An ATV Youth Safety Class will be conducted on Saturday, September 18, 2010 at the Watonwan County Human Services Building from 8:00 am-4:00 pm.

    It’s a dirty job, but somebody has to do it! So goes the new wastewater lines going down in the towns of Odin and Ormsby.

    Unless you have attended it is very hard to imagine over 25,000 people in the tiny town of Butterfield, just off of Highway 60 in Southwestern Minnesota.

Mike Johnson already knows the value of charity from a good samaritan.

The American Choral Directors Assoc., of Minnesota recently presented Myrna Eppeland of St. James with an ACE (Advocate for Choral Excellance) Award at its Summer Dialogue Banquet held at the Legends Golf Club in Prior Lake.

July 29th Legals

  Thanks to the City of St. James, numerous organizations who have volunteered to serve ice cream and funding from the Prairie Arts Council, it has been a summer of Concerts in the Park.

There is a strong potential for “Blizzards” across the country and in Watonwan County today, August 5th.

This past spring season things got just a little greener for Overson Lumber Compa­ny and customer, Lucas Bowers.

“IF” ...... that’s a big word if you farm for a living.

This year’s recipient in Watonwan County for University of Minnesota’s 2010 Farm Family of the Year, is the family of Dennis and Sonja Coleman.

  Each year, the Minnesota Board on Aging, State Fair Board and the Minnesota Federation of County Fairs sponsors an Outstanding Senior Volunteer Award. Each county is allowed to select two outstanding senior volunteers to represent their county at the Minnesota State Fair in August.

For the fifth year out of the past six, financial-services firm Edward Jones ranks highest in investor satisfaction with full-service brokerage firms, according to the J.D. Power and Ass­o­c­iates 2010 Full Service Investor Satis­faction Stud­y, announced Chad Klassen.

The St. James Salutators were out on Tuesday welcoming the newest member of the business community and presenting a plaque. Melissa Haseman, raised in St. James and attended school here, has opened a new photography business called “Imaginart Studio” located at 47 - 6th Avenue South in St. James.

The Encore Cafe in St. James will soon have a new manager, Janesssa Montemurno. Janessa has been at The Encore since 2008 and will be taking on the responsibilities of manager in the near future. She plans to continue her education in the field of business.

If a rural Madelia farmer has his way Minn­e­sota will someday have a thriving population of Ginkgo trees.

    Public Works Director Roger Risser presented a full agenda of items at Tuesday morning’s Watonwan County Board of Commissioners meeting.

    At the St. James City Council meeting Tuesday night:
    St. James Fire Relief Association gained an increase in retirement funding from $1,700 for one year of service to $1,750.

    Hartwin Kietzer of Truman, Minnesota started giving blood in 1950. A friend of Hartwin’s had been injured in a tractor rollover and in 1950 you either paid for a blood transfusion or you had someone give replacement blood in your name.

    There were many highlights of last weekend’s Madelia Park Days Celebration and All-School Reunion.