Youth from across Minnesota are invited to demonstrate their crop science skills at the 2025 Minnesota 4-H/FFA Crop Scouting Contest, scheduled for Monday, July 28, on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul Campus.
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Minnesota River Valley Cancer Connections, Inc. is planning the annual Cancer Connections Walk for June 4th from 5-9 p.m. at Smith Park in Montevideo. The event is held each year in order to support cancer fighters, celebrate cancer survivors and remember loved ones who passed because of cancer.
Last week, players from Yellow Medicine East’s Varsity Boys Tennis team traveled to the Huether Family Match Pointe in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for the Section 3A Individual tournament.
Last week, the Yellow Medicine East Girls Varsity Softball team took on Brooten-Elrosa at home for a 2-1 victory. Leaders in the game included Brianna Nelson who was 2-for-4. Complete scoring follows:
Last week, the Yellow Medicine East Boys Varsity Baseball team defeated MACCRAY 4-3 at home. Leaders in the game included Braden Nelson who was 3-for-5 with a double, one run and an RBI. Complete scoring follows:
Last week, the YES! House welcomed the final River Valley Ripple Artist of the season, Mike Gill, who hosted the artist salon “Music Theory in Motion”. Gill shared his knowledge of the Minor Pentatonic scale in an interactive way, inviting guests to bring their own instruments to play along. The group also practiced a call and response method before Gill provided a live music set. The RVR Artist Residency program is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
Racing resumed on Friday night at Fiesta City Speedway after having a wet and cold weekend that forced the races to be canceled. Three new faces were in victory lane on this night.
There’s a great story in Act 16. The Apostles Paul and Silas end up prisoners in Philippi for preaching the Gospel. (There’s way more to why they were imprisoned, but you can read that part.) So, even though they were beaten and imprisoned, they prayed and sang hymns, which led to a miraculous earthquake that shakes the prison. When the prison shakes, the doors are opened freeing all the prisoners. The jailer, who knows the seriousness of being the guard on duty when there are escapees, witnesses this and he is terrified, and pulls his sword to take his own life. But Paul and Silas speak out quickly that they are all there—no one has escaped. It’s so astonishing to the jailer, that it leads to the jailer asking, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”