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Battlefield gains national designation

GRANITE FALLS -- The land where warriors and soldiers fought the final battle of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 will be recognized as a national historic site. Wood Lake Battlefield...

news / region Tue, Oct 05, 2010 - 12:00am

Care providers benefit from casino

UPPER SIOUX COMMUNITY -- A fund-raising effort by Prairie's Edge Casino Resort has raised $12,000 to benefit the Yellow Medicine and Chippewa counties Relay for Life chapter, Rice Hospice and...

news / region / community Sat, Oct 02, 2010 - 12:00am

An SUV is pulled Friday from a gaping hole in the exterior wall of the living room of the Vonnie and Vern Vosberg home after the vehicle crashed into it around 7 a.m. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

GRANITE FALLS -- A Granite Falls couple escaped injury when a Ford Explorer crashed into their home around 7 a.m. Friday on Prentice Street along the Minnesota River. The driver...

news / region Sat, Oct 02, 2010 - 12:00am

Update: Medical condition leads to SUV crash

GRANITE FALLS -- A Granite Falls couple escaped injury when a Ford Explorer crashed into their home around 7 a.m. Friday on Prentice Street along the Minnesota River. The driver...

region Fri, Oct 01, 2010 - 11:50am

Granite Falls volunteer firefighters assisted after a Ford Explorer crashed through the wall of a home around 7 a.m. on Prentice Street. The home's occupants escaped injury. The driver was transported to the Granite Falls Hospital for unknown injuries. (Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny)

SUV crashes into Granite Falls home

GRANITE FALLS -- A Granite Falls couple escaped injury when a Ford Explorer crashed into their home around 7 a.m. today on Prentice Street along the Minnesota River. The driver...

region Fri, Oct 01, 2010 - 10:19am

Ridgewater rolls past Fergus Falls

FERGUS FALLS -- Not too many things, it seems, will derail the Ridgewater Express. Despite missing their libero and another middle hitter to minor injuries, the Lady Warriors volleyball team...

sports / college / Ridgewater Thu, Sep 30, 2010 - 12:00am

One-lane traffic on Highway 67 east of Granite Falls

WILLMAR, Minn. -- Motorists will encounter one-lane traffic on state Highway 67 four miles east of the junction with state Highway 23 in Granite Falls due to a slide area...

news / region Tue, Sep 28, 2010 - 8:59pm

Kindergarten and first-grade instructor Mary Jensen works with her students at the Bert Raney Elementary School in Granite Falls. Teachers and students are enjoying the benefits of improved ventilation and lighting systems in the building. Only five of 41 rooms in the building met the state's indoor air quality standards prior to the installation of the new systems. (Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny)

'Fresh' approach to education at YME

GRANITE FALLS -- Stuffy classrooms and hissing steam radiators might be the stuff of nostalgia, but they're also the cause for plugged noses and drowsy children not paying attention to...

news / region / education Mon, Sep 27, 2010 - 12:00am

Reconfiguration of buildings may result from YME upgrades

GRANITE FALLS -- The two-year project to upgrade and renovate the Yellow Medicine East school buildings could lead to a reconfiguration of grades in the district, according to Superintendent Al...

news / region Mon, Sep 27, 2010 - 12:00am

Tom Dobbs of St. Paul takes shelter beneath an umbrella Thursday as he walks from his car to the administration building at the Ridgewater College campus in Willmar. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

For most part, area escapes madness to south

MONTEVIDEO -- Heavy rains kept public works crews on the run throughout the region to keep sanitary sewer systems from backing up into basements, but no major problems were reported...

news / region Fri, Sep 24, 2010 - 12:00am

The Minnesota Falls dam constructed in 1905 and is at the point where major repairs are needed. An engineering study estimates it's cheaper to remove the dam.

Xcel planning to remove large dam; upstream water users say they're worried

GRANITE FALLS -- Xcel Energy intends in 2012 to remove an aged dam that no longer serves any purpose for the company, but upstream water users including a large ethanol...

news / region Fri, Sep 17, 2010 - 12:00am

Teen pleads not guilty to sexual assault at Granite motel

MONTEVIDEO -- A 19-year-old Marshall man pleaded not guilty Monday to four felony criminal sexual conduct charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in December at a Granite Falls hotel...

news / region Thu, Sep 16, 2010 - 12:00am

Electrical problem means no math problems today for YME students

GRANITE FALLS -- School officials in the Yellow Medicine East district are hopeful of fixing the electrical problem that forced the cancellation of classes today, and resuming normal school activities...

news / region Wed, Sep 15, 2010 - 11:35am

Fergus Falls man accused of assault, firing gun into ground

A Fergus Falls, Minn., man is accused of threatening another man with a loaded gun, according to WDAY-TV. Richard Stavaas, 69, faces charges of second degree assault and reckless discharge...

news / state Mon, Sep 13, 2010 - 10:38am

Gopher mascot "Goldy," left, shakes hands with BOLD football player Andrew Brooks before the start of last year's kickoff event to benefit troops serving overseas. BOLD is challenging YME in this year's "Silver for Soldiers'' competition. (Tribune file photo)

'Silver for soldiers' challenge seeks to benefit troops from the region

OLIVIA -- There's no place like home, especially when it comes wrapped in a package and reaches you in a faraway land. "It's a real morale booster,'' said Sgt. Mark...

news / region Tue, Aug 31, 2010 - 12:00am

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