The Redwood Valley boys and girls cross country teams will look to parlay a strong overall regular season into postseason glory when they take part in the Section 3A Meet today in Luverne. The Cardinals have a chance to send both the boys and girls teams on to State with strong performances and showed that by earning a pair of second place finishes at the Big South Conference Meet held recently in Fairmont.
The evening is coming when children, and I use that term “children” loosely, will come to my door, dressed in costumes that range from cute to the macabre to the barely there. These little people will hold their bag of candy/ loot in front of me, and utter the phrase “Trick or Treat”.
Celebrate Redwood Falls had a successful opening night of their Halloween Francios Haunted Hotel event in Downtown Redwood Falls on Saturday, Oct. 22. If you missed the chance to attend opening night, Francios Haunted Hotel will open Friday, Oct. 28, Saturday, Oct. 29 and Monday, Oct. 31 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., with a $15 admission fee. Francios Haunted Hotel is located at the corner of 2nd and Washington street. This event is not recommended for anyone under the age of 13.
Scoring 28 second quarter points the Redwood Valley Cardinals rolled to a 40-21 win over host LCWM in an MEA night special held Wednesday, Oct. 19 in Lake Crystal.
The Redwood Valley girls volleyball team will open up Section 3AA-South postseason action on Friday when they host Luverne in an interesting first round matchup. Redwood Valley had a nice regular season, finishing 1711 overall.
As I travel across the county, I hear many different concerns. Of course, inflation and crime are at the top of the list, but property taxes are at the top for most of us in Redwood County. As I read through the 900 plus page packet for county commissioners, one can see where the majority of the money is spent.
As of Oct. 22, exactly six months after beginning the project, the JF Brennan Company (Brennan) has completed dredging! A total of 682,880 cubic yards of sediment has been removed from Lake Redwood, surpassing the bid quantity of 657,329 cubic yards. The Redwood- Cottonwood Rivers Control Area Board of Directors approved the extra yardage as grant funding remained. Brennan’s crew prepared the Michael B. dredge for demobilization, and removal of the pipeline. The Michael B. left Redwood Falls the week of Oct. 24 as well as the pumps and other ancillary equipment.
After five years of service, Heather Smith turned over her Blood Program Leader responsibilities to Julie Rath who will be the new Program leader as the liaison between the Red Cross team and our community. This is a new role for Rath and she is looking forward to following in Smith's steps and fulfilling the responsibilities of working with our community, residents, businesses, to continue to have a highly successful blood drive going forward. Having worked in our community since June of 2001, and will be fully retired from her position at the RADC this coming December, she feels this is a good way to show her support and appreciation for her years of serving the community now in a new way.
Mary Erickson, Renville County safe roads coalition coordinator, was among the 11 individuals and one organization honored by the Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths program for her work to save lives through improved traffic safety efforts.