2025 Fridays with a Forester – Zoom series
Join the University of Minnesota Extension foresters to discuss some of the key issues and questions around forest and woodlands facing Minnesota landowners.
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Farm to School Roadshow workshops connect local vegetable farmers and school buyers to build connections and skills
Interest in serving locally grown foods at schools and early care centers has never been greater, and the University of Minnesota Extension and the Minnesota Department of Education are partnering to offer an exciting statewide series of “Farm to School Roadshow” workshops to help these local connections flourish.
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eSports teams battle it out at ECHO Charter School
ECHO Charter School currently has two eSports teams battling it out in a scholarship contest. Math teacher Rechard Ocon, the coach, and the two captains shared the nitty gritty details in an interview last week.
Solar meets hemp on the Lower Sioux reservation
During one of the colder, iciest and foggiest days on the Lower Sioux Reservation in southwest Minnesota in mid-January, a team of four Anishinaabe men from the White Earth Nation in northwestern Minnesota created an ideal green marriage of hemp and solar. There, 8th Fire Solar brought a solar thermal panel to install on a recently built hempcrete house – perhaps the perfect housing material of the future.
Ask a Trooper: Ambulance exempt question…
Question: What allows private for-profit ambulance companies to run tax-exempt license plates on their vehicles?
CHILDCARE AWARE PART 3 OF A 3 PART SERIES: How Prairie Five can help with challenges in childcare in the local area
Collene Jacobson is the Child Care Startup and Retention Specialist for Prairie Five’s Child Care Aware Program. Her job is part of a statewide program that provides a position in each of the regions as a Way Finder/Navigator. “Anybody that’s interested in opening a childcare program I act as a liaison between licensers and other entities that help them through the licensing process,” Jacobson explains. “It’s like when you apply to college and you get an admissions advisor that helps you through every aspect of applying. I’m like that, but for licensing.”
Midwinter Community Celebration 2025 draws a crowd
On Saturday night, the Ole and Lena Kick-Off event - the Mid-Winter Community Celebration was held at The Rock: Dining and Events. The annual celebration, hosted by the Granite Falls Chamber of Commerce featured entertainment by Custom Made Band, a social hour, appetizer, silent auction, wine pull and more. Sponsors of the event included Almich’s Market, Citizens Alliance Bank. FM BANK Granite Falls, Southwest Initiative Foundation, Yellow Medicine East Schools, MVTV Wireless - Broadband Internet, Project Turnabout, Prairie’s Edge Casino Resort, Granite Falls Energy LLC, Avera Granite Falls Health Center, and The Rock: Dining and Events.
Derek Golberg promoted to partner at Westberg Eischens
Effective January 1, 2025, Derek Golberg has been promoted to Partner at Westberg Eischens public accounting firm.
BRE students learn with MnDOT
Last week, Bert Raney Elementary students in grades 4th, 5th, and 6th had a day filled with design and construction activities, thanks to the Minnesota Department of Transportation and its Bridge UP curriculum. This program connects students to the real-world work of engineers and construction professionals, sparking interest in transportation planning, design, and construction.