Pipestone County News

The 2009 Pipestone County Fair premium book was published and distributed July 6. This book contains all fair contest entry information.

About 25 county and law enforcement officials from Pipestone, Murray, Nobles, Rock, Redwood and Lyon Counties met June 18 in Slayton to discuss the best way to proceed with the Public Safety Answering Point consolidation study.

After a one-year break, the medallion hunt returns to the Watertower Festival. The hunt kicks off Monday, June 22.

Minnesota photographer and author Denis Gardner will share slides from his recent research on historic Minnesota bridges during a program to be held at the Pipestone County Museum, Saturday, June 20 at 1 p.m. Gardnera TMs newest book, Wood, Concrete, Stone and Steel, Minnesotaa TMs Historic Bridges, describes nearly every bridge type found in ...

Representatives from Pipestone, Murray, Nobles, Redwood, Lyon and Rock Counties will be meeting Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Human Services Building in Slayton to discuss the possible consolidation of emergency dispatch services.

Due to the current economic conditions and the recent loss of one major area employer in U.S. Marine/Bayliner and massive layoffs announced at another, Suzlon Rotor Corp., the Pipestone County Economic Development Agency intends to shift its aim to job retention rather than attracting new businesses.

The mass layoff of half its Pipestone workforce that Suzlon Rotor Corporation announced Friday, June 5, wona t be enacted until August, with all 160 employees gone by fall.

Generally a county picks only one person to represent that county as Dairy Princess, but this year Pipestone County chose two young ladies to fill the title.

The Pipestone County Board of Commissioners has thrown its support behind a groundbreaking wind energy project between the Rural Minnesota Energy Board and the Metropolitan Counties Energy Task Force and the Metropolitan Council.

Pipestone County Museum Executive Director Susan Hoskinsa clear blue eyes tear-up when she talks about history as something that touches and connects people across generations and her passion for her subject comes tumbling out with her words.

A major manure spill that occurred from a Pipestone County dairy farm on May 4 caused the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource to temporarily close the beach at Split Rock Creek State Park near Ihlen.

PAS seniors received scholarships and recognition for academic, athletic and artistic accomplishments at the Senior Recognition Program Friday, May 15 in the high school auditorium.

The Pipestone Civil War Days Committee received a financial boost recently when they were awarded a $4,500 Arts Project Grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts & Humanities Council .

The Pipestone County Highway Department will be making at least $1,722,016 worth of repairs and improvements to the countya s roads and bridges this summer, with additional projects possible if funding becomes available.

During a budget work session on Friday morning, May 8, Pipestone County Commissioners received copies of the preliminary budget reduction strategies commissioners had asked department heads to submit showing a five percent reduction in each of their budgets.

The Pipestone County Board of Commissioners Tuesday voted unanimously to adopt a county administrator form of government and to make existing county coordinator Sharon Hanson the countya s first administrator.

Les Meyer of Flandreau, S.D., died the evening of May 9 as a result of an afternoon car accident.

The annual City of Pipestone Spring Clean Up will run from Monday, May 11 to Thursday, May 14.

The Pipestone County Board and Pipestone City Council came together during a rare joint meeting, May 4, to discuss why the city of Pipestone is no longer a member of the Pipestone County Economic Development Authority and what it would take to bring the city back into the fold.

Joint City and County meeting Monday at 1 p.m. There will be a joint City of Pipestone and Pipestone County meeting Monday, May 4 at 1 p.m. in the meeting room in the EMS Building.