Guests checked out silent auction items at the Healing Hearts Night at the Barn fundraiser at Lee-Mar Equine Center in rural Granite Falls. The event featured a silent auction, games and raffles, as well as a dinner, general raffle and live auction. Photo by Jessica Stolen-Jacobson
Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Department Schichtl, Spenser Michael, Windom; Offense date 1/23/22 Fourth Degree DWI – Operate Motor Vehicle – Alcohol Concentration 0.08 within 2 hours (Misdemeanor); Plea 3/3/22 Guilty; Disposition 3/3/22 Convicted; Court Decision 3/3/22 Sentenced (Local confinement (90 Days, Stay 0 Yr 0 Mo 90 Days for 1 Yr); $250 Fine. Long, Jonathan Paul, White Bear Lake; Offense date 5/24/2020; Drugs – 5th Degree – Possess Schedule 1,2,3,4 – Not Small Amount Marijuana (Gross Misdemeanor); Amended Plea 3/8/21 Guilty; Amended Disposition 3/16/2022 Dismissed Conditions Met or Expired.
Some of the warmest air of the season arrived on Monday out ahead of our late-season winter storm. This system brought some slushy snow to portions of the region on Tuesday.
My sister and I have a joke about how every time I travel, I have encounters with birds. Each of my digital travel albums includes a video in which some bird - usually a very large bird - is following me, (in quite close proximity) while I engage said bird in conversation. In Salem it was a seagull, at Imperial Beach it was a seagull, in Colorado it was a raven, in New York City it was my nosy hotel pigeon, and so on. Because of all of my previous encounters, I assumed that large birds were just friendly beings who like to hang out nearby and hope for snack scraps, like tiny dogs with wings. That is, until last week, when I had to do some work on a third-story balcony belonging to one of the apartments above my boutique.
Molly was born in Austin, MN to Neva (Thompson) and Hervey Knutzen. She lived in Montevideo, MN and later in Granite Falls, MN. Molly was confirmed at Granite Falls Lutheran Church in 1957. The family then moved to Sauk Rapids, MN, where she graduated from Sauk Rapids High School in 1960. She attended St. Cloud State College. It was in Sauk Rapids where she met Bernard (Bernie) Jahn, and they married in 1961. Molly and Bernie moved to Downey, California, then returned to Minnesota in 1964. They lived in White Bear Lake, MN and Corcoran, MN, where they resided until 2021, and then moved to Granite Falls.
Terry Viessman, Pickerel Lake, S.D. died on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at Avera McKennan in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Richard Tjosaas, 97, of Granite Falls passed away on Monday, March 14, 2022, at the Granite Falls Health Care Center. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, March 26th at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Granite Falls. Visitation will be held Friday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Wing-Bain Funeral Home, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., and continue one hour prior to services at the church on Saturday. Arrangements are with the Wing-Bain Funeral Home.
In the back of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, there are stories written by people about their journey with alcoholism. In the story “My Chance to Live,” a young girl writes, “When I am willing to do the right thing, I am rewarded with an inner peace no amount of liquor could ever provide. When I am unwilling to do the right thing, I become restless, irritable, and discontent. It is always my choice” (Alcoholics Anonymous, p.317)
Belview WORD OF LIFE CHURCH Wed. March 2: 7:00 p.m.
My 44th birthday was at the end of December and I remember waking up and thinking, “Wow, I am middle-aged. If I have half of my life left, how do I want to spend it? What should I be doing with my time?” It is easy to look at others, make comparisons, and start wondering if I’ve done enough or if it’s good enough.