Shirley Lecy

   The funeral service for Shirley Lecy, 97, of Granite Falls took…

Peter Vedell

 Peter Vedell passed away Friday, November 25, 2022, at Homestead Hospice House…

Phyllis Stavne

 Phyllis Stavne, 81, of Granite Falls passed away on Tuesday, November 22,…

Ardith Grothen

 The funeral service for Ardith Grothen, 87, of Alexandria, formerly of Hanley…

Notes from the Granite Area Arts Council

Though art often involves a lot of work, it does have a habit of inducing novelty. Despite living here for over two years, I confess I’d never been to the KCC before Wednesday, November 16, when CAIR and the Arts Council descended upon it for our artist- in-residence’s Maker Day. I showed up early to grind out some emails in the conference room, passing the lower half of the multicolored Wonder Beast Leah and the YME students have welded together out of old swingset parts, and soon after I sat down, I overheard a group of people discussing said Beast as they too happened upon it.

KCC hosts craft and vendor show

LeeAnn Boehne, an independent Ruby Ribbon stylist, is shown with her booth at the KCC Craft Show on November 19th. Boehne sells upper intimates that can be worn under clothes or as stand alone pieces.

New historic marker in Granite Falls honors Nellie Volstead

Many in the local area have heard about Andrew Volstead and his work in the prohibition, but at the same time as that work was taking place in the early 1900s, Volstead’s wife Nellie was working on the Women’s Suffrage Movement. “The prohibition women and the suffrage movement women were a lot of times the same group of women,” says Granite Falls Historical Society Board Member Mary Gillespie.

Healthy Aus ready for NFR battle

Any athlete can attest to injuries throughout a career and even through a season. In bareback riding, the strain and stress the body takes during an eight-second ride can make injuries stack up.