Elbow Lake News

A Big Stone County DFLer has filed to run for state Senate in a district that includes western and part of central Stearns County.

ELBOW LAKE, Minn. - A Grant County man invented a rescue device helping people buried in grain bins, and it has already saved lives.

He was born July 3, 1948, in Alexandria, the son of Johnnie O. and Marjorie Nygaard.

Johanna was born in Adrian, on July 16, 1914, to Heiko "Ike" and Minnie Frikken.

Richard Grout, formerly of Elbow Lake, died Saturday, May 19, 2012, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls.

A rural Elbow Lake man who lives near the Grant/Otter Tail county line was arrested Sunday evening for controlled substance crimes.

Alcoholic beverages will now be OK to drink on the grounds of Veterans' Park and the All School Reunion site in Elbow Lake during Flekkefest Aug.

As healthy as a horse. This euphemism is a true statement when visiting Lake Region Equine at Lake Region Veterinary Clinic in Elbow Lake.

The 49-year-old Elbow Lake man convicted for first degree criminal sexual conduct in 2010 for kidnapping his stepdaughter from the WestRidge Mall and sexually assaulting her has been extradited to Douglas County, Ga., for alleged sexual contact with two underage girls in 2007 - one of them reportedly the same person who he kidnapped.

The All School Reunion and the 125th celebration of the founding of Elbow Lake will highlight the 35th annual Flekkefest that will be held on August 3-5. The festival will kickoff with the traditional "Snoose Box Hunt" on Friday morning.

Grant County Ditch Inspector Grant County, an Equal Opportunity Employer, located in Elbow Lake is currently accepting applications for the position of a Ditch Inspector.