Last week, Yellow Medicine East Schools held their annual Academic Awards ceremony. The school had the opportunity to recognize students who have achieved an academic letter by attaining the honor roll all four quarters from the 2021 ~ 2022 school year.
Submitted The Yellow Medicine East TRAP team welcomes new trap shooters and coach. “The athletes are learning so much, even on the first day they shoot the clays,” says YME Trap’s Sandra Berthelsen.
The University of Minnesota Extension Center for Family Development educators and partners are facilitating webinars, providing information and resources for families and those who serve families to make informed decisions leading to greater health, resilience, and well-being.
Solutions (Summit) submitted its first route permit application to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for the Otter Tail and Wilkin Counties section of its proposed Midwest Carbon Express CO2 pipeline network in Minnesota. This leg of the project is 28.1 miles, a small fraction of the more than 212 miles of highly pressurized hazardous liquid CO2 pipeline proposed for Minnesota. Submitting a permit application to the PUC is one of many steps Summit needs to take before they can begin the construction of any CO2 pipelines in Minnesota. Summit’s proposed CO2 pipeline network will cut through Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Martin, Otter Tail, Redwood, Renville, Wilkin, and Yellow Medicine Counties. A number of landowners along the pipeline route have stated they will not sign easements for this project, citing concerns about the safety and negative impacts of CO2 pipelines as well as skepticism about the company’s claims that they will be a boon to rural communities. “It’s not about farmers or ‘corn,’” said Allen Bries, a landowner near Fergus Falls. “It puts my family and Fergus Falls residents at risk of unseen and undetected hazardous contamination in the event the CO2 pipeline fails. It will also devalue our land. I said NO to an easement.” Minnesota does not currently have eminent domain for CO2 pipeline projects.
At last week’s meeting of the Granite Falls City Council, one of the topics of discussion was an issue that has been identified with repairs to the intake area of the hydro plant. Minger Construction completed the repairs in August, including the installation of two steel columns that were to serve as slots to receive the intake gates. However, the columns were improperly installed, and did not line up with the existing gate slots that were cast into concrete.
The Yellow Medicine East girls tennis team took on Morris/ Chokio-Alberta in a home game last Tuesday for a loss 2-5. Scoring from that game follows: Singles: (1) Claire Stark, M/ CA, def. Hope Stark YME, 6-1, 6-2 (2) Liz Ross, YME, def. Chloe Zimmel M/ CA, 6-3, 6-3 (3) Elizabeth Pollard, M/CA, def. Hope Foy YME, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) (4) Emma Keller, YME, def. Grace Hauglie M/CA, 6-1, 6-1 Doubles: (1) Karlie Bruns/Ashley Koehl, M/CA, def. Abigail Jimenez/Brianna Nelson YME, 6-1, 6-1 (2) Lydia Fynboh/ Kristen Mueller, M/CA, def. Sarana West/Katelyn Luepke YME, 6-1, 6-0 (3) Isabelle Hoffman/ Nora Meek, M/CA, def. Breea Johnson/Annelise Jahn YME 6-1, 6-1.
Try to eat more whole foods, this is one thing the popular diet plans can agree on. Overly processed foods have been linked to weight gain, perhaps because many unhealthy packaged foods (think: potato chips, ice cream, frozen pizza, cookies) lack the fiber found in many whole foods, including vegetables. Fiber helps fill us up, and research suggests that by simply adding more fiber to your menu, you can lose weight nearly as well as a more complicated approach. Consistently choosing whole foods is one way to do this.
The Yellow Medicine East Volleyball team defeated Dawson-Boyd in a Camden Conference game last Tuesday 3-2. Scoring from that game follows: YME (4-10) 25 22 25 25 15 D-B (3-8) 15 25 27 20 7 On Thursday the team took on KMS in a home game for a 3-2 victory.
The Yellow Medicine East Boys and Girls Cross Country teams traveled to the Madison Golf Course last Tuesday to take part in the Lac qui Parle Valley/ Dawson-Boyd Invitational. Scoring from that event follows: Individual Top Five (Boys):(57) Dylan Castillo, 22:01.84, (67) Connor Olson 23:08.10.
Thursday, September 29th: -4:30 p.m. Cross Country Girls and Boys Varsity Meet vs Multiple Schools at Yellow Medicine East High School Granite Falls Golf Club -4:30 p.m.