(St. Paul, MN) A bill approved by the Minnesota Senate designates a U-S Highway 212 bridge over the Minnesota River as the “Mayor Dave Smiglewski Memorial Bridge. Senator Gary
Senators voted 64-0 for the bill naming the U.S. Highway 212 bridge in Granite Falls in his memory and applauded the late mayor's family and friends who witnessed the vote in St. Paul.
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Residents and visitors alike in New London, Granite Falls and Willmar bid farewell to influential leaders who dedicated significant portions of their lives to the benefit of the communities they called home.
From an injury-free train derailment in Raymond, to the loss of well-respected community members to the debate surrounding the Upper Sioux State Agency Park land transfer, communities in west central Minnesota experienced plenty of highs and lows throughout the past year.