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At last week’s regular meeting of the Granite Falls City Council, the council received a monthly report from Granite Falls Police Chief Brian Struffert. In the report, Chief Struffert noted that there has been some progress made in filling open positions, with the Assistant Chief position being recently offered to Dan Lewis.
The Advocate Tribune office opens in Granite Falls on August 1st, after two years of the community having no office. One of the goals of Jeremy Gulban, owner of CherryRoad Media upon purchasing the newspaper in January, was to re-open the offices that had been previously closed. The new office is located in the Lavin Family Chiropractic building on Highway 212, to the back of the building. The office will be open Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for visitors to drop off news content, and advertising info, pick up a newspaper or subscribe. Photo by Jessica Stölen-Jacobson
Granite Falls Police Department Reinke, Joshua Charles, Montevideo; Offense date 9/19/28 Traffic DAR (Misdemeanor); Plea 7/19/22 Guilty; Disposition 7/19/22 Convicted; Court Decision 7/19/22 Payable without Appearance; $200 Fine. Offense date 8/12/19 Traffic DAR (Misdemeanor); Plea 7/19/22 Guilty; Disposition 7/19/22 Convicted; Court Decision 7/19/22 Payable without Appearance; $200 Fine.
I’m writing this from a very remote cabin in the middle of Kentucky. We drove for miles -to find this Airbnb where we are staying for the night. The directions weren’t easy to follow and the reception for the GPS kept fading in and out. Finally, we made it to this beautiful cabin, deep in the quiet woods of Kentucky. We were greeted by a doe and her fawn, later we had a bullfrog chorus from a nearby pond with the cicadas as backup singers. Tomorrow, we’ll continue on through the Daniel Boone National Forest to the Cumberland Falls State Resort and Park, and next on to see our kids visiting in Dandridge, Tennessee near the Great Smoky Mountains. It is so easy to feel the awesomeness and power of God in all this beautiful creation. But when we get home and back to the normal daily lives, it seems harder to find God in that daily routine. It’s the normal daily routine that makes me think of Ecclesiastes.
My condolences to the family of Violet Berg and Pat Stone Kane! Pat Stone Kane, 80, was Valedictorian of the Clarkfield High School Class of 1959. Pat passed away July 11th in St.
The last week in July is the Minnesota Community Action Partnership’s state conference. This year it’s a short drive down the road to Willmar and I’m looking forward to networking with colleagues from around the state, learning from different speakers, and just the change of pace. I’ve been preparing to co-present two sessions, one of which is Developing a Dementia-Friendly Workplace. It is based on the Dementia Friends information session and the purpose is to create communities where people with dementia are understood and supported.
I took last week off to head to Iowa City and finish novel edits / write syllabi, known in the business as a “nerd vacation.” What did I miss, Granite Falls? From the sound of it, a lot! For one, on Thursday, I texted Dani a picture of a pedestrian mall (it had painted crosswalks, her favorite). She responded with appreciation, and then, “What the heck.
Cynthia Christians has officially joined the staff as a Reporter for the Montevideo-American News and Advocate Tribune as of July 15th. The local news reporters are now a team of two with Editor Jessica Stölen-Jacobson and Reporter Cynthia Christians dividing up the coverage of events throughout the local area, as well as writing feature stories.
Last week, the area saw a number of visitors with accents of every kind as the Cycle America group made stops in the local area, spending the night in the Montevideo Middle School building on their cross-country journey.