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Southwest Initiative Foundation names Scott Marquardt next president
Southwest Initiative Foundation The Southwest Initiative Foundation Board of Directors unanimously voted Dec. 13 to approve Scott Marquardt as the foundation’s next pres- ident, euective Feb.
SMSU to host MLK Day program January 16th
“The Time is Always Right to Do What is Right” is the theme for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Live Well, Age Wisely:
Director of Aging Well, Prairie 5 Community Action Council With 2023 just around the corner, this is a good time to share some of the options and opportunities available through Prairie Five’s Aging Well program which serves Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, and Yellow Medicine counties. We are grateful for grants that we receive from the Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging and the Southwest Initiative Fund which will continue to fund these services in part in the new year.
Avera Cancer Institute Marshall expands infusion space to meet demand
Avera Cancer Institute in Marshall, Minn. has been remodeled to add five more infusion bays for a total of 11.
Milder temperatures in the incoming new year
Chief Meteorologist Kool-TV Wow, what a week we had last week with some plowable snow, but also bitterly cold temperatures and very dangerously cold wind chills. If you were outside at all on Thursday or Friday, it literally hurt a great deal on exposed skin.
News from United Way
As the snow falls outside, I start to think about traditions. When my sister and I were younger, we would break out Christmas cookies saved in the freezer from the year before on the first snow of the year. We would savor them as we sat on the living room floor, watching the snow fall outside our big sliding glass door.
Snow impacting access to state parks, trails
Recent significant snow events are impacting winter recreation access in state parks and trails in northern Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Heavy, wet snowfall last week made many roads and trails im passable and cut power to several state parks. Additional snow and bitter cold temperatures this week further impacted conditions at some state parks and trails across Minnesota.
Lakeview School Board approves Final Certified Levy, audit report
Lakeview Superintendent Chris Fenske presented the Annual Truth and Taxation presentation during the public hearing held in conjunction with the School Board’s December 19 meeting. He said the Board of Education approved the Final Certi- fied Levy for 2022 Pay - able 2023 Property Tax -
