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    April 27, 2014
    CURE hosting river history weekend of events
    GRANITE FALLS — A conversation with emerging leaders from the millennial generation, a visit by author and poet Gwen Westerman, canoeing, bluebird watching, and an awards banquet and celebration with the music of James Hersch. It’s just a sampling of the range of activities taking...
    news / regionApril 27, 2014 - 11:33pm
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    February 14, 2014
    Man killed in snowmobile crash on Minnesota River near Montevideo
    MONTEVIDEO — A 41-year-old man was killed Thursday evening in a snowmobile crash on the Minnesota River between Montevideo and Wegdahl. According to a news release from Chippewa County Sheriff Stacy Tufto, the crash was reported around 8:45 p.m. The man was traveling northwest...
    news / regionFebruary 14, 2014 - 10:54am
    August 21, 2013
    Lost canoeist rescued last night in Meeker County
    LITCHFIELD – A canoeist was rescued last night in Meeker County after his canoe tipped over and he walked through thick woods and a cornfield. Robert Tiwari, 45, of New Prague, was not injured in the ordeal. Tiwari told authorities that he had rented a canoe from The Riverside...
    news / regionAugust 21, 2013 - 8:39am
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    July 3, 2013
    Investigation finds woman’s son was driving truck that went into river west of Wahpeton, N.D.
    WAHPETON, N.D. – Authorities here found the driver of a pickup that went into the Wild Rice River about 3 miles west of Wahpeton on Monday was the truck owner’s teen son. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office initially believed the owner of the truck, 36-year-old Grace Birchem-Mangalaw,...
    news / nationJuly 3, 2013 - 9:19am
    June 18, 2013
    Tradition still rollin' on the river
    GRANITE FALLS -- Thunderstorms swooped down in the middle of the night on 18 unsuspecting campers, with winds strong enough to pull some tents from their stakes and rain enough to soak most of the party. Some traditions never change.
    news / regionJune 18, 2013 - 11:42pm
    November 16, 2012
    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 something once unimaginable. The river once derided as an open sewer is a candidate for designation...
    news / regionNovember 16, 2012 - 12:00am
    November 14, 2012
    Editorial: A muddy river has started to recover
    opinion / editorialsNovember 14, 2012 - 11:02am
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    November 13, 2012
    MPCA says results are being seen on troubled Minnesota River
    WILLMAR -- Efforts to reduce phosphorus reaching the Minnesota River are producing results, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Staff with the MPCA monitored the lower 20 miles of the river during August, when water temperatures were bathtub warm and flows were at...
    news / region / outdoorsNovember 13, 2012 - 12:00am
    October 15, 2012
    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 4, 2012
    Outdoor community theater to open Meander weekend in Granite Falls, Minn.
    October 4, 2012 - 7:50am
    2012 arts crawl celebrates love of place, creativity along Minnesota River in western Minnesota
    October 4, 2012 - 7:00am
    September 18, 2012
    Minnesota River Board agrees to work on problem of finding viewers for drainage projects
    WILLMAR -- Never before have so many projects come before the ditch authorities in Minnesota's agricultural counties seeking to improve drainage systems, redetermine benefits, add new laterals or make other expansions. And never before has the process taken so long to accomplish,...
    news / localSeptember 18, 2012 - 12:00am
    Minnesota River Board seeking outside review to help decide its future
    WILLMAR -- An independent task force will be charged with recommending whether or not there is a future for the Minnesota River Board. Members of the joint powers group representing the 37 counties in the Minnesota River basin agreed during a meeting Monday in Willmar to allocate...
    news / local / regionSeptember 18, 2012 - 12:00am
    August 11, 2012
    Taking a sesquicentennial tour of U.S.-Dakota Conflict of 1862
    There is heightened interest as Minnesota marks the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota Conflict of 1862. Hundreds of monuments and markers are scattered throughout southwestern Minnesota and the Minnesota River Valley to remember the tragic conflict. There are also historical...
    extraAugust 11, 2012 - 12:00am
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