Feb 25, 2021
United Way of Southwest Minnesota announced that the 2021 community impact grants are now open and must address at least one of UWSWMN’s priority areas. Programs must be delivered in our service area which includes Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Yellow Medicine and portions of Cottonwood, Lac qui Parle, Nobles and Redwood counties. To see the detailed list of communities and zip codes covered by UWSWMN, determine eligibility and access the online grant platform; please visit www.unitedwayswmn.org (Our Impact tab-Community Impact Grants section). The grant application deadline is Thursday, April 1 at 4 p.m. All applications must be submitted online and extensions will not be granted. Applications that do not align, are late and/or incomplete will not be considered for UWSWMN funding. All grant applications will be reviewed by a team of trained community volunteers compromised of board members who will make recommendations on funding to the UWSWMN board of directors. Grant f
Located about sixty miles north of Pierre, South Dakota in Brookings, Blackfork Farms is a whiskey-making venture generations in the making.
Gordon Ommen, one of the partners of Blackfork Farms, said his family first came over from Northern Germany in 1889, settling in Southwest Minnesota and have been in the area ever since. Four generations after coming stateside, they moved across the state line to the Brookings area.
“We’re new to the area,” he adds with a laugh. Bourbon from Blackfork (image via Blackfork Farms)
The farm-to-glass distillery hasn’t always been a distillery, though – the family, Ommen says, was traditionally grain farmers and livestock producers. While this hasn’t changed – they currently farm corn, soybeans, and alfalfa – they also planted native corn species (Dakota White, Coteau Calico, and Cheyenne Red) to create food plots for pheasants, which visitors can hunt on property.
Feb. 17, 2021
MARSHALL The funeral service for Demetrius Moos, 32, of Marshall, will be held on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, at 2 p.m. at the Horvath Remembrance Center in Marshall. A public walk-through visitation will take place one hour prior to the service. A livestream and recording of the service will be available at www.horvathfuneralservice.com. Masks and social distancing requirements will be observed at all services. A public celebration of life will take place at a later date.
Demetrius Anthony Moos was born on Feb. 7, 1989, in Minneapolis, to Carl Boswell and Kathie Moos. Demetrius moved to Southwest Minnesota as a child, and spent most of his life in Marshall. He had many hobbies, but his passion was music listening to it, making it, and sharing it with family, friends, and fans. His proudest accomplishment was being a father. Demetrius was a life-long learner, always educating himself and teaching his friends new words. It was impossible to win an argument against Demet
Cosmos business makes good things from the bad
When businesses have wastes they can t get rid of, they turn to P.E.C.E. Recycling in Cosmos. It is among four businesses sharing in state grant funds to develop markets for recycling. The Cosmos business takes what others can t get rid of to produce materials with value and jobs. 6:32 am, Feb. 20, 2021 ×
A semi-truck load of vinyl tape end rolls arrive weekly at P.E.C.E. Recycling LLC, in Cosmos. The company separates the vinyl and cardboard rolls and shreds them. The cardboard becomes livestock bedding while the vinyl becomes the raw material used in making vinyl hoses.
Open Door Health Center creates program to aid older generation
The box activity program gives care packages to individuals 60 and over in the region
Open Door Health Center creates program to aid older generation By Marissa Voss | February 16, 2021 at 8:43 PM CST - Updated February 16 at 10:48 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - There are millions of people who are struggling with economic issues and social hardships in the older age range and that is why Open Door Health Center is tackling this problem head-on.
âTo overcome that difficulty of getting information to that age range and make sure that they know weâre here for them,â Open Door Health Center Community Outreach Manager Jayme Enamorado said.