Janessa Bakkelund and Jenna Weir are crowned Western Fest Princesses for 2022. Photo by Cynthia Christians Western Fest Queen Justine Angulo and Princess Emily Pederson give the crowd a wave after they are crowned.
July opens with four morning planets— Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn—strung out in that order from northeast to south. By month’s end, Saturn will be moving into the southwest and both Saturn and Jupiter start rising before midnight.
On Tuesday, July 12th, the annual Garden Tour Fundraiser hosted by the Living at Home Block Nurse program will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event is held each year featuring gardens and landscapes of local green thumbs. This year’s gardens featured will be Beth Fellers gardens at 565 Terrace Drive, and Curt and Paula Soine’s gardens at 530 Prentice Street.
This year, local State Farm agent, Dustin Upgren is one of 100 agents nationwide who was nominated and selected for their outstanding community engagement. As part of the recognition, agents chose one nonprofit to receive a $5,000 State Farm grant. “At State Farm, our mission is to help people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected and realize their dreams. Personally, I’m a huge supporter of local fire departments and the men and women that help our customers every single day,” says State Farm agent Dustin Upgren. “I am committed to helping the community of Granite Falls and neighboring communities because a better tomorrow starts with a stronger community today.”
Thursday afternoon, the annual kids fishing contest was held at Rice Park as a part of the Western Fest activities. Following the fishing contest was a watermelon feed and face painting.
The Chippewa County Historical Society will host the 64th annual Lac qui Parle Mission Sunday on Sunday, July 10, 2022. The day will begin with a worship service at 10:30 a.m. led by Dr. Reverend Clifford Canku, and will feature the Dakota Ascension Choir and the hymn “Lac qui Parle”, which was composed by Joseph Renville and inspired by Jeremiah 10:12-13. This hymn, which has been in the Dakota Odowan since 1846, was translated into English by Philip Frazier, a third generation Dakota pastor in the Congregational church. It is perhaps the most widely known Christian Indian hymn in the United States, a legacy to all people from the Santee Dakota, who still sing it in their native language.
Granite Area Arts Council Last week, our community-member board and staff interviewed four finalists for Granite Falls’s 2022 artist residency. At the risk of sounding cheesy, the conversations were as sparkling as the river. One candidate, a smalltown resident personally and professionally interested in touring little cities with vibrant arts scenes, told us, “[Granite Falls] is exactly e where I want to go g next.” Plus, most of the t artists seemed – if not y eager – at least willing to work with sock puppets, y and pleasantly curious - about the river squid. e Once the winning art d
Yellow Medicine Soil & Water Conservation District A partnership of local governments is working to protect Del Clark Lake in Yellow Medicine County with support from a $300,000 Clean Water Fund grant from the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR). Del Clark Lake is not yet impaired and is assessed by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as fully supporting aquatic recreation.
My condolences to the family of Dorothy Brusven. Jacob & Jennifer Hurst & family were in the Granite Falls Parade in the Montevideo Legion & Auxiliary van last Sunday.
Minnesota State Patrol Maldonado Cotto, Carlos Rafael, Marshall; Offense date 10/16/21 No Minnesota Drivers License (Misdemeanor); Plea 6/24/22 Guilty; Disposition 6/24/22 Convicted; Court Decision 6/24/22 Payable without appearance; $100 Fine. Rand, Allan Dean, Granite Falls; Offense date 7/25/19 Driving After Suspension (Misdemeanor); Plea 6/24/22 Guilty; Disposition 6/24/22 Convicted; Court Decision 6/24/22 Payable without appearance; $200 Fine.