Renville Co. zoning board rejects appeal over gravel pit
OLIVIA — Renville County’s Board of Adjustment and Appeals rejected an appeal by Duininck Companies of Prinsburg and ordered it to meet the conditions of a permit for a gravel pit it operates in Beaver Falls Township.West Central Tribune, 11/20/2009
Support for Renville Co. wind energy proposal is on the rise
OLIVIA — A proposal to erect one of the state’s largest wind farms amidst some of its most productive farm lands found clear sailing Tuesday with the Renville County Board of Commissioners.West Central Tribune, 11/18/2009
Residents get up close look at tall project
GRANITE FALLS — A handful of people came out to pore over maps and see how plans to invest $700 million and build a high-voltage line from Brookings, S.D., to Hampton in the southeast corner of the Twin Cities metropolitan area might affect them.West Central Tribune, 11/17/2009
Integrated study of Minn. River being launched
ST. PAUL — There has been no shortage of desire when it comes to cleaning up the Minnesota River, but there has also been plenty of disagreement over how best to do it.West Central Tribune, 11/14/2009
Yellow Medicine County tables plan that looks at merging family services with its nearby counties 
GRANITE FALLS — The Yellow Medicine County Board of Commissioners tabled a proposal Tuesday to study the possibility of joining its family services operations with those of Lincoln, Lyon and Murray counties.
West Central Tribune, 11/12/2009
Big Stone power plant plans go down, but will the lines still go up?
WILLMAR — Plans to build the coal-fired Big Stone II power plant have gone down, but there apparently remains interest in seeing upgraded transmission lines going up that were once promised as part of the project.
West Central Tribune, 11/12/2009
Granite Falls man, 69, pleads guilty to attempted murder for stabbing girlfriend
David Curtis Quale, 69, pleaded guilty to first degree, attempted murder, domestic abuse with a past pattern of domestic abuse for the July 17 stabbing of his girl friend in their home in Granite Falls.
West Central Tribune, 11/04/2009
Milan to celebrate women in athletics
MILAN — Women in athletics will be celebrated on Saturday, Nov. 7 in Milan in the school gym.
West Central Tribune, 10/29/2009
Medina pleads guilty to Montevideo stabbings
A 21-year-old man charged with stabbing three people in Montevideo and for threatening a witness pleaded guilty.
West Central Tribune, 10/26/2009
Thinking warmth? Think safety first
It seemed we had hardly hit the bunks in the remote, north woods cabin when the commotion made me forget how sick I was suddenly feeling.
In the dimly-lit cabin I watched one of my fishing companions stagger into a kitchen table, bounce off the wall and land on all fours. He crawled out the doorway, leaving the door wide open on a chilly, May night.
And in so doing, he saved our lives.
West Central Tribune, 10/24/2009
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