In the last more than 30 years since 6W Community Corrections Director Midge Christianson has been working for the agency, she has seen a shift in addiction in the local area. It’s hard to describe what the shift is, exactly, as it’s not data specific, but the driving force behind community members’ addictions, and the substances they find themselves addicted to has become more concerning.
Welcome back to Notes from the Granite Area Arts Council! I’ve returned from my brief vacation, which I frankly regretted taking – writing this column would have been a welcome distraction from getting snowed in repeatedly on our farm this December. Hope you were able to make it out into the world, that you had a pleasant holiday season, and that your chickens – if you have them – are still alive. (Ours are, multiple blizzards later. Color me surprised.)
Sons of Norway will meet at the Kilowatt Center in Granite Falls for a Potluck at noon on Sat. Jan.
When I was first learning about Medicare, I found the name Part C very confusing. When a person is first enrolling in Medicare, they sign up for Parts A and B through the Social Security Administration.
St. Paul artist Marlena Myles of Marlena Myles Art & Design, has recently created her third in a series of Dakota land maps, with the most recent featuring the Minnesota River Valley.
Belview GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Sundays: 9 a.m. Holy Communion, 10:15 a.m.
Often when I’m writing and need to concentrate, I’ll put my earbuds in and go to my Prime Music account and search for “Canon in D” and then start playing all the different versions of this song. There are many, many recordings of this song, all with different interpretations of the same music that was written by the German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel in the late- 1600s.
January is Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month as well as National Stalking Awareness Month. WoMen’s Rural Advocacy Programs, Inc.
By the time this article is read, some of you may have already given up on some of the New Year’s Resolutions you made a week ago. Maybe the goal you set in your resolution was not reasonable – or maybe you don’t even believe in making New Year’s Resolutions? Either way, many use the beginning of a New Year as a “clean slate” to try to do things better, whether for ourselves or for others.
Clarkfield American Legion & Auxiliary will meet at 3pm at the City Hall on Wed., Jan. 11th.