The MN State Patrol reported a single vehicle accident on Friday the 15th at approximately 11:56pm. A 1996 Chevy Blazer driven by an 89-year-old male from Lakefield was northbound on Highway 86 when he left the roadway near 760th Street and rolled. The Lakefield man was transported to Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit Lake with what was considered life-threatening injuries. The MN State Patrol reported wet conditions and the man was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. Assisting was the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Lakefield Fire and Ambulance.
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The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating a fatal shooting of a suspect while he was actively stabbing a female in Marshall at approximately 2:40am during a domestic disturbance. According to Marshall Police Department an officer was called to the domestic disturbance in the 500 block of Brussels Court and observed a female being actively stabbed by the subject. The officer used a taser prior to ultimately shooting the attacker. The Attacker was given life saving effort but died at the scene. Police stated, The victim of the attacker was airlifted to a hospital in Sioux Falls SD where she remains in critical condition. The Marshall Police Department stated in a release, “A loss of life is always incredibly sad and impactful to the family and community. This is not believed to be a random attack and there is no threat to the public.”
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Meetings today include:
- Murray County Board of Commissioners at 8:30am
- Cottonwood County Board of Commissioners at 9am
- Jackson County Board of Commissioners and Drainage Authority at 9am
- Windom City Council at 5pm
- St James City Council at 5:30pm
- Mountain Lake City Council at 5:45pm
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Red Rock Central School District Board of Education will be meeting on Wednesday December 20th at 4:30pm in Lamberton.
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The Springfield Chamber of Commerce is seeking general board members to fill vacant seats for the upcoming 2024 year. If you would be interested in learning more about what it would entail, please call the Chamber Office at 507-723-3508.
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Bridges Preschool is trying to build a library. If you have books to donate, please consider dropping books off at Highland School, located at 68 10th Street in Windom. If you would like more information, e-mail vpatterson@isd77.com
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Windom Area Health reached a milestone for the new OB/GYN surgeon, Dr James Hinshaw. According to Brady Kerkman, Marketing Executive, on the 20th of November Dr Hinshaw performed his 300th robotic-assisted surgery. Following the delivery of the da Vinci Xi system and many days of preparation, the Surgery Department completed its first robotic-assisted surgery on August 31. The da Vinci system uses highly precise maneuvers on wristed instruments—all controlled by the surgeon—to complete life-changing surgeries with quicker recovery times and less postoperative pain than traditional surgeries. Windom Area Health’s da Vinci Xi system is one out of 90 systems across Minnesota and 8,000 worldwide.
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Join us for Strategic Farming: Let’s Talk Crops 2024
By Liz Stahl, Extension Educator – Crops, Anthony Hanson, Extension Educator – Integrated Pest Management, and Phyllis Bongard, Content development and communications specialist
WORTHINGTON, Minn. (11/30/23) – Pull up a chair and join in or bring the conversation with you as you go about your day. Whatever works best for you, join us this winter to discuss some of the key issues and questions around commodity crop production facing Minnesota farmers today through the “Strategic Farming: Let’s Talk Crops” webinar series. This live, online program will provide up-to-date, research-based information to help optimize your crop management strategies for 2024. Sessions will be held over Zoom, which can be accessed via your computer, phone, or other mobile device, and will run from 9:00 to 10:00 am Wednesdays, January 10 through March 27, 2024.
Sessions will be very informal and open to all interested. Each session will start with a brief presentation by the discussion leaders for the day, followed by discussion framed around farmer/participant questions on the topic.
Topics and speakers:
- January 10: Grain prices and marketing strategies given current geopolitics & soybean crush capacity Frayne Olson, Crops economist/Marketing specialist, North Dakota State University
- January 17: Join us LIVE at the MN Ag Expo (no Zoom session today)
- January 24: Big Data & Corn Genomics – what does it all mean for you? Candice Hirsch, Corn genomics professor & Jeff Coulter, Extension corn agronomist
- January 31: Pushing soybean maturity to the max Seth Naeve, Extension soybean agronomist
- February 7: Making herbicides work better PART 1: Making choices and adjustments to ensure a successful application. Tom Peters, Extension sugar beet agronomist
- February 14: Making herbicides work better PART 2: Demystifying adjuvants Joe Ikley, Assistant Professor/Extension Weed Specialist, North Dakota State University & Greg Dahl, Adjuvant development advisor, WinField
- February 21: What pays for soybean insect management? Bob Koch, Extension soybean entomologist
- February 28: Thirsty cover crops – do they impact our cash crops? Anna Cates, Anna Cates, State soil health specialist & Dan Smith, Nutrient and pest management outreach specialist, University of Wisconsin Madison
- March 6: Fertilizer – How to get your best ROI Dan Kaiser, Extension nutrient management specialist & Jeff Vetsch, Researcher at UMN Southern Research & Outreach Center
- March 13: Are we smarter than the average European corn borer and corn rootworm? Fei Yang, Extension corn entomologist
- March 20: Efficacy matters: Fungicides for managing specific corn and soybean diseases Kiersten Wise, Professor/Extension plant pathologist, University of Kentucky
- March 27: Look Out! An Update on Emerging Soybean and Corn Diseases Dean Malvick, UMN professor and Extension specialist: field crops plant pathology For more details and to register, go to https://z.umn.edu/strategic-farming. There is no charge to participate, thanks to generous sponsorship from the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council. Not able to attend a day? No problem. Sessions will be recorded and posted for viewing later at your convenience.
We hope you will take this opportunity to join with U of MN Extension in discussing crop topics at our “Strategic Farming: Let’s Talk Crops!” program in 2024!
Media Contact: Lizabeth Stahl, University of Minnesota Extension, 507-372-3900 ext. 3912, stah0012@umn.edu
For more news from U of M Extension, visit www.extension.umn.edu/news or contact Extension Communications at extnews@umn.edu. University of Minnesota Extension is an equal opportunity educator and employer.
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