Submitted The following students have been named to the 2022 spring semester Dean’s List at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the university announced today. 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.
Submitted Healthy Tip of the Week: Try to plan your meals for every day of the week. This will help you eat better, and save even more time & money on meals.
Cora Watson on horse Red Bandit Hank rode in the barrel race of last Thursday’s summer finale of the Lee-Mar Equine Center Charity Barrel series. Photos by Jessica Stölen-Jacobson Sophie Kodet on horse Reckless Hush Money finished with a time of 15.230.
Healthy Tip of the Week: Using a fitness tracker (like a Fitbit or Apple Watch) to track your steps is an easy way to make sure you’re getting enough physical activity each day. We aim for 10,000 steps daily, which has significant physical and mental health benefits.
Last week, the area saw a number of visitors with accents of every kind as the Cycle America group made stops in the local area, spending the night in the Montevideo Middle School building on their cross-country journey.
Thirty-three WISSOTA Street Stocks came to Fiesta City Speedway for the Steffes Street Stock Tour. Drivers from the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin came to qualify for the 20 lap feature.
On Saturday, July 16th Bluenose Gopher Public House hosted their second annual bicycle race that took the cyclists on the Scenic Byway with the end of the race located back at Bluenose. There were 62 registered cyclists.
The 5th annual Ride 2 Remember event is scheduled to be held on Saturday, August 13th, starting in Granite Falls. The event is a continuation of the former KMS Memorial Ride that was held for ten years in memoriam of six local area soldiers that lost their lives while serving the country, including Matt Kahler, of Granite Falls, and Brent Koch of Morton.
Brady Hagen took the lead to start the Pure Stock feature. Tad Peterson took the lead from Hagen on lap three, but Hagen would retake the lead on the very next lap. Cody Hatch would battle side by side with Hagen with two laps to go. Hatch would take over the lead as the field came to take the white flag and went on to get his fourth win of the season.
The Granite Falls Post 69 American Legion Baseball team took a victory in the opening game of the playoffs last Thursday at Richter Field. The game against the Cottonwood Cardinals ended with a victory of 5-2, leading the team into the next game Friday evening.