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Letter to the Editor

The Salvation Army will be putting out our Red Kettles again this year at various businesses in the Granite Falls area and bell ringing will take place several times this season at Almich’s Market, Granite Falls, location. You can make donations by dropping them off in any one of the Red Kettles located at area businesses, you can drop donations off at the Citizens Alliance Bank, Granite Falls location or by mailing your donation to Citizens Alliance Bank: Attention Wendy Struffert, 860 Highway 212 W PO Box 68, Granite Falls, MN 56241. Of the funds collected in Yellow Medicine County, 88% of each dollar we receive stays in your community and helps people in your area “What you make here, stays here.

“Here is your God.” (Isaiah 35:4b)

is During the Advent season, all the New Revised Common Lectionary First Readings are from the Old Testament book of Isaiah. The book of Isaiah is quoted 55 times in the New Testament, second to the book of Psalms which is quoted 68 times (knowableword.com).

Judith “Judy” Wilson

 Judith “Judy” Wilson, 94, of Hazel Run passed away on Saturday, December 3, 2022, at CCM Health in Montevideo. Memorial Service will be held Saturday, December 10, 2022, at 11 a.m. at Hazel Run Lutheran Church in Hazel Run. Visitation…

Ronald Owens

 Ronald Owens of Montevideo died Sunday, December 4, 2022, at his home in Montevideo at the age of 86. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 9, 2022, at 1 p.m. at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Montevideo. Pastor Donald S.…

Franz Richter

 Franz Richter, 80, of Clarkfield died on Friday, December 2, 2022, at CCM Health in Montevideo. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, December 18, 2022, at 3 p.m. at the Madison Mercantile. Arrangements are with the J.H. Lynner…

Sharon Knutson

 The funeral service for Sharon Knutson, 71, of Belview will take place at 1 p.m. on Friday, December 9, 2022, at Rock Dell Lutheran Church in rural Belview. Visitation will be Thursday, December 8, from 4 – 7 p.m. with…

Pastor John Thomas Christianson

 Pastor John Thomas Christianson smiled when he looked up at the helicopter that would carry him to his final earthly destination. The following day, on November 28, 2022, he would end his two-day battle with an infection and move into…