As illustrated by the 78 thousand pound shipment that departed from Par Piping and Fabrication, LLC. grounds this past Friday morning, the recession has not affected all businesses equally and the Granite Falls manufacturer has fared better than most.

 In the past few months, a familiar face has roamed the halls of Yellow Medicine East High School. With long brown hair, a friendly smile, and a positive attitude, Jenny Oberbichler, YME’s foreign exchange student from Germany, has made quite an impression.

As a result of the recent Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) citizens’ board meeting concerning the four million gallon Asbury asphalt storage facility, project developer Duininck, Inc. has pulled its initial re-zoning application.
The action, taken last Friday, does not change the Prinsburg located construction company’s intention to build the facility five miles north of Granite Falls adjacent to a railroad. But it may affect the final decision of the citizens’ board regarding whether or not Duininck Inc. must develop an Environmental Impact Statement for the project.

At about noon on Thursday, Yellow Medicine County Sheriffs responded to a single vehicle rollover accident on 306th Avenue (the dike road) north of Granite Falls near the public water access.
A vehicle driven by David Fitzgerald, of Granite Falls, lost control due to road conditions and overturned.

YME girls basketball would earn the Subsection 3AA runner-up trophy. See the photo-gallery inside.

LqPV 51, YME 49
For Yellow Medicine East tears would follow the sounding of the final buzzer Friday night as they lined the Redwood court to receive their Subsection 3AA runner-up trophy—having just ended their season with a 51-49 loss to Lac qui Parle Valley.