Potential residents, future employees and local businesses are invited to learn more about the Montevideo Veterans Home at a Community Office Open House. The event will be held Tuesday, March 7 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Montevideo Veterans Home Community Office located at 202 North 1st Street, Montevideo.
Hunters harvested about 170,000 deer during the 2022 deer hunting season, a lower total harvest than in recent years. Total harvest was down 7% compared to the 2021 season and 10% less than the five-year average deer harvest for Minnesota.
Sureeporn Sompamitwong is an artist and fashion designer with an upcoming Pop-Up Fashion Show that is being held at The YES! House located in downtown Granite Falls on Saturday, February 25th from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. This special line of clothing is meant to bring greater awareness to mental health and the struggles that can often come with it.
Montevideo, Yellow Medicine East and Lakeview School Districts have been working together for the last couple of years to bring a new program to life for students. The Minnesota River Valley CEO program is now set to launch next school year, but needs students to apply by the March 1st deadline.
The Yellow Medicine East Silhouettes earned a trip to the State Tournament over the weekend, and in honor of the accomplishment, a send-off ceremony was held at the High School gymnasium Thursday as the team prepared to travel to the Twin Cities.
At last week’s meeting of the Yellow Medicine County Board of Commissioners, representatives of the Yellow Medicine County Highway Department were in attendance to give an updated report. The first update was in regards to the bridge project on Highway 3.
Thursday, February 23rd: Jammie Niemeyer Artist Reception at the Bluetin Gallery at Bluenose Gopher Public House from 6-8 p.m. Live woodburning exhibition throughout.
Established in 1988, the Academics, Arts, And Athletics Award is sponsored by the Minnesota State High School League and is awarded to one boy and one girl from each member school. Representing YME this year are seniors Sanjana Pullan & Cody Dahlager. In addition to their top-notch academic records, both have been involved in a wide variety of activities.
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Paul Drees is shown during the Cocktail Making class he hosted on Friday, February 17th at The YES! House. There were 23 people who attended the class and they made three drinks total (a gimlet, a whiskey sour, and a rum gimlet). Drees said, “Making cocktails is just another form of creativity. We’re all artists, and this is just one way to create something beautiful. Ultimately, mixing cocktails is about hospitality for me. It’s about showing a guest that they’re worthy of something ephemeral and beautiful. They are worth the time I put into the drink.”