Bemidji State University Meeghen Dahlager from Granite Falls, MN, earned Dean’s List honors from Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minn., at the conclusion of the Fall 2021 semester. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, Bemidji State University students must be enrolled for at least 12 credits and earn a minimum of a 3.5 GPA during the semester.
University of Minnesota Twin Cities The following students have been named to the 2021 fall semester Dean’s List at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the university announced recently. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must complete 12 or more letter-graded credits while attaining a 3.66 grade point average.
As you are preparing yourselves to head out to your favorite fishing spot, remember to take precautions to keep our waters free of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS). Lakes in Yellow Medicine County, and the rest of non-lakes country, are fortunate to have relatively low levels of traffic year round. Recently, the Yellow Medicine Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) found that the main boat ramps at Wood Lake near Timm County Park and at Del Clark Lake closest to the entrance averaged about 10 watercraft trailers entering and leaving the water daily. On holiday weekends, such as Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day, that number rockets to over one hundred per day for those two access points. All other public accesses in the county see about one trailer entering and leaving the water on any given day through the season. The SWCD’s central concern in our area is folks moving species from a lake in another county or state, and bringing them to local waters.
At the Granite Falls Area Community Foundation’s (GFACF) annual awards event this winter, plans were announced for a revitalization of Rice Park through a project titled Project IMPACT. The term IMPACT is an acronym for investing, meaningful, projects, achieving, community, togetherness.
Granite Falls Police Department Delatorre, Alejandro Joel, Renville; Offense date 11/6/21 Possess Ammo/Any Firearm – Conviction or Adjudicated Delinquent for Crime of Violence (Felony); Disposition 1/28/22 Convicted; Court Decision 3/22/22 Sentenced Commit to Commissioner of Corrections – Adult MN Correctional Facility – St. Cloud 60 Mo.
Thursday, March 31st: Bert Raney Elementary Spring Conferences 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
When Kevin Wald started Ritalka, Inc. in March of 1997, it was housed in a single room of his home – a house built by C.A. Fosnes in Montevideo. At the time, Wald says he had no grandiose plan for how large the company could grow but knew he wanted to try his hand at being an entrepreneur. Wald, who had grown up in Pierre, South Dakota, was a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics. He had started his career in Los Angeles, where he worked on ballistic missiles for land and submarine launch platforms. From there, he moved to Minnesota, completing his MBA at the University of St. Thomas and moving into a career at a company in Benson that was on the brink of becoming Case New Holland. “I knew they were getting ready to sell. I had already worked for a large corporation back in the 80s. I wasn’t excited to be with a large corporation, and so I decided I wanted to try the entrepreneurial thing,” Wald says.
In February, a group of nine teachers at Bert Raney Elementary School began a professional learning course that was designed to provide instructors of reading, spelling, and language skills courses more tools and skill-sets to bring to their classrooms. The program, called LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) is offered through the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), with funding available to licensed Minnesota educators. Bert Raney Elementary was notified in late December that the program was available. They were able to apply to be considered, and were notified that their nine staff members were approved to start. The program will run until June of 2023.
Clarkfield Community Closeup Clarkfield American Legion & Auxiliary will meet at 3pm on Wed., April 13th at the City Hall. Clarkfield News My condolences to the families of Darlyne Breyfogle & Brent Miller.