In the late afternoon hours of April 10th, a force of officers from the Cooperative Enforcement Effort (CEE) VI Drug and Gang Task Force, along with officers from the Granite Falls Police Department, Upper Sioux Community Police Department and Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office arrived at a home on the 1100 block of Bergeson Drive in Granite Falls to serve a felony warrant.
Minnesota Department of Transportation The Minnesota Department of Transportation will conduct aerial mapping of several locations in southwest Minnesota this spring. The mapping will create a record of existing infrastructure and landscape along, and adjacent to, MnDOT right of way for transportation planning and highway design. This work will be conducted after the snow has melted and before trees leaf out.
Friday, April 21: Prairie Arts Chorale “The Journey Home Blue Skies and Country Roads: concert. Prairie Arts Chorale is an adult choir from southwest Minnesota performing around the region since 1980 under the direction of Dan Hampton and Kade Davidson. Concert held at Granite Falls Lutheran Church at 7:30 p.m. Tickets at the door or in advance at prairieartschorale.org.
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OF THE WEEK Vegetable Cheese Casserole 4 cups cooked asparagus 2 cups cooked ham 1 and 1/2 cups milk 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup grated cheese Buttered bread crumbs Place asparagus and ham into a buttered dish. Cover with a white sauce made of the milk, butter and flour and salt.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that producers in counties affected by eligible disaster events in Kentucky, Minnesota, South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, and Tennessee can apply for cost-share assistance through the Emergency Grain Storage Facility Assistance Program (EGSFP). The new program provides cost-share assistance for the construction of new grain storage capacity and drying and handling needs, in order to support the orderly marketing of commodities. An initial allocation of $20 million in cost-share assistance is available to agricultural producers in affected counties impacted by the damage to or destruction of large commercial grain elevators as a result of natural disasters from Dec. 1, 2021, to Aug. 1, 2022. The application period opens later this month and closes Dec. 29, 2023.
Spring has sprung, and things are blooming – we’re closer than ever to knowing who’s coming to Granite Falls for a six-month artist residency this year. Our community Advisory Board has narrowed it down to four semi-finalists.
This week, the Yellow Medicine East TRAP team recognizes the team’s senior athletes.. (L-R) Logan Hoff with his 7th season Tarrick Rupp with his 7th season, Brayton Hammer with his 5th season & Parker Levitz with his 5th season. Logan, Tarrick and Brayton are from the original inaugural group of fifteen shooter’s - A great group of guys who will be missed.
In the last two weeks, a number of discussions in public meetings had to do with the potential transfer of land from the State of Minnesota to the Upper Sioux Community. Specifically the land at Upper Sioux State Park. While this is an opinion column, I am not here to express my own opinion on the topic. However, what I am here to express is the handling of how some of the discussion on the topic went - specifically in two different ways.