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GRANITE FALLS

Secretary of State Steve Simon spoke about election disinformation and security during a recent visit to Yellow Medicine County in western Minnesota.
Formal ceremony marks transfer of former Minnesota park land to Upper Sioux Community, 161 years after violent conflict.
The Department of Natural Resources will transfer the park to the Upper Sioux Community in mid-March, leadership in the agency announced Wednesday
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Chase Mortenson showed up when it counted on the second day of the Minnesota muzzleloader hunt. He was hunting in the blind his brother would have been using, had he not declined the opportunity.

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Pioneer Public TV is settling into its new studio, one of the most modern in the Public Broadcasting System. The generosity of Diane and Ron Fagen of Granite Falls made possible the new, modern digs, but the station stands too on the shoulders of church basement ladies and the cooperative spirit of those who built western Minnesota
A 45-year-old man was airlifted to Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in a stabbing at a rural Granite Falls residence. Two are in custody, according to the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Office
A group of Dakota seeking land justice also want to practice the traditional way of life of their ancestors. They began erecting traditional, Dakota earth lodges to be their homes, but received a cease and desist order for being in violation of state building codes. They need an act of the Legislature to live a traditional lifestyle today.
Russel Doucette will serve 41 months for his manslaughter conviction in the death of a man he regarded as a friend and father figure. A jury found him guilty of second-degree manslaughter in the death of Randy Lee Oletzke, 59.
A century ago Monday, Prohibition got teeth. On Oct. 28, 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act, ushering in an era of illegal consumption of alcohol in the United States.
GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — Law enforcement officers and a passerby helped stop what turned out to be a runaway school bus after the driver suffered a medical emergency.
MONTEVIDEO, Minn. — Progress is being measured by inches in Montevideo and Granite Falls, where the Minnesota River remains at flood stage but is on a gradual decline.
GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — The Minnesota River crested in both Montevideo and Granite Falls with both communities avoiding any major issues.
MONTEVIDEO, Minn. — Montevideo and Granite Falls are staying ahead of the fast-rising Minnesota River as it reaches its crest.
MONTEVIDEO, Minn. – A rising Minnesota River is spilling over roads and bridges in the upper basin, and authorities warn that more road closures are likely in the days ahead.
GRANITE FALLS, Minn. - A dark foreboding led Roman Vishniac to risk his life to photograph the lives of Jewish children in Nazi-occupied villages in eastern Europe on the eve of World War II.

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