The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is pleased to announce another phase of the extremely popular No Child Left Inside grants. These grants help more children cast a line, study animal tracks, hike or bike, or simply learn more about nature.
Healthy Tip of the Week: When it comes to walking, there’s no magic formula for how many steps, miles, or hours you have to walk to lose the amount of weight that you want. Starting out, the key is to do more than you’re doing now.
Upper Sioux Community Police Department Conrado, Christopher Enrique, Montevideo; Offense date 11/29/2021 Drugs - 5th Degree - Possess Schedule 1,2,3,4 - Not Small Amount Marijuana (Gross Misdemeanor); Plea 02/07/2022 Guilty; Disposition 02/07/2022 Statutory stay of adjudication; Court Decision 02/07/ 2022 Continued; Local Confinement (2 Days, Stay 0 Yr 0 Mo 0 Days Credit for time served: 2 Days); $100 Fine. .
Learning what to do when you become eligible for Medicare can seem overwhelming. This class is for people who will be new to Medicare and would like to learn about Medicare Parts A, B, C and D. Topics will include a comprehensive introduction to Medicare, including what Medicare covers, supple mental insurance and Part D prescription coverage. During the class you will learn the Medicare enrollment details, how to get the most from your benefits and how to research your Medicare plan options using the Medicare.gov site.
The older I become, the more amazed I am of the human body. When everything is working properly, we are quite a magnificent creation…a “well-greased machine” if you will! I guess as a young adult, I often took my health for granted, so I didn’t ever consider how intricate the human body really is.
Patience. According to a 2015 Fifth Third Bank Survey, 96 percent of Americans are so impatient they burn their mouths because they cannot wait for hot foods and beverages to cool. They also reported that more than half of Americans say they honk their horn after the light turns green if the vehicle ahead of them isn’t fast enough to take off. Want more of their statistics? Many people only stay on hold one minute or less, 71 percent of those surveyed speed to get somewhere quicker, and in a single setting American binge-watch on average seven TV episodes. Interestingly, this was a bank survey, and they used the data to develop and create their digital business to be quick and efficient, knowing how many minutes or seconds people can tolerate.
United Way of Southwest Minnesota (UWSWMN) reports a total of $499,000 was raised during the 2021-22 fundraising campaign. A small portion of the funds raised locally will be paid directly to local organizations as designated by the donors. All other funds raised will support programs working to improve the lives of people living in the 35 communities we call home. Because of funds raised in last year’s campaign, 43,000 local people’s lives are being impacted through internal programs, community partner programs and/or other initiatives.
I recently realized that my favorite places – Munich, Minneapolis, Iowa City, Granite Falls – all have rivers, each one with a distinct personality. Munich’s splinters into icy rivulets; Minneapolis’s flows large and in charge; Iowa City’s burbles slyly, a flat, deep brown.
Park Moms, whose efforts focus on modernizing local parks, are the latest recipient of a $5,000 grant from Farmers Co-op Oil Company and Cenex®, the energy brand of CHS. This funding, combined with Park Moms’ existing efforts, will bring a more profound and lasting impact across the community’s park system.
The legacy of Andrew J. Volstead and the community of Granite Falls will cross the threshold of a major benchmark this week as the Capper-Volstead Cooperative Act celebrates its 100th anniversary this Friday, Feb. 18.