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 Tuesday, December 27, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at Granite Falls…
Madeline “Maddie” Susan Johnson, 2.5 years old, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, December 12 at Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis. Funeral services were held on Saturday, December 17 at 10:30 a.m. at Granite Falls Lutheran Church. Visitation was held on Friday…
The funeral service for Lorna Schmidt, 91, of Willmar, formerly of Vesta, will be Monday, December 19, 2022, at 2 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Vesta. A livestream of the service will be available on the church’s Facebook…
Last Tuesday, the Yellow Medicine East Girls Varsity Basketball team took a loss to Minneota with a final score of 56-82. On Thursday, the team took to the courts again, taking on Russell- Tyler-Ruthton for a 53-72 defeat. Leaders in that game included Hannah Stark who scored 17 points, eight rebounds. Complete scoring from that game follows: YME (1-3) 19 34 — 53 R-T-R (3-0) 28 44 — 72 Individual Scoring: Hope Stark 7, Ella Cherveny 2, Ruby Bones 8, Stella Schuler 14, Alana Almich 5, Hannah Stark 17.
Betsy Lavin, of Wood Lake, opened her interior design business in her chiropractic building in Granite Falls in 2018. In doing work in life purpose coaching, one of the questions Lavin asked clients most is what would make them jump out of bed every day. She realized, that for her, interior design work was the answer.
7:15PM. The center atrium at the mall. A large, temporary structure houses “The North Pole”, an ad-hoc collection of holiday lights and fake snow. Rob weaves his way past a “Closed” sign, through the short maze where a line usually forms, and pokes his head behind the curtain.
Jayden Wilson, a 2021 graduate of ECHO Charter School, read and signed his oath of office to become the youngest member of the ECS Board Thursday night during the Board’s December 9 meeting. Wilson, 20, from Granite Falls, said it was a weird feeling not having been out of school long and already holding a position that usually fell to older people.
This week’s photo hint: This photo was published in a 1992 edition of the Advocate Tribune. Last Week’s Answer: Dale Peterson Guessed by: Margot Richter, Kathy Anderson.
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Community members gathered last Saturday for Santa Day in Echo. The event included Free BINGO for turkeys, hams, and meal sides thanks to local businesses donating/ sponsoring the BINGO items. These businesses included Farmers Coop Oil of Echo, Dan Larsen Tax Preparation, Granite Works, Echo Fire Department, Sharon’s Headquarters, Gjerset Trucking, Sunset Funeral Home, Kotek Trucking, Farmers Union Insurance of Montevideo, Kvistad Farm, Bendix Plumbing and Heating, Daryl Kuehn Heating and AC, and Pederson Farm Partnership. Hickory Lane Farm of Echo donated the potatoes for the BINGO meal side bags.