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Yellow Medicine East Music Instructor Nicole Boelter directs the school's jazz band, top, during a session while Greg Keel, a professional musician with the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis, is seen on the TV monitor behind Boelter. A broadband Internet connection makes Keel and other musicians with the Center the e-colleagues of music instructors in a number of area schools. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Instrumental music instructor at YME gets by with a little help from her online friends

GRANITE FALLS -- High school music instructors are not on the endangered species list, but tight budgets and declining enrollments have reduced their numbers in many rural school districts. That's...

news / region / education / music Thu, Nov 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Yellow Medicine County, Minn., moves ahead with plans for building renovation

GRANITE FALLS -- The Yellow Medicine County Board of Commissioners is moving ahead with plans to remodel a newly acquired building to hold county offices. At their meeting on Tuesday,...

news / region Wed, Nov 28, 2012 - 12:00am

Brad Cobb, right, of the Green Corridor Initiative, and Rebecca Wodder lead the way Thursday on the pedestrian bridge in Granite Falls. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Senior adviser to Secretary of Interior tours Minnesota River

GRANITE FALLS -- More than two decades of work to clean up the Minnesota River has brought together a diverse partnership of stakeholders in the state's namesake watershed, and produced...

news / region Fri, Nov 16, 2012 - 12:00am

Two unidentified men work in the lutefisk shack this afternoon in preparation for the 95th annual Lutefisk Supper on Election Day at Vinje Lutheran Church in southwest Willmar.

Update 4:30 p.m.: Voting levels starting to pick up across west central Minn.

The voting pace is beginning to pick up across west central Minnesota this afternoon. After slow voter turnout early in the morning, voters started showing up in larger numbers by...

news / local / region Tue, Nov 06, 2012 - 2:55pm

Rural sourcing, technology provides competitive edge for Granite Falls, Minn., manufacturer

Tue, Nov 06, 2012 - 12:00am

Granite Falls, Minn., man killed in Highway 212 crash

GRANITE FALLS -- An 80-year-old Granite Falls man died as a result of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash around 1:20 p.m. Tuesday along U.S. Highway 212 west of Granite...

news / region / state Wed, Oct 24, 2012 - 8:50am

Carl Ohliger of Granite Falls was among residents voicing objections to plans by Xcel Energy to remove the Minnesota Falls dam during a tour of the site Thursday sponsored by Clean Up the River Environment. "The state has more money than the dam is worth. What noise level (will it take) to stop this?'' he asked.
Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Xcel expects 107-year-old Minnesota Falls dam to be removed by end of year

GRANITE FALLS -- Xcel Energy remains on track to remove the 107-year-old Minnesota Falls dam yet this year. A contractor is lined up for the project, but Xcel Energy is...

news / region Mon, Oct 15, 2012 - 12:00am

2012 arts crawl celebrates love of place, creativity along Minnesota River in western Minnesota

Thu, Oct 04, 2012 - 7:00am

Granite Falls, Minn., OKs engineering projects

GRANITE FALLS -- The Granite Falls City Council ordered engineering and design work Monday on the city's largest flood mitigation projects. City Engineer David Berryman will begin developing specifications for...

news / region Wed, Oct 03, 2012 - 12:00am

Yellow Medicine County to continue coyote bounty

news / region Wed, Sep 26, 2012 - 12:00am

World War II museum sents grand opening in Granite Falls, Minn.

The Fagen Fighters World War II Museum will host its grand opening from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29. There is no admission fee, and visitors are welcome...

extra / region / world Sat, Sep 22, 2012 - 8:22am

Diane and Ron Fagen are shown with the plane owned by Ron's late father, Raymond. The Ercoupe trainer is displayed in the gallery hangar.(Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny)

Fagen Fighters World War II Museum ready for takeoff in Granite Falls, Minn.

To appreciate how prized this collection of World War II aircraft is, know this: The new, 15,000-square-foot brick-faced hangar that holds them is built to be tornado proof. Yet despite...

extra / region / world Sat, Sep 22, 2012 - 8:00am

YM County to acquire Granite Falls, Minn., building for space needs

GRANITE FALLS -- After scrapping plans to build a new addition to the courthouse, Yellow Medicine County found its answer to space needs by buying used. The county board of...

news / region / business Thu, Sep 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Echo, Granite Falls drivers hurt in crash north of Echo, Minn.

ECHO -- A 50-year-old Echo woman and a 17-year-old Granite Falls boy were treated and released from Granite Falls Hospital for injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash around 6:15 p.m...

news / state Tue, Sep 11, 2012 - 1:03pm

High fire danger today, Tuesday

WILLMAR -- The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for west central and south central Minnesota for today and Tuesday. The weather service issued the warning because...

news / region Mon, Sep 10, 2012 - 12:00am

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