Last Thursday evening, the Quad County Cobras (MACCRAY/Renville County West/Yellow Medicine East) wrestling team traveled to Dawson High School for the Section 3AA-North meet. Leaders in the meet were Austin Sweep (285) Jacob Savig (195) who both won by fall, while Mario Gradillas (106) added another win in the match-up against MAHACA (Morris Area/Hancock/Chokio-Alberta).
Southwest Minnesota State University Foundation will host its fourth Women’s Leadership Conference on Thurs., March 16, 2023 in the Conference Center Upper Level. The event is themed “Flourish, Grow, Lead,” and provides a full-day of programming and professional development geared to women.
Donald Hempel, 92, of Granite Falls passed away Monday, February 20, 2023, at Ren-Villa Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements are pending with Wing-Bain Funeral Home.
Wayne Sheveland, 87, of Akron, Iowa, passed away on Friday, February 17, 2023, at his home. Funeral Service will be 11 a.m., Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at Rexwinkel Funeral Home in Akron. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Akron with…
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Jessie Hennen We’re doing it again, everyone: in 2023, Granite Falls will host its third artist-in-residence. This program is unique in a few ways, not least of which is that it’s the only one (as far as we know) in a city of this size.
Four years after its formation, the Yellow Medicine East Horticulture Club celebrated its fourth annual succulent sale last Friday. Fifteen members of the club work on growing succulents for the annual sale that was held last week at Bluenose Gopher Public House. “It’s constant - taking clippings off to propogate new ones,” says Instructor Darrel Refsland. “We take the parent plant and we never have to buy them again because we just keep making our own. We don’t stop propogating.”
Last Thursday, the Yellow Medicine East Girls Varsity Basketball team hosted Westbrook-Walnut-Grove for a 57-52 victory. Leaders in the game included Ruby Bones scoring 19 points with 11 rebounds, two blocks while Hannah Stark scored 11 points with eight rebounds to add to the team total.
The short, immersive film experience, “Eye Can’t Do This” is the brainchild of Dana Conroy, of the Granite Falls area, who is a video artist that also works at Pioneer PBS on the Postcards series. Conroy’s film was inspired by her own real life events with a Lasik eye surgery gone wrong a couple of years ago.
Hila Mae Zietlow passed away on Monday, February 6, 2023, after a long illness. She was born in Montevideo on December 10, 1942, to Louis and Helen (Raddohl) Erickson. She resided in Tyro Township with her parents and graduated from Montevideo High School in 1960. Hila met Ordell Zietlow and the two were married in 1961 at Zion Lutheran Church. She worked for Swifts in Montevideo, the Boyd Post Office for 10 years, the Porter Post Office for 17 years, and most recently at Walmart in Montevideo for 12 years until her retirement. Hila enjoyed playing cards with her many friends and loved to decorate for Christmas inside and outside of the house. She always had many goodies to serve to her family and friends. Hila was president of the Ladies’ Auxiliary League and sold poppies for 20 years for the Auxiliary. She was president of the Boyd Senior Center where she would often bring her homemade baked goods for lunch. Hila is preceded in death by her son, DelRoy Zietlow; parents, Louis and Helen (Raddohl) Erickson; grandparents, Charlie and Ida (Zempel) Raddohl; and eight sisters and brothers-in-law. Hila is survived by her husband, Ordell Zietlow of Boyd; brothers, Luther (Mary) and Lynn (Elaine) Erickson of Montevideo; brother-in-law, Howard (Sharon) Zietlow; a number of nieces and nephews, and many friends. Visitation will be on Friday, February 17, from 5-7 p.m. with a prayer service beginning at 6:30 p.m. at J.H. Lynner Funeral Home in Clarkfield. Funeral will be held on Saturday, February 18 at 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, Tyro Township with visitation one hour prior at the church. Interment to follow in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Boyd. Arrangements are with J.H. Lynner Funeral Home in Clarkfield. www. jhlynner.com.