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- Editorial: Four-day week is no panacea for schools
But there are other benefits of the shorter week that work well for school districts." More from Editorials Like most institutions in this struggling economy, school districts are desperately seeking ways to ...
- Houston is first of Prep Bowl champs
Senior Kevin Lindh had 18 carries for 91 yards and sophomore Chris Stackhouse had 10 catches for 79 yards as the Houston Hurricanes beat Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 22-16 in the 9-man state football ...
- Wrapping up the state football semifinals
Posted on November 15th, 2008 10:33 PM By Jon Marthaler Twelve games, two days, almost 30 hours of football, and we're finally done.A I've been here at the Metrodome for what seems like about a week straight, ...
- Greetings (again) from the Metrodome
Posted on November 15th, 2008 7:56 AM By Jon Marthaler We're back again, for another day of state football semifinals about eight hours after we last left.A The Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley band is belting out ...
- ClintonGracevilleBeardsley tops Kittson in 9 man
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley tops Kittson in 9 man Eds: APNewsNow. MINNEAPOLIS Zach McNally forced four fumbles and had three sacks to lead Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley to a defense-fueled 8-7 victory over ...
- 9-Man Final: Houston 56, Ada-Borup 14
Posted on November 14th, 2008 10:10 AM By Jon Marthaler It's hard not to be impressed with the Hurricanes after today's performance.A Coming into this week, most of the nine-man talk centered on Kittson County ...
- Successful opener for 10-year-old
Raider Iverson, 10, of Graceville, Minn., shot this 5-point buck with his .243 Savage rifle on Saturday, Nov.
- Section football
1 seed in the Section 3AA Tournament which begins Tuesday. The Cardinals went 7-1 on the season and will host No.
- MN-SD Equipment Dealers Association awards scholarships
The Minnesota-South Dakota Equip-ment Dealers Association has an-nounced that four students headed for careers as technicians in the farm equipment industry have been named recipients of $1,000 scholarships ...
- Woman, Girl Stabbed
Friday evening the sheriff's office received a call from a home on 5th Street in Clinton .
- Man charged in attempted slayings in western Minn.
A 28-year-old Clinton man is charged with attempted murder after allegedly cutting the throats of a woman and young girl.
- Roads Flooded
Due to recent rains, the Minnesota Department of Transportation reports 1-2" of water over Highway 28 at several locations between the cities of Graceville and Johnson.
- Stedjan, Comets top Wolverines 5-0
Hillcrest hurler Jamie Stedjan was on top of his game Tuesday as he blanked the Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley Wolverines 5-0 with a four-hitter. Stedjan fanned six and walked only one in the South Sub-Section 6A ...
Graceville Classifieds
Local classifieds for Graceville, MN
City DescriptionGraceville is a city in Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 605 at the 2000 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), all of it land.
U.S. Route 75 and Minnesota State Highway 28 are the two major highways that run through the community. The town's main street is named Studdart Avenue.
Graceville was originally granted to Archbishop John Ireland of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Wishing to settle the Minnesota prairie with Catholic Irish-Americans, he actively promoted settlement in Graceville and the surrounding region. The town was named for Bishop Thomas Grace and a special line was built across the prairie from Morris, Minnesota.
In the summer of 1880, Archbishop Ireland paid for the passage of a ship filled with Famine refugees from the Connemara in County Galway. Arriving in Graceville too late to adequately prepare and having little grasp of English, the Irish language speakers were ill prepared for the massive blizzard which descended in the winter. As both the Protestant Freemasons of Morris and the English speaking Irish-Americans of Graceville both schemed to manipulate the situation ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Big Stone County
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