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Along the way

Along the way

Along the way

Christine Jensen
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
|The sacredness of our planet is too often taken for granted. There is connection in all of it and the thread of its powerful parts becomes the divinity within its sanctuary. Remembering and honoring the gifts and graces of earth’s poignant tapestry is a recitation in the canvas of its creation.
Life in the slow lane?

Life in the slow lane?

Life in the slow lane?

Lesa Van Camp
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
|I have been mildly interested in genealogy for some time. I find it interesting to learn about my family roots and where my ancestors originated from.
Prairie doc: The Golden Rules of Dementia

Prairie doc: The Golden Rules of Dementia

Prairie doc: The Golden Rules of Dementia

Jill Kruse, Do
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Dementia is a progressive condition that results in decline in cognitive function. People with dementia have increasing difficulties with short term memory, thinking, and reasoning.For family members it can be hard to watch the decline in a loved one who is struggling with dementia.
Refrigerators need to stay tidy to prevent contamination and food waste. Pixabay photo

Refrigerators need to stay tidy to prevent contamination and food waste. Pixabay photo

Prairie fare: Let’s explore the food in our refrigerator

Julie Garden-robinson,
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Ph.D., R.D., L.R.D.“I heard you and my husband Bill went on a tour of our pantry recently,” Mary says. “Somehow you magically shrank down so you could get to the back of the cupboard.”It’s true, Bill and I had a nice time inspecting the cupboards.“Do you think we could explore our refrigerator, too?
Valley News & Views

Valley News & Views

Dakota gardener: Easy-to-grow, big, beautiful pumpkins

News Staff
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
By Tom Kalb, Horticulturist It’s fun to grow your own Halloween pumpkins.Bigger is often better, but I don’t want to grow a giant, 300-pound pumpkin. Those pumpkins are lopsided. They are ugly. They look more tan than orange in color. Their vines gobble up the entire garden.
From the pastor’s desk

From the pastor’s desk

From the pastor’s desk

Pastor Leroy Aufenkamp
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
It is often said that “what’s done in Vegas, stays in Vegas”. The clear implication is that people feel free to engage in activities there they would not do back home.
Valley News & Views

Valley News & Views

Prism of prose

News Staff
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
“My God, my God, Why have you forsaken me?” (Psalm 22:1, NKJV). These are some of the last words spoken by Jesus on the Cross. He was reaching out to Father God in anguish. Yet I cannot help but think Christ directs us to Psalm 22 with one of His last gasping breaths.
Senior Spotlight

Senior Spotlight

Senior Spotlight

News Staff
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
The son of Scott and Amber Johnson, he plans to attend the University of Minnesota in Crookston to study Ag Business. In elementary school, he remembers when Mrs. Tunk’s water broke during nap time. For a long time, he thought everyone’s water could break at any time. It was a rough year.
Members of the National Honor Society: (Front L to R) Gunnar Kuznia, Violet Hoyles, Melissa De Souza, Alyssa Hoyles (President-Elect), Rylee Maurstad, Taylor Hermanson, Brooklynne Petersen, Maia Hermanson (Back L to R) Loki Sylskar, Max Foss-Pokrzywinski, Jonah Rarick, Daniel De Souza (Past President), Easton Larson, Alyvia Quibell, Peyton Larson, Carter Johnson (Not Present: Lucas De Souza) Photo by Jamie Rarick

Members of the National Honor Society: (Front L to R) Gunnar Kuznia, Violet Hoyles, Melissa De Souza, Alyssa Hoyles (President-Elect), Rylee Maurstad, Taylor Hermanson, Brooklynne Petersen, Maia Hermanson (Back L to R) Loki Sylskar, Max Foss-Pokrzywinski, Jonah Rarick, Daniel De Souza (Past President), Easton Larson, Alyvia Quibell, Peyton Larson, Carter Johnson (Not Present: Lucas De Souza) Photo by Jamie Rarick

Nine DPS students inducted to Honor Society

Andrea Johnston
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
In a ceremony held at Hastings Landing Sunday evening, April 27, eight Drayton Public High School students were inducted into the National Honor Society (NHS) and one DPS junior high student was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS).
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