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Redwood County Shooting /Sports club members Shaun Matthews and Mackenzie Zollner have been selected as Minnesota State 4-H Shooting Sports Ambassadors. The Minnesota 4-H Shooting Sports and Wildlife Ambassador Program is a leadership opportunity for youth leaders, grades 9-12. They will work to promote and enhance the Minnesota 4-H State SS&W Program. Ambassadors positively represent the SS&W Program at state, regional, and local levels. Matthews and Zollner may attend events such as the Govenor's Deer Opener, Pheasants Forever State Convention and the Minnesota National Wild Turkey Federation events along with local partners events.

Why was Joseph nominated for Cardinal of the Month? Joe consistently brings a smile and a positive attitude to class! Joe is responsible, asks questions, and demonstrates the Cardinal Way. He is helpful to others in and outside of class. Joe has been a pleasure to have in class this quarter! What do you enjoy most about being a student at RVMS? Just being there. What are some of your hobbies or interests? Biking, dirt bikes, band, cooking/ baking, and the Family Guy TV show.

Sgt. Troy Christianson of the Minnesota State Patrol Question: I'm seeing more and more vehicles in Minnesota with dark tinted windows. I thought there was a law prohibiting dark tinted windows on both the driver and passenger windows but back windows can be dark. Unless the laws changed and I didn't know. Thank you Answer: In Minnesota, you can have your windows tinted to a light transmittance of 50 percent, but not less. Light transmittance is the amount of light that is required to pass through both the window and the tint film. Before any tint material is applied to your windows, a vehicle comes from the factory with tint already inside the glass material. No window comes from the factory at 100 percent light transmittance. My experience has been that most vehicles are already at 75 percent before any modifications.

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.

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.

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.