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April 9, 2024

Canby Bloodmobile

WITH SUMMER JUST AROUND THE CORNER(WE HOPE!! AND SCHOOL ALMOST DONE FOR THE YEAR, MAY MARKS THE BEGINNING OF FAMILY VACATIONS, LEAVING MANY REGULAR DONORS TRAVELING AND UNABLE TO GIVE BLOOD.THE RED CROSS ASKS ALL HEALTHY, ELIGIBLE BLOOD DONORS TO GIVE BLOOD THIS APRIL AND HELP PATIENTS WITH SERIOUS MEDICAL NEEDS. PLEASE DONATE AT THE […]

April 9, 2024

Prairie Five Shoe Drive

Are you cleaning out your closet? Prairie Five needs your shoes! Where: Prairie Five CAC Inc. Offices in Montevideo, Canby, Benson, Madison, and Ortonville. When: Through April 30th, 2024. Help them raise funds just by donating gently worn used and new shoes! Be sure to ask friends, family, neighbors and co-workers to donate, too! Collected […]

April 9, 2024

Montevideo Area Blood Drive

There will be a blood drive with the Montevideo Community American Red Cross coming up on Thursday, April 11th from Noon to 6:00pm. Where: The Montevideo Training and Community Center, located at 711 South 17th Street. For appointments or other information, call Jane at 320-269-5393 or head to RedCrossBlood.org and enter: Montevideo Community to schedule […]

April 9, 2024

Chippewa County Historical Society Annual Meeting & Banquet

The Annual Chippewa County Historical Society meeting and banquet will be held on April 16th, at the Maynard Community Event Center. Located at 341 Cynthia Street. The speaker this year will be Jay Grammond, who signed a book deal in 2020 to create a photography and history book. They are also seeking to add Board […]

April 5, 2024

Willmar Woman sentenced in rape case

A Willmar woman has been sentenced to a year in jail for assisting in a rape that happened in 2022. Twenty-two-year-old Kelsey Jones was sentenced to 360 days in the Renville County Jail for helping a man rape a teenager in Danube in July of 2022. Jones will serve her jail sentence in 4 separate […]

April 4, 2024

Chippewa County Cannabis Moratorium

Chippewa County has placed a moratorium on issuing licenses for cannabis sales. The West Central Tribune reports the unanimous vote by the County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday gives the county until Jan. 1, 2025, to adopt regulations on cannabis sales in the county. Scott Williams, land and resource management director for the county, proposed […]

April 3, 2024

Willmar School evacuated

Kennedy Elementary School in Willmar was evacuated Tuesday, after reports of a gas smell in the building. District officials say no one was harmed by the reported gas or the evacuation as students were evacuated to the Willmar Educational and Arts Center. The school was later declared safe and students and staff returned. Reports say […]

April 2, 2024

Annual Chippewa Historical County Meeting

It’s time now again for the Annual Chippewa Historical County Meeting, April 16th at 6:00 pm held at the Maynard Community Center. They’d like you to RSVP by April 10th. Dinner will start at 6:00 and is catered by the 331 Club. Serving meatballs mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls, dessert, coffee and water. There will […]