Yellow Medicine County News

Share + Jul 4, 2009 10:38 pm US/Central Reporting John Lauritsen GRANITE FALLS, Minn.

Services for Elden "Bud" Heise, 91, of Canby will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Canby.

There will be plenty of new things to see and do in Canby this weekend, whether on the ground, in the water or in the air.

While parts of the region got rain and were under various weather watches and warnings Tuesday, an area between Porter and Taunton in Yellow Medicine and Lincoln counties received hail and more than 3 inches of rain in about two hours.

They might miss being able to visit the post office, grocery store and bank on the same walk, but residents of Echo said they've got nothing to complain about with Citizens State Bank's new location on the edge of town.

A Yellow Medicine County couple charged with multiple counts of refusing to pay state taxes have entered guilty pleas in district court.

WILLMAR a ' High winds whipped up clouds of topsoil, snapped tree limbs and kept firefighters on alert and farmers on edge through much of Wednesday.

It was geography class for the fifth and sixth grade students at St. Peter's Catholic School, and teacher Alda Lueders was showing the class a few low-tech tricks.

Government and industry leaders provided a variety of input Wednesday at a public meeting in North Mankato for the Minnesota Department of Transportation's Greater Minnesota Transit Plan.

Lincoln County Sheriff Jack Vizecky didn't know Gov. Tim Pawlenty had signed Brandon's Law Thursday afternoon because he was out searching for Swanson or evidence of Swanson along the Yellow Medicine River.

A 120-year-old courthouse is about to give up secrets about the county it serves, thanks to the curiosity of a veteran' service officer turned historian.

GRANITE FALLS a ' Yellow Medicine County Sheriff Bill Flaten is concerned that the public doesna TMt fully realize what budget cuts to the court system might mean to them: Everything from enforcement of traffic speeding laws to conciliation court matters could be tossed to the wayside.

Services for Stanley A. Schmidt, 64, of Sauk Centre, will be at 11 a.m. today at Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre.

March went out like a lion, sort of. Winter storm warnings issued by the National Weather Service for Lincoln County and parts of Yellow Medicine County for most of the day Tuesday were canceled at about 10 a.m. Tuesday.

A weekend search did not result in evidence of Brandon Swanson, 19, of Marshall who has been missing since May in area near of the Yellow Medicine River near the Lincoln, Lyon and Yellow Medicine County borders, Lincoln County Sheriff Jack Vizecky said Sunday.

The literary world is much richer because Bill Holm was a part of it. When he was chosen by the McKnight Foundation as a McKnight Distinguished Artist he gained recognition for his artistic excellence as well ...

Glacial Lakes Energy, a Watertown ethanol producer, has filed a lawsuit in Minnesota against a former industry partner.

Appointing, rather than electing the county surveyor, recorder and auditor/treasurer will be discussed Tuesday when the Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners meets.

About seven years ago, two teenage boys and two teenage girls were hanging out. One of the boys brought out his father's handgun to impress the girls.

Road conditions run the gamut today in western and central Minnesota, but they are difficult in the Willmar area, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.