I think many people across the state of Minnesota are still in disbelief about the weather that hit the state last Thursday. The National Weather says a “derecho” produced “at least six different tornadoes” in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota last Thursday.
Hey, Granite Falls? Together, we did it. Our community came together and – over four months – raised the funds we needed in order to bring a new resident artist to town from August to October of 2022!
Lincoln County Soil & Water Conservation District A conservation-minded landowner found a permanent fix for the perennial erosion that robbed his Lincoln County field of topsoil when local, state and federal partners collaborated on a project too extensive for any one of them to take on alone. Randy Janiszeski’s 120-acre Alta Vista Township field drained a 150-acre watershed in the hills above the North Branch Yellow Medicine River.
When Kelly Roth had the opportunity to purchase the building that used to house Willie’s Korner Store, the town’s bait shop, his intent was to bring the bait shop back to town. Roth has spent months working on the property to bring back the bait shop, but also so much more.
At Monday evening’s regular monthly meeting of the Granite Falls City Council, the council passed a resolution declaring a state of emergency based on the recent storm damage. The resolution was recommended by Casey Namken, the Yellow Medicine County Emergency Manager, and allows the County and City to be able to access funding available from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA).
Friday, May 20th: 29th Annual Chippewa/Yellow Medicine Counties Relay for Life at Smith Park. Saturday, May 21st: Suicide Prevention Awareness Walk Smith Park in Montevideo.
Mother Nature decided bright and early Monday morning to make it the Monday’est Monday that ever Monday’ed with a storm moving through the area dropping massive hail right about the same time the kids were arriving at school.
Last Tuesday, the YME Softball team played a double-header against Russel-Tyler-Ruthton in Granite Falls. The girls took a loss 2-8 in the first game.Scoring from that game follows: YME 000 000 2-2 2 5 RTR 015 101 0-8 7 4 Hitting: Alana Almich 1-3 r rbi, Jenna Weir 1-3 4bi, Hope Stark 0-2 r bb sb.
Sharla Bengtson, of Wood Lake, recently entered one of her photographs into a contest for Friends of Minnesota Barns. The photograph was chosen to be featured in the Barn Calendar for 2023 in the month of November. The photograph Bengtson submitted was taken in Pine County, Minnesota. Additionally, Bengtson’s granddaughter submitted a photo to the same contest and will have her photograph featured for September in the calendar. Photo Submitted.
Quinn Kotek of Wood Lake in the tie-down calf roping portion of Sunday’s competition. Photo by Jessica Stolen-Jacobson The Minnesota High School Rodeo Association held their Region Four Rodeo at Lee Mar Ranch Saturday and Sunday.