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City Council approves waste water project
At the St. James City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 21, the council went over a code enforcement update, license fees for dangerous or potentially dangerous dogs, and 10th Ave. S sanitary sewer improvements.
College News
•The following students from Butterfield graduated after the spring 2022 semester at South Dakota State University: Ryan Blomgren, has graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in SDSU’s College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences; Lukas Pierson of Butterfield, MN, has graduated Magna Cum Laude with two Bachelor of Science degrees in SDSU’s College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences.
17th Annual Madelia Health Golf Outing best on record
The Madelia Health Foundation 17th Annual Golf Outing was held on Wednesday, June 8. Since bringing back in-person golfing in 2021 after the COVID-19 pandemic, this tournament has been extremely popular and highly successful for Madelia Health.
Mayo Clinic Health System to offer COVID vaccines for ages 6 months to 5 years old starting Thursday
Mayo Clinic Health System sites in the Southwest Minnesota region will begin offering vaccine doses to children ages 5 and under beginning July 7. COVID-19 vaccines have been used under the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S.
Baseball history in St. James runs deep
A bonus of small towns is getting to know your neighbors. Some years ago, a great neighbor named Larry Curry shared a picture with me of an assortment of baseball players from a bygone era. Along with the picture came questions.
2022 Railroad Days Fun
St. James Class of 1982 had their own contest between themselves this year to celebrate their 40th Class reunion.
Madelia Health Welcomes Patrice Luker
Madelia, Minn. – Madelia Health announces the addition of Patrice Luker to their Clinic Team in Madelia. Luker is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), and she joins Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Nik Krahn, on our Mental Health Care staff.
Trimester 3 Honor Roll students announced
A Honor Roll (3.667 to 4.0 GPA): Grade 7: Adisyn Aden, Alex Aden, Aimee Aleman, Alek Anderson, Judson Brekke, Hannah Helget, Carmen Kreel, Kaitlyn Schlomann, Breyden Sodeman. Grade 8: Ellie Anderson, Luella Beckendorf, John Boelke, Laney Bowers, Jorgen Brekken, Xander Brown, Ashlynn Bannhoff, Abigail Ellis, Finely Erickson-Selman, Ella Flohrs, Katelyn Friesen, Avery Haler, Keyana Haler, Elle Helget, Nora Kern, Haleigh Lingbeek, Zoe Nelson, Becky Perez Tema, Lilly Ringham, Andrei Rivera, Johanna Rodriguez, Alivia Romsdahl, Isai Santibanez, Nolan Sauer, Jacey Swanson, Journey Swanson, Micah Thomas, Grade 9: Emily Balbuena, Annika Clipperton, Wyatt Haler, Nevaeh Hanson, Brennan Kern, Ethan Leimer, Madelyn Malmgren, Mychael Moffett, Emma Mohwinkel, Paola Rodriguez Raya, Keeley Runge, Danon Sawatzky, Gracie Stevens, Ellie Stordalen, Isabelle Swanson, Talyn Tande, Daniela Trapero, Shannon Westcott, Ruby Zamora.
College News
University of Wisconsin-Stout Dean’s List for the spring 2022 semester. The award is presented to students who have a grade point average of 3.5 or above. Two students in the Plaindealer area were named to the list.
Are you Qualified for Ministry?
There was a checklist of things I had to do in order to become a pastor. Classes to take, internships, interviews, evidence of “the calling” (and probably more that I’ve forgotten). But even before I had the “ministry card”, I was in ministry and the only qualification was that I was a born again believer in Jesus Christ alone.