June 2022

Upper Sioux Community Police Department Urbin, Brandon Joseph, Granite Falls; Offense date 6/5/22 DL - Driving without a Valid License Endorsement for Vehicle Driven (Misdemeanor); Plea 6/16/22 Guilty; Disposition 6/16/22 Convicted; Court Decision 6/16/22 Payable without Appearance; $100 Fine. Richardson, Eric David, Dawson; Offense date 11/28/17 Traffic DAR (Misdemeanor); Plea 6/10/22 Guilty; Disposition 6/10/22 Convicted; Court Decision 6/10/22 Payable without Appearance; $200 Fine.

June is National Pride Month and is celebrated to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, formerly known as the Stonewall Riots, in Manhattan, New York. Throughout the 1960s, the police raided establishments rumored to serve members of the LGBTQ+ community, and then on June 28, 1969 police raided the Stonewall Inn, a known “private bottle bar” that LGBTQ+ individuals frequented. Within minutes bar patrons and neighborhood residents began the uprising in response to the police brutality against those that were being arrested. Hundreds of people were involved in the uprising and ensued for the next five days, six days total. New York’s Pride march this year will commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.

On 6/19/22 at 5:29 PM Granite Falls Fire Department was dispatched by Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office on a request by Renville County Sheriff’s Office to respond to a possible drowning occurring in the Minnesota River at Vicksburg County Park. Nearby water resources were simultaneously working a separate recovery operation down river.

Alexander Dayne Phillippi, 34, made a first appearance in Yellow Medicine County District Court Friday to face charges of third-degree burglary, as well as first-degree criminal property damages. According to the criminal complaint, the charges are a result of a break-in at the Family Foods grocery store in Clarkfield, as well as property damage to a parked plumbing van that happened currently this week.