Saturday, September 10th: Kyle Olson Memorial Youth Event at Minnesota Heartland Preserve, Granite Falls. Registration begins at 9 a.m. with introductions and safety talk at 9:30, 10 a.m. to noon is group lead station rotation, followed by a meal and prizes. Youth/ Children of all ages up to 18 years old, adult supervision required. Free event. Everyone welcome. Everything is provided.
Well-known local musician and songwriter Jerry Ostensoe passed away on August 29th, at his home near Hawk Creek just outside of Granite Falls. Ostensoe, a lifetime resident of southwestern Minnesota, has been involved in music for many years, writing and performing songs about the local area, nature and trains.
On Friday, September 2nd, the Granite Falls Police Department issued a press release with the news that an arrest had been made in connection with the ongoing investigation into multiple incidents of arson at a Granite Falls apartment building. Brenda Lynn Stang, age 56, of Granite Falls was arrested last Thursday in connection to the series of arson fires at a six-story apartment building in Granite Falls that occurred on four separate dates in July. The press release states, “These fires were all started in common areas within the first floor of the building, with one fire being started inside the only elevator. Thankfully no one was physically injured as a result of any of these fires.”
My dad’s bigbrimmed straw hat had sweat stains embedded deep within the headband. Farming a small farm in Skandia Township of Murray County Minnesota didn’t allow for all the biggest and newest equipment.
September is Emergency Preparedness month. While many of the emergencies in our area are likely to be weather related, there are countless possible disasters that could happen at any time.
The Meander Art Crawl returns this year September 30th through October 2nd. The annual event offers a variety of stops at artists studios and artist hosting locations along a route through the Upper Minnesota River Valley from Clinton to Granite Falls. The event is a self-guided tour of artists studios organized through the office of the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission.
“Glitch art is the punk rock music of art,” said Rob Sheridan, former graphic designer for the band Nine Inch Nails, during his zoom interview at the artists’ reception held at the K.K. Berge building on Friday, September 2nd for an installment named “Glitch Art is Dead”. With a plethora of outdated electronics set up for the exhibit, people were able to interact with some of the pieces of art, while the rest was to look at and take in for interpretation. It was a full house at the reception with artists from all over the world in attendance with their individual pieces contributed to the exhibit, which will be on display through September 10th, 2022.
Jessica Stölen-Jacobson Editor jstolen-jacobson@cherryroad. com One of the bands performing for the September 17th 2nd annual SquidFest celebration in Granite Falls is Los Rebeldes, of Albert Lea.
Last week, the Montevideo- area Wellbriety group hosted an event at Smith Park in honor of National Overdose Awareness week. The Wellbriety movement is a large movement of peer-led support groups around the United States that work along with a combination of AA and NA traditions and principles combined with a Native spirituality and culture emphasis to provide support for persons in recovery from drugs and alcohol addictions. The local area group is celebrating their third anniversary. The group, which serves an area from approximately Montevideo to Marshall with members meeting as often as weekly, serves as a part of the Sobriety Out Loud movement. They welcome everyone without discrimination of age, race or gender. “We developed this more peerbased community where we’re not just open to Natives, we’re open to everyone,” said one of the groups co-founders Morgan IronHeart in an interview last year.”The term Wellbriety means to have a balance between your four dimensions of well-being. Your physical health, your mental health, your spiritual health, and your community health - all tied into your recovery from drugs and alcohol.”
On September 4th, well-known Cottonwood resident Howard Mohr passed away with his family by his side at Prairie Home Fieldcrest Assisted Living in Cottonwood at the age of 83. Mohr was most known for his work in writing and performing, having spent several years on the radio program A Prairie Home Companion, and authoring a number of books including the popular “How to Talk Minnesotan”.