Saturday, January 28th: Granite Falls Area Chamber of Commerce presents: A Mid-Winter Celebration Fundraiser. The Mardi Gras theme gala begins with social hour at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 pm. and entertainment with Divas Through the Decades at 8 p.m. Held at The Rock Dining and Events, tickets on sale now, including dinner and entertainment.
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Singer- songwriter Elour is performing her music live at Bluenose Gopher Public House Saturday, January 28th from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Week: You’re told to eat as soon as you wake up, but it may lead to weight gain if you’re not hankering for a meal yet. Listen to your body. Try tuning into your natural hunger/satiety signals and have breakfast only once you are truly physically hungry. Your body knows best about how much and when you need to eat. Don’t wait until you’re starving, this can lead to poor choices and overeating.
Eleanor Sandquist, 92, originally from Granite Falls, passed away peacefully at Folkestone Assisted Living facility in Wayzata on January 23, 2023, while surrounded by family. Memorial service held Saturday, January 28 at 11 a.m.
Ra Nae Helene (Albeck) (Thompson) Antonoson, 66, of Glenwood passed away Friday, January 20, 2023, after a five year battle with cancer. Ra Nae was born December 24, 1956, to M.
Frank Kranitz, 85, of Granite Falls passed away on Friday, January 20, 2023, at Ren Villa in Renville. A funeral service was held Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at 11 a.m.
Russell Flaata of Granite Falls unexpectedly passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2023, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar at the age of 58. Celebration of life services were held Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at 3 p.m.
Our beloved mother and grandmother passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 15, 2023, at age 94 at Chapel View Health Care Center of Hopkins due to complications of COVID and dementia. A funeral service will be held on Friday, January 27, 2023, at 11 a.m. at J.H. Lynner Funeral Home in Clarkfield with visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will be next to husband, Elden, in Israel Lutheran Cemetery. The oldest of five daughters, Ellie was born to T. Peter and Bernice (Buethe) Stone on February 24, 1928, in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County. She attended country school until the eighth grade, then transferred to Clarkfield Public School to complete high school. After completing her certification in general office management at the Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis, she worked at the Clarkfield Bank until her marriage. She was united in marriage to Elden Appelwick on March 24, 1951, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Minneota. Their marriage lasted nearly 65 years until Elden’s death in 2016. They had three children. Ellie was active in the community and at Israel Lutheran Church until its closing. She took to homemaking with gusto and always had bars, cookies, and coffee ready for those who stopped by. There was nothing better than her homemade bread. In 2012, Ellie fell and broke her hip. She recovered from that but then had a stroke a few years later that left her in a wheelchair, but her spirit was still strong. She moved to Augustana Chapel View in 2017 to be closer to “the girls.” Ellie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Elden; sisters, (Gladys) Maxine Korman, Mary Gorski, and Patricia Kane; nephews, Robert Korman and Glenn Korman, and son-in-law Gregory O’Konski. She is survived by sister, Joan Konigson; daughters, Dianne O’Konski, Sharon Sauer, and Shirley Appelwick; grandchildren, Georgia, Josephine, and Henry Brott, and many nieces and nephews. The family thanks the staff at the former Minneota Manor