If you’re a fan of shiny floors, white walls, pottery by Ron Kahler and paintings by Cat Abbott, we suggest a visit to the newly-renovated Makers on the Minnesota Gallery, open Monday - Friday from 10am-4pm and Saturdays from 10am-3pm! A reception for Kahler and Abbott will be held at the gallery on Friday 11/18 at 7pm; all are welcome.
The thing about fall is that it’s not winter. Winter is winter. Winter comes right after fall. Fall is, try to stay with me here, directly after summer. The season of fall is named after a guy who first noticed the temperature dropping and, for some reason, coincidentally, was always dropping stuff. And, in another pretty big coincidence, his name was Fall.
Jean (Obear) Hinrichs, born August 20, 1945, aged 77 years, died November 5, 2022, in her home in Darien, Wisc. She attended Granite Falls Schools from grades 1-12 and graduated from Granite Falls High School. She later went on to receive…
Shirley Yvonne Weberg, 91, of Willmar died Sunday, November 13 at CentraCare Rice Hospital in Willmar. Her funeral service will be at 11 a.m., Friday, November 18 at Harvey Anderson Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m., Thursday at…
Joshua David Cornelius was born on December 9, 1984, to David and Sharon (Mensink) Cornelius. He was baptized and confirmed at Clarkfield Lutheran Church. He attended school in Clarkfield through 8th grade and attended and graduated from Yellow Medicine East…
Editor’s Note: Each week in November, the newspaper will be featuring area businesses to support shopping local this holiday season, as well as some creative gift-giving ideas that support local organizations and businesses.
Leah Cook, Granite Falls’ current artist in residence, has been in town for a few months now and it’s just been announced that her residency is being extended by two weeks. The Granite Falls Area Arts Council had the following to say, “The program was able to secure enough community support – and huge public enthusiasm – to extend the program for two additional weeks.” Cook has been busy nonstop since she started her residency this past August and her current projects are anything but small.
In the third grade, our class started a school newspaper. At the time, I was a student in Redwood Falls Elementary School, but I distinctly remember the first article I wrote, titled “Tom Terry and his one man band”. The story was about a man who played five separate instruments who put on a concert at our school.
At our last event, we received questions about sundowning. As promised, I will utilize today’s column to shed some light on this subject.
Sons of Norway will meet at 2pm on Saturday, Nov. 12th at the Kilowatt Center in Granite Falls Clarkfield News Brandon Dack went to Luther Haven Nursing Home in Montevideo to visit his grandma Libby Dack & play Rummy last Monday.