Pipestone News

Pipestone was host to the fifth listening session Friday morning for the 2012 Farm Bill hosted by U.S. Representative Colin Peterson this week.

The Pipestone Economic Development Authority is poised to provide financial assistance for a person to attend an international trade show in Germany.

A Minnesota meat processor is recalling some 450 pounds of steakhouse burgers due to improper labeling.

"A person elected to a public office must be permitted time off from regular employment to attend meetings required by reason of the public office.

PIPESTONE, Minn.-A Minnesota company is recalling about 460 pounds of hamburger meat the company misbranded and contains undeclared allergens including soy and wheat proteins, federal officials reported.

After spotting the visiting Murray County Central Rebels a run the the top of the first inning, the Pipestone Area Arrows responded with eight runs in the bottom of the inning en route to a 14-1 non-conference baseball victory Friday evening in Pipestone.

Almost 1,800 miles separate Pipestone County, Minn., and Tulare County, Calif. But despite the great distance between the two locations, a single cow in California diagnosed with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy , or Mad Cow Disease, had a negative affect on the April 24 slaughter cattle market in Pipestone.

After 3 absolutely splendid, "chamber of commerce" type weather days in Minnesota, a warm front is pushing north early Thursday.

A fire that broke out Monday evening, May 14, in a home east of Pipestone has been deemed suspicious and is under investigation by the state Fire Marshal.

The Pipestone County Sheriff's Office released the identity of the man who died in a motorcycle accident Sunday afternoon.

A South Dakota man lost his life in Pipestone County on Sunday, May 13, after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a raccoon.

The Pipestone County Museum, in conjunction with Pipestone Civil War Days Committee, will host guided ghost tours through the downtown Pipestone, Minn., area with stories of the paranormal and the ghosts who inhabit local homes and businesses.

Ninety-two members of the A Battery 1-125 Field Artillery unit based in Pipestone and Luverne arrived at the Luverne Armory Sunday, May 6 at around 11:30 a.m. to a crowd of family members and friends.

Last week motorists may have noticed rubber hoses stretched across roads within the city of Pipestone and elsewhere within the county - on 26 locations on trunk highways and 111 locations on local roads, to be exact.

When emergency weather sirens are activated in Pipestone and other communities within the county, the notification is intended to prompt people to seek further information from television or a weather radio.

He was born on August 12, 1929, in Currie, Minnesota the son of Valentine and Catherine Ruppert.

The waters of Pipestone Creek reached a new record Sunday morning, May 6, around 8:30 a.m. The water level reached 20.71 feet, exceeding the previous record of 20.3 feet set back in September 2010, according to the hydrological reports from the National Weather Service.

Buying, selling and smuggling people like modern-day slaves is one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises in the state of Minnesota, ranking second in illegal profits behind the drug trade, and right above the illegal arms trade.

Pipestone business people and retail owners expressed a commitment to move forward together to help strengthen the retail environment in Pipestone.

The city of Pipestone has learned it can't finance a $1.54-million street and utility project as it had intended by assessing a portion of the costs to the benefiting property owners.