Randy Knutson worked alongside his father Lowell since the age of 14, helping out part-time on the family farm to raise cattle. The farm, purchased in 1960, is where Randy now works full time to raise cattle for beef with some assistance from his brother and a neighbor. It wasn’t what Randy always thought he would be doing. Lowell purchased the farm in 1960 and raised beef cattle until he was diagnosed with cancer in 2013. Doctors told Lowell he could no longer work outside, and so Randy stepped in to take the reins. Shortly before Lowell passed in October of 2014, he asked Randy if he would continue to care for the cattle, but Randy was still unsure. Until one day, as he stood in one of the cattle lots in a snow storm looking over the cattle bunk, he realized that continuing the family tradition was what he would do. “The snow was drifting up over the cattle bunk where the cattle always stand to eat. It was getting buried in the snow. I was sitting there thinking, and I grabbed my cell phone and called my banker and said I’m going to buy 75 cattle,” he says. “There was a long hesitation and then he says, you know what happens when you start that? I said, yeah, you don’t stop. My father worked all his life for that setup, and I just couldn’t let it sit empty. Couldn’t do it.”

Friends for the Upper Sioux Agency State Park Learn about the beautiful prairie landscape of the Upper Sioux Agency State Park, and how to create a little bit of the prairie’s magic in your backyard to benefit pollinators, when the Friends for the Upper Sioux Agency State Park hosts its annual meeting. Everyone is welcome at the meeting to be held at 6:30 p.m.

According to a criminal complaint filed with the Eighth Judicial District Court, Christopher Lee, of Clarkfield, was arrested on April 15th on allegations of Second-Degree Assault as well as Reckless Discharge of a Firearm, and Domestic Assault. Lee was at the time of his arrest, the Upper Sioux Community Chief of Police.

Minnesota State Patrol Kulberg, Allesondra Joan, Montevideo; Offense date 2/15/22 Driving After Revocation (Misdemeanor); Plea 4/9/22 Guilty; Disposition 4/9/22 Convicted; Court Decision 4/9/22 Payable without appearance; $200 Fine. Heinen, Michael David, Saint Martin; Offense date 2/19/22 DWI – Operate Motor Veh.