When a loved one leaves us, memories become our greatest inheritance. Photos and keepsakes offer a glimpse of the past, but our memories keep their presence alive. However, there is a way to have more. Through the donor program, there can be parts of your loved one helping others to live on. Jacki Anderson knows […]
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With one planning commission member abstaining from the vote, the Stevens County Planning Commission unanimously approved a recommendation for a Conditional Use Permit for Riverview, LLP, for a West River Expansion. The recommendation will now go to the Stevens County Commissioners for final approval. A public meeting was held on August 3 with several residents
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Taken from the Stevens County Fair Facebook page Tonis and Selma Boon purchased the Boon family farm in 1934, raising dairy cows along with corn and alfalfa. To supplement the farm income, Tonis also worked as a carpenter. In 1962, their son John Herman Boon and his wife Carol purchased the farm. They milked 12
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During the public comment period regarding the requirement for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Riverview LLP’s expansion of its West River Dairy facility, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency received 1,314 comments from community members. It also received 60 comments related to the feedlot permit and two from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR),
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By Reed Anfinson and Horizon Public Health Horizon Public Health is seeking grant applications in each of its five counties from entities that address treatment, prevention, recovery, education, and harm reduction needs related to opioid drug addiction. Along with Stevens County, the other four counties in Horizon’s region are Douglas, Grant, Pope, and Traverse counties.
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Stevens County will see several road projects this summer. The list of projects was presented to the Stevens County Commissioners by County Engineer Todd Larson at their meeting on May 5. Larson gave an update on work currently underway, projects that are planned for the summer, and presented the 2025 Annual Report for approval. County
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Funding will go toward major renovation project for 4-H building at state fairgrounds Publisher’s note: Reed Anfinson included Riverview Dairy’s information to this story. The Minnesota State Fair and Minnesota 4-H recently announced a $35 million campaign to renovate the historic 4-H Building. This will be the largest project of its kind for both the
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Marshall HoffmanStevens County Times It’s too bad that Henry Louis Gates, Jr. doesn’t do a canine version of his popular PBS genealogical research show “Finding Your Roots.” If so, he would no doubt find his way to rural Alberta, Minnesota and the farm home of Abby Lietz and her family. The Lietzes recently adopted a
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Local conservation officer Emily Douvier was one of nine officers recognized for recent lifesaving efforts. Late in the morning on Oct. 11, CO Douvier was checking opening day pheasant hunters in Stevens County when she saw a hunter collapse in the field. Quickly realizing the severity of the situation, Douvier jumped into action, giving instructions
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In 2024, the Stevens County Board of Commissioners approved an expansion to Fresha’s existing Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the construction of an addition to its facility. That approval was given with the stipulation that Fresha, a Morris-based carrot producer, would provide an engineered plan to address odor complaints associated with its existing facility. Last
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