On Saturday, July 16th Bluenose Gopher Public House hosted their second annual bicycle race that took the cyclists on the Scenic Byway with the end of the race located back at Bluenose. There were 62 registered cyclists.
What seemed, in the beginning, like a nearly impossible goal to meet, raising $290,000 in order to install a new, special playground at Rice Park, has now nearly been accomplished. With only around $42,000 left to raise, the Granite Falls Area Community Foundation has ordered the equipment, and it is on its way to be installed sometime this fall. The foundation is now in its final push to raise the last of the funds for the project, knowing that if they don’t, the foundation itself has funds on hand to cover it, but hoping to raise the final funds without allocating the foundations account funds to it. The funds in the Community Foundation’s account are used annually to award grants to those who apply for projects in need of a final push for funding throughout the year.
Gayle Inks, 78, of Granite Falls passed away on Monday July 11, 2022, at the Granite Falls Health Care Center. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, July 16 at the Wing-Bain Funeral Home in Granite Falls. Burial was at the Appleton City Cemetery.
Daniel Hagen, 84, of Granite Falls passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2022, at the Granite Falls Health Care Center. A visitation was held on Monday, July 18 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Dave Smiglewski The demolition of Xcel Energy’s landmark NSP Minnesota Valley Generating Plant is slowly proceeding and is sure to become more noticeable in the coming weeks. Nearly all windows in the 1930 brick portion of the plant have already been removed as well as the asbestos that surrounded them.
Some Like it Hot It’s hot out there. Real hot.
On behalf of the Fagen family, we would like to thank everyone who helped to make the June 18th 2022 Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow – Pride of the Pacific a huge success despite the heat and wind. We’d like to thank our family members, friends, volunteers, and employees, Granite Falls Ambulance team, North Memorial Health Air Care helicopter, Yellow Medicine County Sheriff, Granite Falls Police Dept., Granite Falls Fire Dept., Maynard Fire Dept., Granite Falls Area American Legion/VFW Color Guard, the Chord-Ayres Men’s Choral Group, Pastor John McCosh, Citizen’s Alliance Bank, YME FFA members under the direction of advisors Darrel Refsland and Perry Oftedahl for water sales throughout the day, and YME Trap team under the direction of coaches Jeff and Sandy Berthelsen for trash pickup throughout the day, and Civil Air Patrol under the direction of Chad Hokuff.
Hunters can apply for special youth deer hunt permits through Friday, Aug. 19. These hunts are for youth ages 12-15 at the time of the hunt. Youth archery hunters in Sand Prairie Wildlife Management Area in Sherburne County can be ages 10-17. There is a limited number of permits for each hunt. Individual hunts will be held in several state parks, and in the Rydell National Wildlife Refuge, on various dates in the fall. Adults must accompany youth during these hunts. More information is available in on the DNR website (mndnr.gov/Hunting/ Deer/Youth-Deer- Hunts.html). Special youth deer hunts are different from the statewide youth deer season, which takes place Oct. 20-23 and does not require an application.
On Sunday, July 24th, Terry Baxter, co-founder of GoServ Global will be speaking at the Echo Community Center about an opportunity to participate in a worldwide humanitarian project. The project involves turning Sukup grain bins into homes, school classrooms, birthing centers, dental clinics and orphanages.
Luwaina Al-Otaibi, of Granite Falls, has spent the last few weeks finding her way as the new Community Engagement and Events Coordinator of The Yes! House, located downtown in an original brick building.