Bonnie Vik Granite Falls Chamber of Commerce Greetings! I hope everyone had a safe 4th ofJuly holiday.It has been busy at the Chamber office thismonth.Update on July’s website analytics and Facebook information… In the month of June, our website, Granitefallschamber. com has had increased activity,with our Local stories/ guides page, Events page, Newsletters page, and Member Directory pages getting the most activity.
CURE (Clean Up the River Environment) Concern over a proposed CO2 pipeline in southwest Minnesota and the conduct of pipeline company, Summit Carbon Solutions, spurred nearly 60 landowners and community members from Redwood and Cottonwood Counties to meet on the evening of Friday, July 15th. In Minnesota, sections of Summit’s proposed high-pressure CO2 pipeline network will cut through Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Martin, Redwood, Renville, and Yellow Medicine Counties and a northern leg crosses Otter Tail and Wilkin Counties.
Submitted Julia Redner, daughter of Frank and Helen Redner of Echo, received her undergraduate degree in Studio Fine Art from the University of Minnesota Duluth in May. She was awarded the Department Honors Distinction Prize from the Fine Arts Department for her enduring creativity and prolific output of her arts as a recognition of her “academic achievement, service, and commitment to the discipline.” The prize is limited to very few undergraduate recipients each year.
Submitted Frank Redner, son of Frank and Helen Redner of Echo, received his Master’s in Art History from Tufts University on May 22. Redner, who did his undergraduate degree at Columbia University in the City of New York, received acclaim from his department and was awarded for his achievement for the best graduate thesis, thus earning the Rhonda A.
Submitted Local students have been named to the Bethel University Dean’s List for academic excellence for the spring 2022 semester. Those local students making the list are: -Signe Christensen, daughter of Julie Solberg-Christenson and Dave Christensen, of Clarkfield.
Yellow Medicine Soil & Water Conservation District The Minnesota CREP (Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program) enrollment period is wrapping up after 5-years. The CREP program is intended to take marginal cropland and provide permanent protection for water through wetland restorations, filter strips and well head protection areas. This is a permanent easement where the landowner retainsownership of the land but can no longer farm or build on the land. CREP easement payments range from $ 4,4008,200 an acre for cropland, they differ for each township and are based on the counties average cost for cropland. The land can be sold at any time after the easement is recorded. If you are selling or have bought RIM ( Reinvest in Minnesota) or CREP land you should contact your local soil and waterto make sure they change the name on the easement, so the new owners get all the future documents. The Board of Water and Soil Resource’s (BWSR) original goal was to restore up to 60,000 acres over 54 counties in southern Minnesota through CREP but will likely end around 40,000 due to funds running out. Over the last 5 years there have
Minnesota State Patrol Castellon, Keyro Noe, Marshall; Offense date 6/4/22 No Minnesota Drivers License (Misdemeanor); Plea 7/26/22 Guilty; Disposition 7/26/22 Convicted; Court Decision 7/26/22 Payable without Appearance; $100 Fine. Lopez-Perez, Erik, Worthington; Offense date 6/5/22 No Minnesota Drivers License (Misdemeanor); Plea 7/23/22 Guilty; Disposition 7/23/22 Convicted; Court Decision 7/23/22 Payable without Appearance; $100 Fine.
Yellow Medicine County 4-H’ers participated in activities throughout the weekend of the Yellow Medicine County Fair. Photos by Cynthia Christians Refreshments on the midway were available for fair goers at the Yellow Medicine County Fair over the weekend.
The Granite Falls Area Community Foundation (GFACF) would like to recognize the following Memorial gifts given to GFACF Endowment Fund from January 1 to June 30, 2022. Memorials to the GFACF Endowment Fund help the Foundation provide grants to local non-profit organizations for special projects that benefit the community. Memorial gifts may be sent to GFACF, P.O. Box 143, Granite Falls, MN 56241 or donated online: www.granitefallsfoundation.org