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Mary Erickson, Renville County safe roads coalition coordinator, was among the 11 individuals and one organization honored by the Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths program for her work to save lives through improved travc safety euorts.

Reporter cchristians@cherryroad. com Jerry Ostensoe was a strong pillar in the local arts community.

Editor jstolen-jacobson@ cherryroad. com The non-profit group Warriors & Walleyes, based out of Wood Lake, recently approached the family of Cpl Stephen Bentzlin to ask permission to install a new sign in Wood Lake in honor of Cpl Bentzlin’s service.

Communities throughout the local area have been working for the past months to plan a variety of events for families and adults to enjoy for the Halloween Season. The newspaper has compiled a list of all events to make planning for the spooky season holiday even easier.

What remains of a detonated cannonball? And how is forensic archeology vital to understanding how battles evolved? What were the main events of 1862 as the Confederacy sought independence? How has Minnesota’s tragedy entered popular culture? These were some of the questions addressed at the Wood Lake Bat- tlefield Preservation As sociation’s (WLBPA) annual symposium on Saturday, September 24, held at the Rock Valle Church in eastern Yellow Medicine County. The symposium featured three presenters.

The Prairie Five Meals program of Prairie Five Community Action Council, Inc. has been awarded a community impact grant from the United Way of Southwest Minnesota (UWS- WMN) of $8,000. These funds will help ouset the cost of providing meals to the older adult population thereby promoting healthy and independent living through improved nutrition and reduced so- cial isolation. This work aligns with UWSWMN’s hunger priority area.

When polled on social media, a number of local community members said one of the trips they make annually in the fall is to the Nelson Farm near Litchfield. 2022 marks its 33rd Annual Pumpkin Patch festival that is open to all ages.