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Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office Gummert, Hannah Dorothy Marie, Clarkfield; Offense date 8/24/22 Drugs - 5th Degree - Possess Schedule 1,2,3,4 - Not Small Amount Marijuana (Felony); Plea 10/10/22 Guilty; Disposition 12/16/22 Statutory stay of adjudication; Court Decision 12/16/22 Continued Local Confinement (3 Days, Stay 0 Yr 0 Mo 0 Days Credit for time served: 3 Days); $500 Fine. Upper Sioux Community Police Department Cardona, Alberto Castaneda, III, Marshall; Offense date 10/16/22 DL - Driving without a Valid License Endorsement for Vehicle (Misdemeanor); Plea 12/25/22 Guilty; Disposition 12/25/22 Convicted; Court Decision 12/25/22 Payable without appearance; $100 Fine.

The Hawk Creek Watershed Project (HCWP) is holding its 21st Annual Information and Appreciation Meeting on Friday, January 27, 2023 at the Renville Community Center, starting with registration at 9 am and ending with lunch at noon.

While headlines about rising crime rates focus on the Twin Cities, residents across Minnesota have great concern about safety in their local communities. Important to solving crimes and keeping communities such as Yellow Medicine County safer is information about crimes and the people committing them that can help law enforcement make arrests and solve cases. To encourage members of the public in Yellow Medicine County to come forward with such useful information Sheriff Bill Flaten is partnering with Crime Stoppers of Minnesota to make that possible in a manner that is safe and proven to be effective. Committing to work with Crime Stoppers of Minnesota in their 2023 Law Enforcement Partnership Program, the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office invites persons who want to, or may need to, remain anonymous to submit information about a crime, criminal, or fugitive that helps solve a case. Providing information in this safe method can also save precious hours of investigators’ time, while protecting this anonymous source from retribution or harm for being known to have helped law enforcement. In addition to staying anonymous, persons giving information leading to a felony arrest may be eligible to collect up to $1,000 in reward paid by Crime Stoppers.

Last week’s snowstorm that dropped heavy, wet snow across much of the state has significantly affected ice conditions, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Slush adds weight to the ice and its effects can be unpredictable.

Winter is here and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has tips for anyone who wants to try ice fishing. The DNR’s learn to ice fish page (mndnr. gov/GoFishing/Learn-Ice-Fish.html) has information about how to search for fishing lakes online with DNR LakeFinder, how to dress, thrifty ways to get fishing equipment, and how to catch fish through the ice.

The University of Minnesota Extension is offering training for those that work with or know farm families experiencing stress, loss or tough decisions for their family or business. Ambiguous loss and farming facilitator training will be offered at 5 locations across the state of Minnesota during January.

Winter trout fishing is another way to enjoy the outdoors along streams that meander through the scenic bluffs and hills of southeastern Minnesota. Trout fishing is catch-and-release only from Saturday, Jan.