The Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a motor vehicle rollover crash on Thursday, April 18th at approximately 2:20 am in the 500 block of Spicer Ave. in the City of Raymond. Deputies located an unoccupied 2013 GMC Sierra in the south ditch. Duputies subsequently made contact with the driver, Mariya Bratsch, age 19 of Raymond and passenger Wilhelm Bratsch, age 18 also of Raymond. Both had left the crash scene and were in route to a medical facility by private party for medical attention for the passenger’s non-life threatening injuries. The driver advised they were eastbound on Spicer Ave. and a deer ran into the roadway. The driver swerved and entered the ditch and overturned.
On April 18, 1936, singing cowboy Gene Autry recorded the song “Back In The Saddle Again.”
In 1956, actor Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco in a civil ceremony. A church wedding took place the next day.
In 1957, Buddy Knox, who was in the Army Reserve, began six months of active duty. His hit at the time was “Party Doll.”
In 1966, “The Sound of Music” won the best picture and best director Academy Awards.
In 1981, Yes announced its breakup. Steve Howe and Geoff Downes went on to form Asia. Yes has since reunited.
In 1985, Wham’s “Make It Big” album became the first western pop album released in China.
In 1994, Roseanne Barr Arnold filed for divorce from Tom Arnold. Her request was dropped, but she refiled less than a month later.
In 1996, musician Bernard Edwards of Chic was found dead in a hotel room in Tokyo. He was 43.
In 2015, Ringo Starr became the last Beatle to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.
In 2021, Taylor Swift’s “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” hit number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart, 12 years after the original “Fearless” hit the top of the chart. It was the first number-one album that was a re-recording of another number-one album.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Robert Hooks is 87. Actor Hayley Mills is 78. Actor Dorothy Lyman (“Mama’s Family”) is 77. Actor Cindy Pickett (“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”) is 77. Keyboardist Walt Richmond of The Tractors is 77. Actor James Woods is 77. Bassist Jim Scholten of Sawyer Brown is 72. Actor Rick Moranis is 71. Actor Eric Roberts is 68. Actor Melody Thomas Scott (“Young and the Restless”) is 68. Actor John James (“Dynasty,” ″The Colbys”) is 68. Bassist Les Pattinson of Echo and the Bunnymen is 66. Actor Jane Leeves (“Hot In Cleveland,” ″Fraiser”) is 63. Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is 62. Actor Eric McCormack (“Will and Grace”) is 61. Talk show host Conan O’Brien is 61. Actor Maria Bello is 57. Actor Mary Birdsong (“Reno 911!”) is 56. Actor David Hewlett (“Stargate: SG-1”) is 56. Actor-rapper Fredro Starr of Onyx (“Moesha”) is 53. Actor David Tennant (“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”) is 53. Guitarist Mark Tremonti of Creed and of Alter Bridge is 50. Singer Trina of Trina and Tamara is 50. Actor Melissa Joan Hart (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) is 48. Actor Bryce Johnson (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 47. TV personality Kourtney Kardashian is 45. Actor America Ferrera (film’s “Barbie,” TV’s “Ugly Betty”) is 40. Actor Tom Hughes (“Victoria”) is 39. Actor Ellen Woglom (“Marvel’s Inhumans”) is 37. Actor Vanessa Kirby (“The Crown”) is 36. Actor Alia Shawkat (“Arrested Development”) is 35. Actor Britt Robertson (“Under the Dome”) is 34. Actor Chloe Bennet (“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” ″Nashville”) is 32. Singer Nathan Sykes of The Wanted is 31. Actor Moises Arias (“Hannah Montana”) is 30.
The Meeker Soil & Water Conservation District will be distributing trees this Friday from 9-to-6 and Saturday from 8:30-to-11 at the Meeker County Fairgrounds. This is the time for people who pre-ordered trees to pick them up; and there will also be extra trees available for anyone who did not pre-order.
District Technician Joe Norman says there are bundles of bare root trees – 25 to a bundle of hardwood trees and shrubs – for $43.75 per bundle or $1.75 per individual tree, and potted evergreens that range from $12 to $24. He says there are over 30 species of trees and shrubs to choose from and one of the main uses for them is establishing shelter belts for wind and snow protection.
Norman says the trees also create great wildlife habitat and also help to protect the soil. He says the success rate is high, but that all depends on how you care for them as they require watering which has especially been an issue the past few years with the drought conditions.
Norman says there will also be some food plot seeds available on a first-come, first-serve basis, and if you have any question, go to meekerswcd.com or call him at 320-535-3078. He says they also have pollinator plot seed and plugs, but the deadline to order those is Friday.
The Peanut Butter & Milk Festival Committee held its annual meeting Tuesday evening. Terri Anderson was reelected as President of the Committee.
The other officers were all reelected as well with Karen Becker as Vice President, Lori Christofferson as Secretary and Loree Schultz as Treasurer. The terms of board members Terri Anderson, Loree Schultz and Cindy Knutson were up, and they were all reelected. Jim Cottington was also elected to the Board.
During the group’s regular meeting, members of the Peanut Butter & Milk Festival Committee learned that four Litchfield High School FFA students had been selected to travel to Alabama in November for the annual exchange trip. They are Riley Joyer, Claire Gabrielson, Lydia Schultz and Tanner Sonsalla. They will be helping with the Peanut Butter & Milk Festival summer fundraising events which will include the Center Bank Brat Feed during Watercade and the Dairy Booth at the Meeker County Fair. The next Peanut Butter & Milk Festival Committee meeting will be on May 21st at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to get involved.
1924 – 1st crossword puzzle book published by Simon and Schuster
1938 – 42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson in 2:35:34.8; his second victory in the event
1946 – Rome, Auerbach and Horwitt’s musical “Call Me Mister” opens at National Theater, NYC; runs for 734 performances
1946 – Jackie Robinson debuts as 2nd baseman for the Montreal Royals
1983 – KMO-AM in Tacoma Wash changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO)
1984 – Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43)
1842 – Antero Tarquínio de Quental, Portuguese poet (Beatrice), born in Ponta Delgada, Portugal (d. 1891)
1888 – Arnold Lunn, British skier (created the modern Alpine slalom race), born in Madras, India (d. 1974)
1946 – (Alexander) “Skip” Spence, Canadian guitarist and vocalist (Moby Grape – “Omaha”), born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
1963 – Eric McCormack, Canadian-American actor (Will and Grace), born in Toronto, Ontario
1970 – Rico Brogna, American MLB baseball player (Detroit Tigers), born in Turners Falls, Massachusetts
1988 – Vanessa Kirby, English actress (Princess Margaret in The Crown), born in London, England
1610 – Robert Parsons, English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure), dies at 63
1845 – Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, Swiss chemist, dies at 77
1882 – Henry Cole, English inventor and civil servant, 1st director of the VandA Museum, promoter of 1851 Great Exhibition, dies at 73
1976 – Mahmoud Younis, Suez Canal nationalization engineer, dies at 65
1985 – Gertrude Caton-Thompson, English archaeologist (Zimbabwe, So Arabia), dies at 97
1990 – Robert D Webb, American director and actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies at 87
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 17, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced that USDA is partnering with Reinvestment Fund to help organizations strengthen local food financing programs and improve access to healthy foods in underserved communities across the country.
Originally reported by the USDA.
Originally reported by the USDA.
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