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Stepping Up: Yellow Medicine walking the walk with new campaign
Minnesota farmers donating soy-based shoes to frontline health care workers Submitted From farm to frontline, the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council (MSR&PC) is taking another giant leap forward to highlight environmentally friendly investments from the soybean checkou. Yellow Medicine County soybean farmers, in partnership with MSR&PC, which directs the state’s soybean checkou resources, have launched the Stepping Up campaign to amplify farmer profitability and promote the value-added uses of the “miracle bean” while making community connections.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, December 17th: nals photos with Santa and Mrs Claus at Elsie’s Cafe. Free take home cookie decorating kits.
Wilson joins ECS Board in time for audit report
Jayden Wilson, a 2021 graduate of ECHO Charter School, read and signed his oath of ovce to become the youngest member of the ECS Board Thursday night during the Board’s December 9 meeting. Wilson, 20, from Granite Falls, said it was a weird feeling not having been out of school long and already holding a position that usually fell to older people.
Community gathers for Echo Santa Day
Community members gathered last Saturday for Santa Day in Echo. The event included Free BINGO for turkeys, hams, and meal sides thanks to local businesses donating/ sponsoring the BINGO items. These businesses included Farmers Coop Oil of Echo, Dan Larsen Tax Preparation, Granite Works, Echo Fire Department, Sharon’s Headquarters, Gjerset Trucking, Sunset Funeral Home, Kotek Trucking, Farmers Union Insurance of Montevideo, Kvistad Farm, Bendix Plumbing and Heating, Daryl Kuehn Heating and AC, and Pederson Farm Partnership. Hickory Lane Farm of Echo donated the potatoes for the BINGO meal side bags.
Lavin launches new interior design focused E-Magazine
Betsy Lavin, of Wood Lake, opened her interior design business in her chiropractic building in Granite Falls in 2018. In doing work in life purpose coaching, one of the questions Lavin asked clients most is what would make them jump out of bed every day. She realized, that for her, interior design work was the answer.
Snow and cold weather on the way
d Chief Meteorologist Kool-TV A winter storm moved / k into Minnesota late Monday into Tuesday. This system brought freezing rain and snow to the state of Minnesota and has caused traveling divculties.
