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An open house regarding the proposed PowerOn Midwest transmission line project is planned for Tuesday, Nov. 4 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Hiawatha Lodge in Pipestone. “PowerOn Midwest is a series of new electric transmission projects enhanced by a 765-kilovolt (kV) transmission backbone that is being developed by Great River Energy, ITC Midwest, Otter Tail Power Company and […]

And another church plans to purchase the property in November Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Pipestone will hold its final service on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. The Missouri Synod church held its first service a little over 70 years ago on July 22, 1955 at the Pipestone Armory after splitting from St. Paul Lutheran Church. At the time, […]

The band will hold its annual indoor marching concert in the gymnasium on Sunday, Oct. 26 The Pipestone Area Marching Arrows took second in Class 2A and earned several caption awards Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Quad States Regional Championships at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. The Arrows earned a score of 78.9, which Director Zach Ploeger said was their highest […]

The Pipestone City Council during its Oct. 20 meeting voted to terminate City Administrator Deb Nelson, effective immediately. Prior to the Council’s decision, it approved a summary of Nelson’s performance evaluation, which took place during a closed session, as allowed by state statute, during the Council’s Oct. 6 meeting. According to the summary, which was read by Mayor Dan Delaney, […]

Hord Feed & Grain has upgraded its dust control measures at its facility at 401 Fourth Street SE in Pipestone. The company received a variance in March of 2024 allowing it to install an enclosed dump pit and scale that does not meet setback requirements from the property line with the condition that it submit a dust control plan on […]

The Pipestone City Council will hold a public hearing during its regular meeting on Monday, Nov. 3 regarding a street and utility improvement project proposed for 2026 on Second Avenue Southwest from 10th Street Southwest to Seventh Street Southwest/state Highway 30. According to the preliminary engineering report, the pavement on Second Avenue Southwest is generally in poor condition and there […]

About 10 years after it was formed, the Pipestone Area Coalition (PAC) has ended. The (PAC) was a community group formed after Southwest Health and Human Services (SWHHS) received a $945,000 grant from the Minnesota Department of Human Services: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division in 2016 to help reduce underage alcohol use in Pipestone. PAC members helped organize the underage […]

A new nonprofit corporation called Building the Blessing seeks to create opportunities for area families with disabilities. Ryann Beukema, of Edgerton, said it started last fall with a Facebook group and became a nonprofit corporation registered with the state of Minnesota in the spring. She said work is ongoing to make it 501(c)(3) nonprofit. “My husband and I have kids […]

Pipestone City Council members during their Oct. 6 meeting voted to support one petition for detachment of property from the city and deny another. The petition supported by the council came from Thomas J. Nelson for a 23.75-acre piece of agricultural land along state Highway 23 northeast of the intersection of state Highway. 23 and U.S. Highway 75. Mayor Dan […]

The estimated cost to repair the historic Carnegie Library building in Pipestone is $838,589.50, according to a memorandum from architectural firm LHB. Of that, $518,092.50 is for work considered high priority. That includes an estimated $250,250 to reset the masonry walls on the east side of the building, $112,500 to replace the roof and $20,000 repair interior finishes. Secondary priority […]