On February 20th, Rebecca Donner opened Eden Salon in downtown Granite Falls. Donner always enjoyed working on hair and makeup both for herself, and for friends and family. When she was a sophomore in High School in Granite Falls she began working with photographer Signature Stills by Mariah, doing hair and make-up for senior photos, which inspired her to turn her hobby into a career.
Belview GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Sundays: 9 a.m. Holy Communion, 10:15 a.m.
Psalm 121 is one of my favorites because it’s like a song of promises. Promises that God will be there for us always.
In 2023, Kuhlmann Real Estate, Inc celebrates sixty years in business. The company was founded by Roger Kuhlmann and Ron Smith in 1963, operating under the name Kuhlmann & Smith, Inc. At the time, Roger was an independent insurance agency while Ron was selling pianos in what is now part of Valentino’s restaurant. In 1963, the average home sale was $10,000 - $12,000. For context, in 2022, the average price of a home in Montevideo was $143,000.
Anderson TeBeest Funeral Home is preparing for an upcoming pre-planning seminar to be held sometime in May-June of this year at their Granite Falls location. The seminars happen at least once a year in each of the communities the business has locations in.
Dryer Doctors LLC in Montevideo has been in business for six years, offering grain dryer, and grain handling sales and service. The company found its beginnings in 2017, when Josh Bauman, John Keller, and Leon Fokken, all co-workers at Custom Ag left to work for Northern Grain, and only a year and a half later, Northern Grain closed its doors. “We had calls from farmers saying we don’t care if you’re working at Walmart - you’d better figure this out because this fall when we have harvest, you’re going to be in my yard,” says John Keller. “So out of necessity for the farmers, we just said ok.”
FM BANK has operated in Granite Falls since 1878 and is the second oldest bank charter in the state of Minnesota. FM BANK continues to be locally owned with local decision- making, setting it apart from many others in the banking industry.
Hunters harvested about 170,000 deer during the 2022 deer hunting season, a lower total harvest than in recent years. Total harvest was down 7% compared to the 2021 season and 10% less than the five-year average deer harvest for Minnesota.
Potential residents, future employees and local businesses are invited to learn more about the Montevideo Veterans Home at a Community Office Open House. The event will be held Tuesday, March 7 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Montevideo Veterans Home Community Office located at 202 North 1st Street, Montevideo.
The Lyon County Historical Society will host a book talk featuring Kandiyohi County native, Carolyn Mankell Sowinski. She has written a book about a 3-day blizzard which occurred 150 years ago. In her book, The Great Storm: Minnesota’s Victims in the Blizzard of January 7, 1873, Sowinski has identified 84 people from 31 counties in the state who died in this storm: men and women; children and babies; Civil War veterans and recent immigrants; homesteaders and villagers; state residents and visitors. Friends died together; neighbors died together; family members died together. Many died alone—suffering for one, two, or all three days. In her presentation Sowinski will share the stories of five Lyon County victims: Marvin Chase, Loren Fox and daughter Winona, Asle Olsen, Miss Oleson. Sowinski will read excerpts about the storm, highlight some historic documents about the victims, and provide helpful hints when doing research.