Disposition 4/24/23 Stay of Adjudication; Court Decision 4/24/23 Continued; $250 Fine. Floren, Lance Aaron, Porter; Offense date 6/1/22 2nd Deg.
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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is celebrating 50 years of the Volunteer Water Monitors Program this year, and is seeking to find more volunteers to help with the program’s continued success. Several high-priority stream and river sites near Granite Falls, Montevideo, Marshall and the space in between are in need of outdoor enthusiasts and those interested in protecting our state’s natural resources to volunteer for the program. Local monitoring sites include a number of areas along the Minnesota River, Chippewa River, and Spring Creek. MPCA also has an online map (QR code at the end of this article) that shows where volunteers are needed. “But also for streams, if there is not a marker on the map where it is convenient for people to monitor - say they drive over a bridge on their way to work or it runs through their back yard but there’s not a marker there - that’s ok. We need new monitoring locations all the time, so we are happy to establish a new monitoring site for somebody,” says MPCA’s Volunteer Water Monitoring Specialist Shannon Martin.