Wing-Bain Funeral Home is the longest continual business serving the community of Granite Falls. Its beginnings can be traced back to 1892 – 1893 when Henry Hamre began his undertaker career. “Since those early years, Wing-Bain Funeral Home (formerly Hamre), has carried on a tradition of compassionate, dignified and professional service to people during their time of need,” says business partner Everett Bain.
In July of 2021, STAR Group LLC opened the Napa Auto Parts store in Montevideo. The opening marked the group’s 15th location in Minnesota. With the help of Double D Development LLC of Montevideo, along with other local contractors, much remodeling went into the building located at 2002 Black Oak Ave. The Napa store is located in one-third of the building, and holds the largest inventory of all of STAR Group LLC’s stores. They are able to source parts from 57 distribution centers throughout the United States, and carry a large inventory of hydraulic hoses.
Dexter Pardick and Violet Anderson. Photo by Jessica Stolen-Jacobson Isaac Jiminez and Mya Conroy.
At the annual meeting of the Friends of Upper Sioux State Park, Upper Sioux State Park assistant manager Emily Albin gave a report on the attendance at the State Park last year. “I always when people ask me about visitation and attendance do 2019 because that’s the year the highway failed and we had a couple of closures.
Thursday, May 5th: How to Write a Mystery workshop at KK Berge Building. Starts at 6:30 p.m. with writers of Minnesota mysteries M.E. Fuller and Brace Ruben (Bruce Koepp). Free evening of discussion and literary readings.
A staple of my time in journalism is apparently attending the Minnesota’s Machinery Museum annual meeting. In all of my history in newspapers around the area, the one event that I have attended each year that I was involved in newspapers has been this particular meeting.
Devin Ladwig plays in the tennis match in Montevideo last Thursday. Photo by Jessica Stolen-Jacobson Ryan Syring plays in the boys varsity tennis game in Montevideo last Thursday.
The Granite Falls Green Team met with community volunteers on Saturday for a trash pick-up afternoon around the Yellow Medicine County Museum and Highway 23, as well as Memorial Park. Organizer Nicole Zempel said the event was a great success, with 13 people collecting around twenty 30-gallon trash bags from surrounding ditches, outcrops and river banks.
Last Monday, Melissa Peterson officially launched Authentic Excursions, LLC - a webbased business designed to provide the opportunity for people to explore and experience the Granite Falls area through planned excursion packages.
On Friday evening, a traveling performance group called Mixed Precipitation hosted a presentation of a multiple-volume production of the Pickup Truck Opera: The Magic Flute. The production was created by a group of four that travels around the state, and into Wisconsin to network within communities with the idea of bringing theatrical art to rural locations.