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Yellow Medicine Court Records

Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office Haskins, Adam Steven Hamilton, Granite Falls; Offense date 10/2/21 Driving After Cancellation Inimical to Public Safety (Gross Misdemeanor); Plea 01/ 03/2022 Guilty; Disposition 01/03/ 2022 Convicted; Court Decision 01/03/ 2022 Sentenced; Local Confinement (180 Days, Stay 0 Yr 0 Mo 180 Days For 1 Yr); $200 Fine. Upper Sioux Community Police Department Brander, Wanda Jean, Benson; Offense date 10/9/20 Theft - Find and Appropriate Lost Property (Gross Misdemeanor); Plea 01/03/2022 Guilty; Disposition 01/03/2022 Convicted; Court Decision 01/03/2022 Sentenced; Local Confinement (365 Days, Stay 0 Yr 0 Mo 365 Days For 2 Yr); $200 Fine.

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A tradition of storytelling

Storytelling has always been a part of Walter LaBatte Jr.’s life. Growing up in the Upper Sioux Community, Walter says that there were many childhood evenings spent listening to his father’s stories. “When I grew up, we didn’t have electricity, and so the only entertainment we had was my dad telling us stories,” Walter recalls. “We have a mythical creature called Unktomi, which means spider, and he’s a trickster. There are tons and tons of stories and he would tell us those Unktomi stories at night. These stories had morals in them. Because he was a trickster, he would do bad things, and through telling those stories they were sending a message how to act, how to behave.”

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Minnesota Starwatch January 2022

In January Venus emerges from its short trip between Earth and the sun to become a “morning star.” It begins a rapid climb over the southeastern horizon in mid-month, making its way toward much dimmer Mars. Try looking just before the sky starts to lighten on the 29th. Venus will be to the upper left of a thin waning moon and Mars will be between them, but closer to the moon.

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Fundraising efforts underway to save unique home of Milan artist

Karen Jenson began painting when she was just 20 years old - a venture that would lead to a career as a professional artist and teacher. Jenson and her husband purchased a home in Milan in the early 1960s, and Jenson spent years designing every nook and cranny of the home with her Scandinavian-inspired artwork amidst her 50-year career of painting and teaching art around the United States and Canada. The work was done with the help of two identical twin brothers Jenson met early on in her homeownership. The contractors/artists, Arvid and Aron Swenson helped to complete the home, called the Trestuen Gallery. The word Trestuen is Swedish for “Tree Room”. “When she bought the house, it was just a typical little small-town house,” says Milan Village Arts School board member Ron Porep. “When she met the twins, Arvid and Aron Swenson, they built a whole new section on the house. They actually cut down these big conifers in the garden and they used those as the beams. The whole concept of the house is built around nature.”

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YME COUNTY COURT RECORDS

Minnesota State Patrol - Marshall Munoz Ontiveros, Erick, Hanley Falls; Offense date 2/20/20 Drugs 5th Degree - Possess Schedule 1,2,3,4 - Not Small Amount Marijuana (Gross Misdemeanor); Amended Plea 11/23/2020 Guilty; Amended Disposition 10/26/2021 Dismissed, Conditions Met or Expired; Court Decision 11/23/2020 Continued; Probation - Adult (Supervised probation, 1 Yr), Local Confinement (2 Days Credit for time served: 2 Days); $300 Fine. Granite Falls Police Department Odegard, Lance Martin, Hazel Run; Offense date 8/19/21 Receiving Stolen Property (Felony); Plea 11/17/2021 Guilty; Disposition 11/17/2021 Convicted; Court Decision 12/27/2021 Sentenced; Commit to Commissioner of Corrections - Adult (MN Correctional Facility - St.

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KCC NEWS

Take the 15th Annual Community Health Challenge: The objectives of the 15th Annual Community Health Challenge are to encourage people to achieve a healthier lifestyle and to get more people active in our community. Join together with three other friends to form a team.

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