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UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday, January 25th, and Thursday, January 26th: Wood Lake Blood Drive. Wednesday from 2 p.m.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday, January 15th: Winter Wonderland Spaghetti and Meatball Dinner at the Wood Lake Community Center. Doors open 5 p.m., dinner served at 5:30 p.m. In addition to dinner, there will be music, a dessert concert, and activities throughout the evening. All ages welcome. Proceeds go towards updating the burger stand at the Wood Lake Fair.
New book describes local impact from The Great Storm of 1873
150th anniversary of historic, deadly blizzard last week Just in time for the 150th anniversary of the Great Blizzard of 1873, former Kandiyohi County resident Carolyn Mankell Sowinski has published a book titled “The Great Storm: Minnesota’s Victims in the Blizzard of January 7, 1873.” Sowinski became interested in the idea of writing the book when doing research on her own genealogy, and discovering that her greatgreat grandfather had been caught in the blizzard. He survived, but in her research, Sowinski discovered that in Kandiyohi County alone, twelve people had died as a result of the storm.
Lakeview students return to school
Karyson Brovold, Julia Sterner, Jordynn Fricke pose for a picture as they finally get back to school. The holiday break was extended due to a winter snowstorm.
Local author releases new book
Patricia Lubeck is a local author who has just released her new book, Asylum Scandals. This book is about two of Minnesota’s two oldest state hospitals. One in St. Pete (that opened in 1866) and one in Rochester (that opened in 1879). Her latest book tells the harrowing tales of patients who were locked away in the asylums.
Lyon County Board bids adieu to Ritter, Sanow
Charlie Sanow has never been one to bite his tongue during a Lyon County Board of Commissioners meeting. Starting in January, however, Sanow for the time being will have to keep his opinions to himself, as he served at his last county commissioners meeting on Tuesday.
Sheriff partners with Crime Stoppers
While headlines about rising crime rates focus on the Twin Cities, residents across Minnesota have great concern about safety in their local communities. Important to solving crimes and keeping communities such as Yellow Medicine County safer is information about crimes and the people committing them that can help law enforcement make arrests and solve cases. To encourage members of the public in Yellow Medicine County to come forward with such useful information Sheriff Bill Flaten is partnering with Crime Stoppers of Minnesota to make that possible in a manner that is safe and proven to be effective. Committing to work with Crime Stoppers of Minnesota in their 2023 Law Enforcement Partner- ship Program, the Yel low Medicine County Sheriff’s Office invites persons who want to, or may need to, remain anonymous to submit information about a crime, criminal, or fugitive that helps solve a case. Providing information in this safe method can also save precious hours of investigators’ time, while protecting this anonymous source from retribution or harm for being known to have helped law enforcement. In addition to staying anonymous, persons giving information leading to a felony arrest may be eligible to collect up to $1,000 in reward paid by Crime Stoppers.