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    November 29, 2012
    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...
    entertainment/musicNovember 29, 2012 - 12:00am
    November 28, 2012
    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, the commissioners approved a base contract of $18,500 with Contegrity Group, of Little Falls, to...
    news/regionNovember 28, 2012 - 12:00am
    November 16, 2012
    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...
    news/regionNovember 16, 2012 - 12:00am
    November 6, 2012
    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...
    news/regionNovember 6, 2012 - 2:55pm
    October 24, 2012
    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 Falls. According to the State Patrol, Roger O. Tjosvold was driving a 2010 Chrysler van and turned left...
    news/stateOctober 24, 2012 - 8:50am
    October 15, 2012
    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...
    news/regionOctober 15, 2012 - 12:00am
    October 3, 2012
    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 two projects. They include replacing the sanitary lift station on Minnesota...
    news/regionOctober 3, 2012 - 12:00am
    September 22, 2012
    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 to tour the museum at their leisure. No formal ceremony is planned, but First Officer Jeffrey Skiles of the "Miracle...
    news/worldSeptember 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...
    news/worldSeptember 22, 2012 - 8:00am
    September 13, 2012
    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 commissioners approved an agreement Tuesday to purchase the former Yellow Medicine County Bank on Eighth Avenue...
    news/businessSeptember 13, 2012 - 12:00am
    September 11, 2012
    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. Monday north of Echo. According to the State Patrol, Carey L. Hoepner, 50 of Echo, was driving...
    news/stateSeptember 11, 2012 - 1:03pm
    September 10, 2012
    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 temperatures warming into the 80s, minimum relative humidity near 20 percent, dry fuel conditions...
    news/regionSeptember 10, 2012 - 12:00am
    August 21, 2012
    Flood-proofing project begins at Wing-Bain Funeral Home in Granite Falls, Minn.
    GRANITE FALLS -- Wing-Bain Funeral Home of Granite Falls will continue to provide professional service while a renovation and flood-proofing project takes place at its funeral home in Granite Falls. Construction on the long-awaited project got under way Monday. It is expected to...
    news/businessAugust 21, 2012 - 12:00am
    August 15, 2012
    Crop duster walks away from Yellow Medicine crash
    GRANITE FALLS -- A crop dusting pilot was treated and released Tuesday after his airplane crashed at 4:10 p.m. in a cornfield west of Hanley Falls in eastern Yellow Medicine County, according to Sheriff Bill Flaten. Pilot Bryce Orwick, 47, of Clara City, was able to walk away from...
    news/regionAugust 15, 2012 - 12:00am
    August 14, 2012
    Pilot walks away after crop dusting plane crash west of Hanley Falls in Yellow Medicine County
    GRANITE FALLS - A crop dusting pilot was treated and released after his airplane crashed in a corn field west of Hanley Falls in eastern Yellow Medicine County at 4:10 p.m. on Tuesday, according to Sheriff Bill Flaten. Pilot Bryce Orwick, 47, of Clara City, was able to walk away...
    news/regionAugust 14, 2012 - 9:55pm
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