City to purchase emergency equipment Jasper City Council members during their July 8 meeting approved spending $21,040 on a spreader, battery and charger for equipment that will be used by the Jasper Fire Department to extricate people from vehicles after crashes. Ambulance Director Kim Drew said the Jasper Ambulance Board agreed to purchase related equipment, including a cut blade, battery [โฆ]
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Local veterans receive Quilts of Valor
Almost 100 people attended the presentation of Quilts of Valor to six area veterans Saturday, July 12 at the Pipestone American Legion. The quilts were presented by the Quilts for Valorโs Marshall chapter, Pieces for Heroes. Quilts of Valorโs mission is โTo cover Service Members and Veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor.โ More information about [โฆ]
New Yearโs Day intruder convicted
Marshall Lee Bejarano, 39, of Granite Falls, was convicted on July 9 of first-degree burglary, a felony. Additional counts of first-degree burglary and first-degree criminal damage to property, both felonies, and possession of firearms and ammunition by a felon, a gross misdemeanor, were dismissed. Bejarano was discovered in the basement of Chad and Jackie Buddenโs Pipestone home on New Yearโs [โฆ]
LOCAL: Harvest Festival set for this weekend
Event serves as the summer highlight in Elkton, S.D.ELKTON, S.D. โ The Elkton Harvest Festival is slated for this Friday through Sunday, July 18-20. Festivities begin with the โSlice of Greatnessโ gala at 6 p.m. July 18. The cost is $20 per person, or $125 for a table of 8. Reservations are requested for the gala. The Miss Elkton Pageant follows at 7:30 p.m. Ashya Flores, Charlie Thooft, [โฆ]
Secretary of State Steve Simon visits Pipestone
Simon spoke with locals about elections, business services and other topics Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon made a stop in Pipestone the afternoon of Thursday, July 10 as part of a two-day, seven-county tour of southwest Minnesota. Simon said during his visit to the PIPESTONE Annex Conference Room that he regularly tries to visit all 87 counties in the [โฆ]
HPC denies permit for artwork
The Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC), during its July 8 meeting, denied a request from the Pipestone Development Company (PDC) for a permit for a piece of art that had been placed on the building at 124 West Main Street in Pipestone. PDC President Jeremy Whipple said the abstract art piece was made by Charles Schriever, who had been in Pipestone [โฆ]
Sanow convicted of murder
Miranda Michelle Sanow, 27, of St. Paul, was convicted on July 8 of third degree murder in relation to the death of Justin Rops in 2022. A charge of third degree sale of fentanyl, a felony, was dismissed. Sanow was sentenced to 11 years and two months imprisonment with the term stayed for 11 years and two months. She will [โฆ]
MPCA considering updates to feedlot rule
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is proposing to amend existing Minnesota Rules Chapter 7020, which governs animal feedlots. According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), the last major revision of the feedlot rule happened in 2000 and the agency is looking to update the rule because livestock production and agricultural practices have changed since then and it wants [โฆ]
Church Directory for the Week of July 16-24, 2025
Ruthton Country Church, Full Gospel-Non-denominational church; Pastor Frank Vanderbush,ย 507-658-3917. Sundays: 10 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship service. Bible Studies Sundays at 9 a.m. Find us at countrychurch.co on Facebook and Youtube @ Country Church of Ruthton for online messages and events. ย St. Leo Catholic Church, Father Joshua Miller, 415 South Hiawatha Ave., Pipestone, 825-3152 Saturdays: 5 p.m. Mass. Sundays: [โฆ]
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