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From Gausdal to Gausdal! On Saturday, April 7, 22 residents of Gausdal, Norway visited Gausdal Lutheran church in rural Georgeville, northern Kandiyohi County. Gausdal in Norway is located in the Gudbrandsdalen valley district in the Norwegian county of Oppland. The Norway visitors were met by members of Gausdal Lutheran church, which closed three years ago. Other guests hailed from the Sunburg and Norway Lake area who are members of the Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association. Here's the...
Publisher's note: the newspaper will "clean this up" for full accuracy and will publish this - hopefully at its full length - in the April 12 issue. At the February 26, 2018 joint hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Rural Development and Housing Finance and Policy Committee, Dr. Marin Bozic provided around 20 minutes' worth of testimony. The hearing was chaired by Senator Torrey Westrom of Elbow Lake. Dr. Bozic is an Assistant Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota specializing in Dairy Foods and Marketing Economics,...
Submitted to the Voice by Erin Hausauer, Stearns County Emergency Management Director, 320-259-3940 Tornadoes, straight-line winds, floods, lightning, hail, and heat, these are the greatest disaster risks for Stearns County residents. Stearns County ranks fourth highest in the state for the number of tornadoes from 1950 – 2015; and, in the past 10 years, 55 people died and dozens more were injured in weather-related events in Minnesota. Although severe weather is a threat anytime from March t...
Winter continues to rear its ugly head across the Bonanza Valley area. Just in Brooten, the town has received anywhere from five to eight inches of snow since Friday afternoon (April 13). The roads continue to be tricky, slick and snow-covered across the area. As a result, church services at West Lake Johanna, Trinity Lutheran in Brooten, Trinity Lutheran in Grove Lake and Crow River Lutheran churches have been cancelled for Sunday, April 15. Also, Sunday School is also cancelled at both Trinity...
Tickets are still on sale for the seventh annual KMGK radio sports banquet in Glenwood. This year's speaker at the banquet is Robert (Bob) Stein, a two-time All American and two-time Academic All American at the U of M, Stein was a formidable defensive end for the Gophers in the late 60's and played a pivotal role on the 1967 Big Ten Championship team. The banquet will be held Wednesday May 2, at the Lakeside. Ballroom for the seventh straight year. Tickets for the public are available at the...
A serious two-car accident took place just after 12 p.m. on Sunday, April 22 between Albertville and Monticello. A 2014 Nissan Murano, driven by 78-year old Roger Sundby of Grand Forks, entered the lane of a 2002 Ford Explorer, setting off the accident on westbound I-94 one mile east of Monticello. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the Nissan and Ford were both traveling westbound on I-94 in separate lanes. The Nissan was in the right lane, with the Ford in the left lane. The Nissan...
Interviews by the school board, staff and community members of four finalist candidates for the superintendent position at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa will take place on Tuesday, April 24 at the high school. Interviews will begin at 2:00 p.m. (Schedule below) The four individuals selected as finalists are Josie Dingmann, Community Education director and Middle School math teacher at B-B-E; Jeffrey Keil, K-12 principal at Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg schools; Michael Pagel, elementary principal and...
