Minnesota Public Radio is excited to announce that Steam Machine is coming to Bert Raney Elementary School on May 1st at 1:15 PM as part of MPR’s Class Notes Concert program. The elementary school concert will be followed by an evening community concert at YES! House at 6 p.m.
Question: The other day I came across a railroad crossing sign with the word “EXEMPT” placed on it. What is that all about?
My daughter rummages around in the toy closet a lot. She inspects. She considers. She uses a broomstick to loose toys higher up so they fall to her. She studies those. Then, for reasons unknown, she settles on one. Today, again, she chose a kite.
How many of you grew up celebrating May Day? I remember my older siblings talking how they would fill paper baskets or cones with treats and bring them to neighbors and friends. Once the baskets were prepared, you would set them down on the neighbor’s steps, knock on the door, yell Happy May Day, and run! If the gift receiver caught you, then you would have to give them a kiss! I even have nieces and nephews who remember their grandmother (my mom) running after them-and almost catching them!
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has a fishing webpage (mndnr.gov/fishing) to help answer angler questions. The page answers questions like:
After she rolled into the handicapped spot outside a Stillwater restaurant, my mother hesitated. I waited for whatever she was about to ask; we’ve had a lot of conversations in front seats over the years, usually when parked, for whatever reason.
Bluenose Gopher Public House is a volunteer-led, cooperative organization that owns and operates a taproom in downtown Granite Falls that opened six years ago. The venue has been closed since late February, but will re-open after the cooperatives membership voted on a plan presented by cooperative member Brian-Paco Bertrand that included reversing the board resolution to close the venue, and move forward with the taproom under a revised business model.
At last week’s meeting of the Yellow Medicine East Board of Education, the board unanimously passed a resolution to call for a special election. The resolution comes after the recent facilities survey, which had 802 respondents, a 22 percent response rate that showed a favorable response from the community to the open-ended question of whether or not the district should explore a bond referendum for facility improvements. The estimated bond referendum amount is $74,395.
Mayday, May Day: starting May 1st, a new exhibit is coming to the Berge. Two, actually: Joshua Batterson’s exquisite Futuristic Surrealism will adorn the walls of the Riverside Gallery; Karlee Jo Heck’s Otherworldly Photography will be on display in the Emerging Artists.
At last week’s annual Chippewa County Historical Society banquet, Arnold Zempel was named the 2024 Hall of Fame Honoree. Zempel was born in Montevideo and attended country school at District 74 for five years until it closed in 1960. He then attended Sanford School for sixth grade, before attending grades 7-10 at Montevideo High School. Zempel went to the “new” high school for grades 11-12, graduating in 1968.