Bluenose Gopher Public House lent their support to the Granite Falls Fire Department on September 29th by having the new fire truck on display in their parking lot for everyone to go check out. The crew was giving away fire prevention goodies, including fire hats and coloring books with crayons as well as giving away 9V batteries for smoke alarms.
Jan Mandelkow walks in a ceremony honoring families between the Yellow Medicine East and Lakeview School Districts dealing with Cancer. The fundraising efforts were held during YME football and volleyball games last fall.
The new mural on the back of the NIHCA building depicts a variety of Granite Falls icons. The mural was installed over the summer in time to be on display for Western Fest week.
Belview GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Sundays: 9 a.m. Holy Communion, 10:15 a.m.
Avera Cancer Institute in Marshall, Minn. has been remodeled to add five more infusion bays for a total of 11.
Winter Storm Elliott’s deadly wrath hit across the nation with the latest death toll at 57 from CNBC.com at 9:30 p.m. on December 26, 2022. This winter storm has been called a “once-ina- lifetime” blizzard, a “once-in-a-generation” storm, a monstrous storm, an arctic blast, a prolonged winter storm, a winter storm with brutal blizzard conditions, and even a bomb cyclone with snow similar to a Category 2 hurricane.
Western Fest 2022 Royalty (left to right) Princess Emily Pederson, Junior Princess Tenley Anderson, Queen Justine Angulo, Princess Janessa Bakkelund, and Princess Jenna Weir. .
Southwest Minnesota State University Southwest Minnesota State University was honored to host the Dakota 38+2 Wokiksuye Ride on their stop in Marshall on Dec. 20-21. SMSU was but one stop on the 330-mile journey that began on Dec. 9 in Lower Brule, So. Dak., and ends on Dec. 26 in Mankato, Minn. Wokiksuye means to remember.
The Farmer’s Cooperative Elevator Company’s downtown elevator in Hanley Falls suffered extensive damage during last summer’s storms that produced high winds on multiple occasions. .