May 2022

At the regular monthly meeting of the Granite Falls City Council, the 2022 Street and Utility Improvements project was discussed, with bids being reviewed. City Engineer Mike Amborn was at the meeting to present the council with information about the bids received. The project for 2022 includes complete street reconstruction, sanitary sewer replacement, water main replacement, storm sewer replacement, and other associated items that would need to be replaced or repaired alongside the work for multiple streets in town.

Minnesota West Community & Technical College Minnesota West Community & Technical College – Minnesota West will host multiple Commencement Ceremonies for students graduating this year. The Commencement Ceremonies are scheduled as below.

Quillwork is not just a technical or even purely artistic process - it is a lens to see the world in a particular way. A method of record-keeping through design and encoding emotion. Wicanhpi Iyotan Win’s work as a Dakota quillworker began with learning the traditional methods and applications: Washing, dyeing, and harvesting to make beautiful works of embroidery, applique, and more.

At the annual meeting of the Friends of Upper Sioux State Park, Upper Sioux State Park assistant manager Emily Albin gave a report on the attendance at the State Park last year. “I always when people ask me about visitation and attendance do 2019 because that’s the year the highway failed and we had a couple of closures.

Thursday, May 5th: How to Write a Mystery workshop at KK Berge Building. Starts at 6:30 p.m. with writers of Minnesota mysteries M.E. Fuller and Brace Ruben (Bruce Koepp). Free evening of discussion and literary readings.