Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Beginning Thursday, Sept. 1, hunters can access nearly 29,000 acres of private land across 39 counties in western and south-central Minnesota through the Walk-In Access program, which pays landowners to allow public hunting on their property.
Countryside Public Health September is Emergency Preparedness month. While many of the emergencies in our area are likely to be weather related, there are countless possible disasters that could happen at any time.
Stephanie Bethke-De-Jaeghere Environmental Technician Educator Coordinator The number one item that we recycle in Lyon County is paper. Approximately, 75% of what we recycle by weight is paper.
mnext@umn.edu The Lecy farm in western Minnesota is a fourth-generation crop and livestock operation located in Sioux Agency Township along the Minnesota River. Todd’s father, Robert, has farmed his entire life except when he served his country in the U.S.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Spring waterfowl population counts by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources provide data that the DNR uses to produce population estimates. This year, the estimates are average or below-average for several species of waterfowl that nest in Minnesota.
Jessica Stölen-Jacobson The Meander Art Crawl returns this year September 30th through October 2nd. The annual event offers a variety of stops at artists studios and artist hosting locations along a route through the Upper Minnesota River Valley from Clinton to Granite Falls.
Stone Irvine just returned from an annual training in Michigan, after 18 days, with a challenge coin, AAM & COA awards. Stone was included as one of the “real life” medical support soldiers in a ground evac. unit for Michigan’s Northern Strike Training. Stone is in the back row, far left, in the large group photo. In the small group photo, Stone is on the far right.
Jessica Stölen-Jacobson With the upcoming start of the Yellow Medicine East School year beginning September 6th, the Advocate Tribune recently sent a questionnaire to new staff members at the district. The following are their responses.
Patrick Mader “We were busy kids,” Jill Slettedahl Winter says of the childhood she shared with younger sisters Amy (Slettedahl) Northrop and Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson. Jill became a state track champion and collegiate All-American, but the value of education shone through the daughters of Bob, a rural mail carrier, and Judy, an educator, too.
In 1872 the settlement of Granite Falls was less than two years old and its population fewer than thirty. On October 20th of that year, men and women of the small town gathered in abandoned, sod-roofed log cabin on the hill above the town. After listening to a sermon by the Rev. J.D. Todd, they appointed three people (J.D. Todd, J. Luce and John Jacobs) to prepare and report documents to organize a Congregational Church.