SANDRA TORGERSON
Sandra Torgerson, 79, of Granite Falls passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at Avera Granite Falls Care Center. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
March 2023
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PAUL ALLAN RAMSAY
Paul Allan Ramsay, 90, formerly of Clarkfield and Wolf Lake passed away in Edmond, Okla. on March 12, 2023, at the Veraden memory care.
HEATHER TORKE
Heather Torke, 47, of Prior Lake passed away at her residence on March 14, 2023. Memorial services were held on Saturday, March 18 at 1 p.m.
ROBYN “ROBBIE” BALDWIN
Weinhold. Robyn “Robbie” Baldwin, 51, of Clarkfieldpassed away on Friday, March 17, 2023 at Avera Granite Falls Hospital.
Volunteers gather to provide experience-driven thoughts on sobriety challenges in local communities
Last Tuesday evening, a group of volunteers gathered with members of the local task force, Reaching Rural, working with a federal initiative to look at what can be done better in rural communities to help with opioid use issues. Not only to fill in gaps of services that are offered currently, but to figure out in the first place what those gaps are.
MnDOT to host April 3 open house for Hwy 212 reconstruction project
The public is invited to attend an in-person construction open house on Monday, April 3, to learn about the Highway 212 resurfacing and Sacred Heart reconstruction project. The open house will be held at Sacred Heart Community Center, 309 1st Ave., Sacred Heart, and run from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. There are no formal presentations and people are invited to stop by at their convenience during open house hours. MnDOT staff and the contractor will be available to answer questions about the construction phase of the project, including the timeline and detours.
Additional weather observers needed across western Minnesota
The Minnesota State Climatology Office is looking for volunteer rainfall monitors for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS). The network includes more than 20,000 volunteers nationwide who measure precipitation in their backyards using a standard 4-inch-diameter rain gauge.
Winter has taken a toll on County Highway equipment
At Tuesday morning’s meeting of the Chippewa County Board of Commissioners, County Highway Department Engineer Jeremy Gilb was in attendance to give a report on recent projects. In his report, Gilb noted that last week’s snow event proved challenging for the highway department’s equipment.
BUILDING COMMUNITY – Ray Martin, Granite Falls, Jennie Gunlogson, Montevideo
Eleven years ago, Ray Martin retired, and after just a few months decided he was bored at home. When the opportunity arose to help out with the Knights of Columbus food drive for lent, Ray volunteered to bring the donations to the Neighbors United Resource Center Food Shelf. What he didn’t know at the time, was that this place would become a part of his daily life.
Garrison Keillor and Friends
In case you’re wondering why I was not in church Sunday morning, I was in the Omaha airport at 6:30 a.m. waiting for a flight back to New York, listening to an announcement that unattended baggage would be confiscated, eating a breakfast croissant and blueberry yogurt, drinking coffee, which came to $19.74, which happens to be the year I started doing my old radio show.