Grant County Herald

08/22/2025

UPDATE CYNTHIA HAS BEEN REPORTED SAFE BY THE GRANT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

UPDATE:
CYNTHIA has been located.
Thank you for your assistance!

**MISSING PERSON***
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public's assistance in locating Cynthia Loise Wegner, age 69. Cynthia left her residence in Elbow Lake on Monday, August 18, 2025 and has not returned home. She was reported missing on Thursday, August 21, 2025. If anyone has any information about Cynthia, please call the Grant County Sheriff’s Office at 218-685-8280.

Thank you for any assistance!

08/20/2025

August 20, 2025

08/18/2025

08/15/2025

We have a winner for our 4 pack of MN Renaissance Fair tickets.Congratulations to our winner Natasha Kaiser! Thanks to everyone who entered!

08/14/2025

In honor of its 50th anniversary, Viking Library Service is featuring brief historic profiles of its 11 member libraries serving communities in six counties in West Central Minnesota.
Today, VLS is proud to highlight Thorson Memorial Library, a.k.a. Elbow Lake Public Library, with early library records dating from 1922.
The library was founded by volunteers when members of a Women’s Study Club set out to create a free library for area residents. In the early 1920s Harold Thorson, who opened the village’s first bank, left a large sum to the village to establish a public library.
Volunteers from the Study Club managed a small collection of books as it moved from the fire hall to the courthouse and eventually into its current location, the Scofield Community Building. The library has operated there since the mid-1930s, although in different locations within the building.
In over 100 years of service, Thorson Memorial Library has been led by just three salaried library directors: Hilda Haraldson (with a tenure of almost 50 years), Gail Hedstrom, and Lucy Anderson.
𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥'𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 1940, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 Grant County Historical Society & Museum 𝘢𝘯𝘥 Minnesota Digital Library

08/13/2025

August 13, 2025

08/12/2025

Wow, that was a strong storm that came through last night! In Kensington we had quite a few downed trees and power lines. Comment your storm damage photos below.

08/11/2025

Hoffman Harvest Festival Parade and Veterans Memorial Dedication.

08/09/2025

08/09/2025

08/07/2025

08/07/2025

A sneak peak at this year's Hoffman Harvest Festival