McLean County Independent News
Damper on Dickens, second weekend set
First it was ice, then snow, then fog. Weather took a toll on the first weekend of the Dickens Village Festival, slashing the number of visitors and sales.
MAKING of a FESTIVAL
Jill Fuller is getting making her Christmas wishes come true early.
Max stands firm: no full co-op
If the co-op disagreement between Max and Garrison school boards was a football game, Max would be the team wanting to play by the previous rules and Garrison would be the team trying to rewrite the rule book.
Prison sentence follows theft from area elevators
“You just got to stay positive and optimistic and put one foot in front of the other.”
Protecting the Protectors
Editor’s Note: “Boys with their toys.” That’s what the McLean County Independent called the armored vehicles the McLean County Sheriff’s Department purchased four years ago.
We salute you
For the second year in a row, students from both Garrison schools gathered for a Veterans Day program to honor vets from our community.
Steps toward full spots co-op
For the first time since Garrison issued an ultimatum for Max to vote for a full sports co-op by December, representatives from the two school districts met for a co-op committee meeting Nov. 6.
GAIA highlighted by governor
Members of GAIA went to a Main Street Initiative Conference in Bismarck. Garrison was one of four cities chosen to be featured in Gov. Burgum’s keynote speech.
Penalties soon for parking in snow route
Residents will soon be penalized for parking overnight in a storm on Garrison’s emergency snow removal route, which provides emergency access to the CHI St. Alexius Heath and the Benedictine Living Center.
Equipment failure causes blackout
It was late on a seemingly typical Thursday morning, but Krause’s closed up shop, Shannon Staehr standing guard by the doors and letting people know the refrigerators had to stay closed and the tills had quit running a half hour ago.