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Chippewa County museum announces season closing dates
The last day to visit the Swensson Farm Museum for the season will be Sunday. Visitors can view the farm site, including the house and barn, between the hours of 1-5 p.m. on this date. The Swensson Farm Museum is located 6 miles east of Montevideo or 11 miles east of Clara City on Highway 7, 5 miles south on County Road 6, and 1/8 mile east on County Road 15 or 4 miles north of Granite Falls on county road 5 and then 2-3/4 miles west on County Road 15. Regular admission rates will apply. Private tours will continue to be available through the end of September. Mark your calendar for the Horse Power Event to be held at the Farm on Saturday, Sept. 8.
Hours for Historic Chippewa City will change beginning Tuesday. New hours will be Monday- Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., with the site being closed on weekends. Historic Chippewa City will officially close for the season on Friday, Sept. 28. Historic Chippewa City is located at the intersections of Highways 7 and 59 in Montevideo.
The Lac qui Parle Mission last open day will be Monday, Sept. 30. The Mission is located at the junction of Chippewa County Hwy. 13 and County Road 32, north and west of Watson.
For more information, contact the Chippewa County Historical Society at 320-269-7636 or email us at chippewahistory@outlook.com. People may also visit www.chippewacohistory.org.
EPA, US Steel reach agreement on Duluth cleanup
DULUTH (AP) -- A $75 million cleanup project at U.S. Steel Corporation's former Duluth site on the St. Louis River will begin next year.
The Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Steel announced Wednesday that they have reached an agreement on cleaning up and restoring the Spirit Lake site.
KBJR-TV said U.S. Steel plans to pay for 55 percent of the cost with the EPA picking up the rest. The project includes dredging 700,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment and building three on-site contained disposal facilities.
The cleanup is part of a larger effort to restore the St. Louis River Area of Concern within the Great Lakes Basin.
Man sentenced to 4 years in prison for killing his brother
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A 26-year-old Twin Cities man has been sentenced to four years in prison for fatally stabbing his brother.
Hennepin County authorities said Garrett Ittel killed his 27-year-old brother, Jamison, at a Plymouth apartment complex in January after an argument about rent money.
Garrett Ittel pleaded guilty in July to second-degree manslaughter.
The complaint said police responding to a call found Garrett Ittel outside on the steps of the complex, standing over the body of his brother who was covered with a blanket. Authorities say the older brother was fatally stabbed in the heart.
Ittel told police the brothers had been drinking when they began arguing about rent money Ittel owed his brother.