Gruver News

They had plenty of warnings, but they took their chances anyway. County road crews pulled no fewer than two vehicles out of the ditch on a Class B road southeast of Estherville about 2:30 Wednesday morning - about the time when the storm was at its worst.

Yeah, it seems like a hassle, but 14 percent of eligible Emmet County voters turned out to vote in Tuesday's elections.

Few voters turned out in Preston, only 8.7 percent of the 713 registered voters in town, and some of those were confused about who to vote for.

Estherville voters elected long-time Mayor Lyle Hevern to another two-year term in Tuesday's 2009 city election.

The statistics are telling. Overweight trucks cost taxpayers money. Even legally overweight trucks can hammer and break up state, county and city roads.

A rash of crime hit Emmet County overnight as five businesses were burglarized in Gruver and Ringsted.

A rash of crime hit Emmet County overnight as five businesses were burglarized in Gruver and Ringsted.

Emmet County Sheriff Mike Martens reported the sheriff's office has been investigating several vandalisms, a theft and also burglary complaints over the last two weeks.

A less-than-familiar site could be seen in Estherville Tuesday afternoon when a Union Pacific passenger train took a round trip to Gruver.