Deloris “Dee” Thorstad
Deloris “Dee” Thorstad of Alexandria, formerly of Granite Falls, died Monday, December 19, 2022, at Knute Nelson Care Center in Alexandria at the age of 85. Memorial services will be held…
December 2022
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Welden W. “Butch” Reiten
Welden W. “Butch” Reiten, 75, of Coralville, Iowa passed away peacefully on December 20, 2022, at UIHC, Iowa City. Butch was born October 14, 1947, to Howard and Erna (Henke) Reiten.…
Travel advisory update: road closure listings for southwest Minnesota
Travel advisory update: road closure listings for southwest Minnesota WILLMAR, Minn. – (11:30 a.m.) The majority of state highways in the twelve counties of southwest… Login to continue reading Login…
From the Editor’s Desk
When my kids were young, they were fortunate enough to have their own personal Santa. Back then, Lee Eiler, of Wood Lake was well into his years of being Santa Claus at all of the local events, and he enlisted me to help with some of those. Thus, there were a number of times around the holidays when my kids were little that I dressed up - all six feet of me - as Santa’s tallest elf.
Mankato based band to entertain at Firemen’s Dance Afterparty
This year’s Granite Falls Firemen’s Dance will be held on Saturday, February 4th. Headlining the event held at Prairie’s Edge Casino and Resort will be country western singer Dylan Scott, followed by the band IV Play hosting the after- party that begins at 10 p.m. The after party is for those over the age of 18, and is free of charge in the Casino’s Convention Center.
YME girls basketball team looks ahead to MACCRAY game
Yellow Medicine East girls basketball coach Ryan Schultz praised star players Ruby Bones and Hannah Stark for their strong contributions through the first five games of the season. “Ruby and Hannah have alternated as our scoring leaders and are tremendously strong inspirational leaders for our young squad,” said Schultz, whose team is scheduled to visit MACCRAY on Thursday night after facing host ACGC on Tuesday night (results not available as this edition went to press).
Beyond Reason
Every year around this time, some well-meaning aunt sends my children an advent calendar. Not one of the cool, new, weird advent calendars. Not the advent calendars with booze or beauty products or fishing tackles or coffee or rocks or the one for your pet. (Fun Fact: If there currently isn’t enough friction in your marriage, you can even get your spouse a workout advent calendar.) Nooo. This well-meaning aunt gets my kids an advent calendar with chocolate. So, come December, every morning, like clockwork, my kids start their day right out of the gate with, sigh, chocolate.
55+ driver discount class offered
The Minnesota Highway Safety Center will be offering 55+ Driver Discount 4-Hour Refresher Courses on the following days: -January 19th, 2023, Course #52101 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Kilowatt Community Center, Granite Falls.
River Ramblings…
The end of the year brings annual exercises for many of us, and that includes city councils. Setting the annual property tax levy has to happen before the end of the year and so the Granite Falls City Council, after answering some questions at the annual truth-in taxation hearing two weeks ago, voted to set the 2023 property tax levy at $2,454,568, which includes the General Fund levy and levies for recent bonded projects for streets and other news. That total levy is a roughly nine percent increase over the amount levied in 2022. It should be noted that the city held down increases in property tax levies during the recent Covid-laced years and now we are catching up. In addition, inflation has played a role in raising expenses.