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  A little help, a litle hope

  Posted 8 hour(s) ago

   

  Last April 15, the Redwood Gazette featured a story about Joanne Kitto’s work at the Redwood Falls Public Library.

  Among other subjects, the article mentioned how Joanne collected items every year to take back to the Pine Ridge Indian reservation where she grew up—one of the poorest in the nation.

  “When the Gazette story came out, people came into the library to ask if I’d accept donations,” she said earlier this week.

  Then the donations began pouring in....
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  Same day, same year

  Posted Sep 07, 2010 @ 12:09 PM

   

  It all started Aug. 30, 1944 when more than 50 Redwood County residents loaded onto buses heading to Forth Snelling.

  Fifty years later, a copy of the Morgan Messenger was discovered in a Morgan apartment which listed the names of those 53 men from all over the county who were on their way to war.

  They met again last week, this time in a more peaceful setting - a local restaurant, to relive their war times.
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  Holy Lightning: Patriarch of the Dakota

  Posted Sep 07, 2010 @ 12:01 PM

   

  In January 1856, while traveling from Lake Benton to St. Paul, John and Mary Crooks stopped off  at a place known in history as the Mealy farm near Morton.

  There a son, George Crooks, who was named Wakanajaja (Holy Lightning) by his parents, was born. Little did they know what kind of an impact this child would have on that area he would later call home.

  Crooks was reported to be the last known local survivor of the U.S.-Dakota Conflict, and spent many of his days celebrating his Dakota heritage.

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  As lovely as her name

  Posted Sep 06, 2010 @ 01:40 PM

   

  On August 31, 2010, Rose Reed went to the Redwood County Department of Motor Vehicles to renew her drivers license.

  Normally this wouldn’t be considered newsworthy. However, August 31, 2010, also happened to be Rose Reed’s 100th birthday.

  “She took off her glasses for the eye test,” pointed out her son-in-law, David Paquette.
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  Zoo times two

  Posted Sep 06, 2010 @ 01:37 PM

  Ramsey Park zoo rennovation wins two awards at the Minnesota State Fair