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  • Lake Minnewaska is ice free on March 13

    | Published on March 18, 2024 at 2:12pm CDT

    It’s been record-breaking warm winter.   And now, this spring is breaking records.   Lake Minnewaska was officially ice free on Wednesday, March 13, making this the earliest ice-out date since records began in 1906.  The earliest ice-out date was on March 21, 2012, meaning this year’s date is eight days earlier. The unusually warm winter with lack of… Read More

  • Youth Theatre program kicks off at CSQ

    | Published on March 18, 2024 at 2:10pm CDT

    • 23 First-sixth graders attend Twenty-three children, grades first through sixth, from Minnewaska and Glacial Hills are enrolled in Central Square’s Youth Theatre program.  Led by Minnewaska Area School’s art teacher, Marit Salveson, and adult volunteers, MAS student-teacher Cameron Schultz, Diana Cason, Sarah Grew, Julie Lloyd, Daniel Cochran and Central Square staff member Trina Starker, the program introduces… Read More

  • Funds to help solve child care issue

    | Published on March 18, 2024 at 2:08pm CDT

    • The $1.875 million is to help build a new center in Glenwood By Tim Douglass tdouglass@pctribune.com Minnesota’s U.S. Senators, Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, announced last week $1.875 million in “Congressionally Directed Spending” had been approved for a new child care center, licensed for 100 children from newborns to school-aged children. The local facility will also… Read More

  • Lions Club hosts Peace Poster contest winners

    | Published on March 18, 2024 at 1:43pm CDT

    Sixth grade students from Glacial Hills and Minnewaska Schools participated in the 2023-2024 Lions Clubs International Peace Poster Contest thanks to the Glenwood and Lowry Lions Clubs and 6th grade teachers.    Each student took on the challenge of creating a poster depicting peace around the world under the theme of “Dare to Dream.” during the… Read More

  • MAES kindergartners use Legos in science, diagram learning

    | Published on March 18, 2024 at 12:30pm CDT

    Minnewaska Area Elementary School has wonderful Lego kits for students to use. Students in all grades get to explore with the kits to develop an understanding of science concepts through investigation and hands-on activities. Over the past month, kindergarteners worked in pairs to complete at least three Lego challenges. This week, kindergarteners completed a car and… Read More

  • Glenwood business woman receives prestigious Silver Medal Award

    | Published on March 18, 2024 at 12:28pm CDT

    •Katie Elenberger receives the American Advertising Federation’s highest honor Katie Elenberger, founder of Spark27 Creative, was recently named the 2024 Silver Medal Award recipient by the American Advertising Federation of North Dakota (AAF-ND).  The Silver Medal Award is the highest honor awarded to an individual by AAF-ND. The award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to… Read More

  • MINNESOTA Business Professionals of America

    | Published on March 18, 2024 at 12:27pm CDT

    MAS students earn recognition at state MBA conference Sixteen students from Minnewaska Area Schools  participated in the annual Minnesota Business Professionals of America (BPA) State Leadership Conference held March 14-16, 2024 at the Minneapolis Hyatt Regency with more than 1,100 members competing. During the school year, 1,800 Minnesota BPA student members took part in the organization’s… Read More

  • USDA touts ‘Farmer Benefit Plans’ 

    | Published on March 18, 2024 at 12:24pm CDT

    Montevideo — Last week at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) PowerXchange  gathering, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) use of Farmer Benefit Plans for Empowering Rural America (New ERA) and Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program funded clean energy projects. Farmer Benefit Plans are essential to… Read More

  • Pope County included in ‘Red Flag’ warning

    | Published on March 18, 2024 at 12:24pm CDT

    The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for 41 counties in central and southern Minnesota effective Saturday, March 16, from 1 p.m. through 8 p.m. due to extreme fire risk conditions. Pope County was included.   Affected counties include Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Jackson, Kandiyohi,… Read More

  • Ceremony marks transfer of former Minnesota park land to Upper Sioux 161 years after violent conflict

    | Published on March 18, 2024 at 12:23pm CDT

    It was nearly 19 years ago that Elitta Gouge mentioned to other newly elected members joining her on the Upper Sioux Community’s tribal board that they should seek the return of the land where her great-great-grandfather Mazomani lies and that she knows as “a land of memories and spirit.” “Who is crazy enough to do that?… Read More

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