Anyone with a 2023 Minnesota fishing or hunting license can receive a free special edition orange Minnesota Twins logo cap and a ticket discount thanks to a special ticket offer from the Twins. That’s right — Minnesota DNR Days are back at Twins games this season, through a partnership between the Twins and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
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Granite Falls Chamber of Commerce April Showers bring May flowers! Everything is greening up, and everyone, including myself, is planning on digging in the dirt soon. By the time you read this, the Kiwanis Popcorn stand will be open for the season. Popcorn and 1919 Root Beer are available every night.
Last year around this time I remember scrambling around looking for my flashlight (it was in my car!) and then realizing the batteries in it were dead all the while receiving weather notifications and texts from people saying, “GET IN YOUR BASEMENT NOW!” I was fortunate to escape harm and my power was only out for a short while but that awful feeling of being caught unprepared stuck with me. That weekend, I went on a shopping trip to get a few more flashlights, batteries, and a weather radio.
The newest exhibit open in the Granite Area Arts Council gallery is called “Chiaroscuro”, pronounced “kee·aa•ruh·skyur·ow” - an Italian artistic term to describe the arrangement of light and dark, darkness and light together. The exhibit is entirely photographs of local community members in designed sets and costumes.
As we alluded to last week in this space, the CAIR (Community Artist in Residence) program – thanks to the hard work of its Advisory Board and a generous grant from the Blandin Foundation – has been able to up its interview game. The final three candidates for this year’s six-month resident artist position will visit Granite Falls the weekend of May 19th-21st, exhibiting their work, meeting folks, talking about their potential plans, and holding workshops open to all.
Hoffman and Brobst held its workplace campaign to benefit United Way of Southwest Minnesota (UWSWMN). Staff had the opportunity to make a one-time donation or a payroll deduction to support the local work of UWSWMN. Employees contributed $2,285 and Hoffman and Brobst made an additional investment of $2,085 for a total campaign of $4,370.
At Monday evening’s meeting of the Granite Falls City Council, a public meeting was held to obtain comments from citizens about the possible re-naming of the community’s softball field. Some time ago, the family of Verne Anderson requested to name the softball field “Verne Anderson Memorial Field Home of Sting Fastpitch”.
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