On Monday, April 22 the H.A. Hagg school building in Clarkfield was sold at auction on eBay for a price of $70,411.11 to an unknown bidder.

Renovations to the new Yellow Medicine County government center are expected to begin as early as this June and be completed this fall, following the approval of $564,000 in bids by YMC commissioners Tuesday afternoon.

The Upper Sioux Community held elections for Tribal Council seats of Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer this past Saturday at USC multi-purpose building.Of the 275 eligible voters in the community, 194 turned out for the general election, representing a 70 percent turnout.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Minnesota’s State Water Trails system, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is participating in Clean Up the River Environment’s (CURE’s) annual Minnesota River History weekend, May 17-19 in Granite Falls.