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Local students graduate from Lake Area Tech
Lake Area Technical College The 55th Annual Lake Area Technical College graduation ceremony was held Friday, May 13, 2022, with seven hundred sixty-three graduates. The following local students were presented their diplomas by Bryon Noem, First Gentleman of South Dakota, and Mike Cartney, President of Lake Area Tech.
DNR urges people to leave deer fawns alone
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources asks that people avoid disturbing or touching deer fawns, which are born around this time of year. Most fawns are born in mid-May to mid-June, and fawns do not attempt to evade predators during their first few weeks of life.
From the Editor’s Desk
I’m a list maker. Every surface of my desks is covered in lists, the notes app in my phone has seven or eight lists going at any time, there’s lists in notes on my laptop, and even sometimes, lists are written in ink on the steering wheel of my car (yes, this drives my husband nuts). It also drives my sister nuts that I don’t consolidate all lists onto the notes app on my phone, where I could keep my life more in order. She fails to recognize that this chaotic collection of lists IS my version of organized.
Students celebrate last day of school
Lakeview students celebrated the last day of school on Friday. Seniors were treated to a breakfast, ice cream treats were handed out by student council, seniors walked the halls in their gowns and more. Photos by Karen Berg
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, Minnesota drivers have faced record-high gas prices in the last few months. But like many of today’s most pressing challenges, Minnesota’s farmers and agricultural industry hold the key to helping solve them.
Lakeview Principals report year-end activities to Board
Lakeview High School Principal Scott Hanson provided an end of the year update to the school board at its May meeting. He shared information about finals as well as iPad turn in for the school year.
Lakeview students compete in MathCounts competition
Tate Remiger, Adrian Lewison, Teegan Fiene, Gideon Basel competed in the SouthWest Minnesota MathCounts Competition online in February along with fifty students in ten teams. As a team, the Lakeview students took 2nd place. Gideon Basel, as an individual, placed second out of 50 students. Photo by Karen Berg
Two storms last week leave behind flooding, wind damage
Six inches of heavy rain from the back-to-back storms last week created flooded fields north of Cottonwood. The area was also in a tornado watch during that time frame. Hagen Drive (pictured) in the north end of Wood Lake was flooded after two thunderstorms drenched the area with over six inches of rain last week. Earlier a young girl had been seen wading almost kneedeep on this “Frog Town” road. Photo by Jody Isaackson
150 years of grace, history at Rock Dell Lutheran Church
June 1 is the deadline to register for the special 150th-anniversary dinner on June 18 at Rock Dell Lutheran Church of rural Belview. The church will be bursting at the seams with two days of celebration, June 18 and 19 in honor of this momentous milestone.
Sky-high gas prices plague patrons
Every time you go to fill up your gas tank, the price per gallon keeps creeping up. First over $3, then $3.999, now over $4.