As Steve Martin famously said, “Some people have a way with words. Others… no have way.” I fancy myself in the first camp. I’m kind of a word guy. I love the way words look. I love the way words sound. I love the way words land. I love when you put words together and the combination is like a perfect martini. It elevates, invigorates, and you shouldn’t need that many to get where you’re going.
Healthy Tip of the Week:
Thursday, May 8th: An Evening of Generosity Swap with Ifrah Mansour - Craft Your Own Fabric Leaf of Generosity at the YES! House 5:30 p.m.
A total of 86 cars were in the pits for the 2025 season opener at Fiesta City Speedway.
On May 11-17, the Yellow Medicine County Chemical Health Coalition will join communities across the country in celebrating the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Prevention Week 2025 to increase public awareness of, and action around, mental health and substance misuse disorders.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation appreciates the hard work of thousands of Adopt a Highway volunteers statewide who help keep Minnesota roadsides clean and free of litter each year and we invite more people to join this important program, and motorists are reminded to give volunteers plenty of safe space to work.
Visitors to the Granite Area Arts Council’s Riverside Gallery can now experience images of otherworldly realms thanks to the latest exhibit by artist Josh Batterson. His exhibit, now on display, invites viewers to explore a fusion of mythology, technology and ecological transformation through the lends of digital collage.
Anglers are reminded that the Lac qui Parle Lake crappie limit is now five fish per angler. The regulation went into effect March 1st. The new limit applies to all of Lac qui Parle Lake, the Watson-Sag diversion channel to the downstream side of the dam on County Highway 9, and the Minnesota River upstream to the downstream side of the Marsh Lake Dam and Control Structure.
With finally sunny warm days, we’re starting to see the leaves appear on the trees, flowers beginning to bloom, and the sound of lawn mowers breaking up the regular routine of sounds in the neighborhood. While I do enjoy the winters, I’m so glad to see more signs of summer.
When I began working at Prairie Five in 2018, one of the first trainings I attended was for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP.) I was shocked to learn that our region had one of the largest discrepancies between the number of people who were eligible for SNAP and the number who were actually accessing and using it. There were thousands of dollars going unused each month and I thought a lot about what it would mean not just for individuals to have a little more wiggle room in their monthly food budgets but also to our local grocery stores to have those dollars being spent.