Graettinger News

A bid to remove trees and perform repairs on Drainage District 132 was accepted by the Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors during its July 15 meeting.

Palo Alto County will be represented in an international event this weekend and carrying the colors of the county will be brown-eyed, seven-year old with a huge grin.

Funeral services for Paul E. Peton Jr., 80, of Graettinger will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, 2008, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Graettinger with Pastor Luther H. Thoresen officiating.

Members of the 1st Battalion, 194th Field Artillery Battery A of the Iowa National Guard are returning to Estherville on Friday, July 11.

Members of the 1st Battalion, 194th Field Artillery Battery A of the Iowa National Guard are returning to area this Friday, July 11.

Palo Alto County Supervisors held a telephone conference call with their counterparts in Pocahontas County Tuesday to determine a course of action on Joint Drainage District 63.

Everyone said Dr. Bill and Karen Moreau would never leave Estherville. But never say never when opportunity knocks.

Most area residents probably don't know that, years ago, there used to be more than 100 schools located throughout Palo Alto County.

A Graettinger driver was pronounced dead following a one-vehicle accident Wednesday on Highway 4, south of Estherville.

Palo Alto County Supervisors abated the back taxes on a parcel of land in Ayrshire on Tuesday that will lead to the cleanup of a dilapidated building in the community.

Monday morning, and again Monday evening, supporters of the right to life movement from around the region reponded to the call when they were informed that RU486 was going to be introduced to the Spencer ...

The Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors approved fuel bids for the next year during its weekly meeting on June 3. Palo Alto County Engineer Joel Fantz presented the bid tabulations for the Secondary Road ...

"At least people know we're trying, and people do try to abide by it..." --Ron Graettinger Palo Alto Co.

Missouri State University recently awarded scholarships to incoming students for the 2008-09 academic year.

"If they want to build those things so bad, let them build - em down in Story County instead of here." --Jerry Hofstad Palo Alto Co.

Palo Alto County Supervisors acknowledged the receipt of a petition for a drainage ditch cleanout during their weekly board meeting on Tuesday, May 20.

Roger Gilbert, project manager for the school construction project, had nothing but good news to report to the Estherville Lincoln Central Community School District Board of Education Monday.

' Twenty-five seniors bid fond farewell to high school at the Graettinger/Terril commencement Sunday afternoon.In making a few opening remarks, principal Dan Mart noted that of the 25 graduates, 24 have already ...

' Twenty-five members of the Graettinger-Terril High School Class of 2008 will participate in commencement exercises on Sunday, May 18.

“Their dog is retiring and they will not have need for this car, so he offered it to us for $10,000.”

Questions over the procedures for collecting on delinquent loans and an explanation of the county's right-of-way acquisition policies were the main topics of discussion at the May 6 meeting of the Palo Alto ... via The Democrat