Last Tuesday, Minnesota State Senators approved a bill for free school meals after the Minnesota House passed the companion bill last month. On Friday afternoon, the state’s Governor Tim Walz signed the bill into law.
Part One of a Series: Norma Lucille Hanson Luedke Kennedy Norma Lucille Hanson was born in Granite Falls on 03-30-28. Her parents were Ludwig and Nellie (Dotseth) Hanson, whose families were early homesteaders in Yellow Medicine County, and very involved in the early days of the communities of Clarkfield, Normania, and Spring Creek.
At Monday evening’s meeting of the Granite Falls City Council, Police Chief Brian Struffert submitted a report of March activities in the Police Department. In his report, Chief Struffert noted that the department had been working to locate a Minnesota Department of Corrections fugitive that was known to be staying at residences within Granite Falls City limits. On March 9th, one of the officers observed the fugitive driving in an area he was known to frequent.
Last Tuesday evening, a group of volunteers gathered with members of the local task force, Reaching Rural, working with a federal initiative to look at what can be done better in rural communities to help with opioid use issues. Not only to fill in gaps of services that are offered currently, but to figure out in the first place what those gaps are.
Each week, the Advocate Tribune will share a photograph from our archives for you to “guess who”. To submit your guesses, send us a message by email to jstolen-jacobson@cherryroad.com or message our Facebook page. We will publish the answers the next week.
Mark this down in pen: Yellow Medicine East will field one of its finest ever varsity softball teams this spring. The Sting are returning seven starters, including All-Camden Conference catcher and four-year varsity starter Aria Peters, and ace pitcher Bayli Sneller, a hard-throwing freshman righthander with plenty of varsity experience.
Weinhold. Robyn “Robbie” Baldwin, 51, of Clarkfieldpassed away on Friday, March 17, 2023 at Avera Granite Falls Hospital.
Over the course of 2023, the Granite Falls Area Historical Society (GFHS) will be seeking to collaborate with area communities in an effort to showcase the lives and contributions of the great women of Granite Falls area history through stories, exhibits and theatrical performances.
In case you’re wondering why I was not in church Sunday morning, I was in the Omaha airport at 6:30 a.m. waiting for a flight back to New York, listening to an announcement that unattended baggage would be confiscated, eating a breakfast croissant and blueberry yogurt, drinking coffee, which came to $19.74, which happens to be the year I started doing my old radio show.
Chad Reimer (Granite Falls) and Justin Weckwerth (Montevideo) come from small towns in western Minnesota where everyone knows your name. On Tuesday night at the National Bowling Stadium, they were able to put together a score of 1,136 to take the lead in Standard Doubles at the 2023 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships, giving the bowling world the chance to know their names.