YME basketball updates

Howie Hanson CherryRoad Sports Yellow Medicine East will play host to Benson in a varsity boys basketball game at 7 p.m. Thursday, as it wraps up regular season play.

Kilowatt Community Center News

Submitted Healthy Tip of the Week: Gratitude is Good Medicine! A regular gratitude practice can make you healthier and lead to better mood, better sleep, lower blood pressure, and improved immune function. KCC News: Pickleball at the KCC: Groups are playing on the following days / times: Mondays & Wednesdays - 1:00pm – 3:00pm Tuesdays & Thursdays nights - 6:00pm - 8:00pm Fridays - 9:00am - 11:00am FREE for members, and just the daily fee for non-members.

YME boys take on Lakeview

Last Tuesday, the Yellow Medicine East boys varsity basketball team took on Lakeview for a 45-58 loss. Leaders in the game included Bryce Sneller who scored 14 points, seven rebounds and two steals while DJ Whitebuffalo added another 11 points with one block to the teams total. Complete scoring follows: Individual Scoring: Bryce Sneller 14, DJ Whitebuffalo 11, Cody Dahlager 6, Drew Almich 5, Ricky Enney 3, Jose Padilla 2, James Peterson 2, Owen Torvik 2 3-pointers: Whitebuffalo 1, Almich 1, Enney 1 Rebound leader: Sneller 7 Assist leader: Dahlager 3 Steal leader: Dahlager 2, Sneller 2 Block leader: Whitebuffalo 1, Padilla 1, Enney 1

Donald Hempel

 Donald Hempel, 92, of Granite Falls passed away Monday, February 20, 2023,…

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Notes from the Granite Area Arts Council

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.

YME Horticulture Club holds 4th annual sale

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.”

“Eye Can’t Do This” premieres at Pioneer PBS

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.

YME girls defeat Westbrook-Walnut-Grove

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.