By Jill Fennema – Pipestone County has awarded $256,250 in COVID relief grants. This is the second round of grants that the county has given out, with this round being geared towards those businesses that were closed by the governor’s

By Jill Fennema – Last week Tuesday, the Pipestone County Board of Commissioners approved a grant application whereby the county can give grants to small businesses in Pipestone County. The State of Minnesota has appropriated $256,250 to Pipestone County from

Pictured: Dallas Roskamp is sworn in by Judge Terry Vajgrt at the Pipestone County Board meeting last week Tuesday. By Jill Fennema Last week Tuesday, Pipestone County held their organizational meeting for 2021. The very first item on the agenda

By Jill Fennema – At last week’s county board meeting, County Administrator Steve Ewing reported that the City of Pipestone had voted on whether to cost share with the county on the engineering study for the Pipestone County Judicial Ditch. 

By Jill Fennema – At last week’s Pipestone County board meeting, Cathy Feste, the HR coordinator, talked with the board about a software program called Neogov. This program would allow county job applicants to apply for jobs online rather than

Number of Positive Cases Climb Higher Pictured: PCMC held drive-up COVID-19 testing on Monday at the Pipestone County Fairgrounds. There was already a line of cars forming before the 9 a.m. opening. People first registered at a trailer and then

By Jill Fennema – At the Pipestone County board meeting on Tuesday, May 26, the board approved a COVID-19 preparedness plan. It outlines plans for the county to deal with the effects of the coronavirus. The county offices remain closed

By Jill Fennema – Elections in Minnesota will proceed normally this year. Having all voting completed by mail was considered as an option this year, but the state decided not to do that. County Auditor Tyler Reisch reported that in