County Road 15 priority for summer projects

Highway, bridges to see repairs

COUNTY – Sharon Lipsh of the Walsh County Highway Department gave the county commissioners her 2014 annual report on Monday at the Walsh County Commission meeting at the courthouse in Grafton. Lipsh reported that over the next biennium funds available from SB2013 and HB1176 will equal $9,064,970 but state restrictions will limit the types of projects that can be proposed. […]

City purchases truck

SummerFest sports three dances

GRAFTON – The Grafton Public Utilities Committee (PUC) met following the WMC meeting on Monday at the Grafton city hall. In attendance were Chris Lipsh, Shane Mohn, Connie Johnson, Chris West, Nick Ziegelmann, Brian Sieben and Len Wysocki. A motion was made to approve financial and department reports from the April meeting. Police chief Tony Dumas reported that officer Ryan […]

SPRING DAY STROLLIN’



Kim Heck, back, from Kim’s Daycare, has her hands full last Thursday in Grafton as she takes her daycare kids for a walk around Leistikow Park. Riding in front, from left, are Christian Holt and Brynnlie Mattson. Row two: Asher Smallbeck, Mahleah Heck, Lydia Smallbeck, Elsie Jelinek and Kyza Heck. Bundled up in the back with Heck is Gabriel Smallbeck.

Fire department to make building repairs

City auction item list available at city

GRAFTON – The Ways and Means Committee ( WMC) met Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the city hall council chambers for their regular monthly meeting. In attendance were Chris West, Greg Young, Connie Johnson, Nick Ziegelmann, Mary Stark, Dave Fellman and Don Hutson. In new business the committee approved the list of abandoned and obsolete items. This year’s list consists […]

Cabins soon available for rent

City pool will save money with new chlorinator

GRAFTON – Grafton Parks and Recreation (GPR) held a Building Committee meeting on Thursday, April 30 at city hall. In attendance were Brad Burianek, Cory Burns, Todd Storey, Scott Hills and Kerry DeMars. Staff members included Bill Dahl and Kristy Jelinek. Dahl informed the committee that a new chlorinator for the swimming pool could drastically reduce operating costs. The new […]

Chamber elects two new members

Accepts resignation of past president Mark Wagner

The Grafton Area Chamber Board of Directors recently re-organized for 2015 and accepted a pair of new members on the heels of the resignation of two longtime board members and past president Mark Wagner. The chamber directors accepted the resignations of Mary English and Rob Gellner, which opened up two positions on the board. After soliciting nominations from its members, […]

This is how we do it



John Morgan, front center, president of Morgan Printing, gives a tour of the press room to a group of people that attended the company’s 125th anniversary at The Walsh County Record’s open house last Thursday in Grafton.

Q & A with Chief Dumas



Graf ton pol ice chief Anthony Dumas answers citizen’s questions on a variety of issues within the city limits. Q – Why aren’t city ordinances and zoning laws enforced in regard to junk vehicles in front or back yards? A – We enforce the Grafton Municipal Ordinance for junk and or abandoned vehicles on private property. We try to do […]

Two new donors in Grafton



A total of 47 people volunteered to donate blood, and 43 were able to give during Grafton’s April 14th blood drive. Ten people gave blood on the automated 2RBC machine which collects two units of red blood cells during the donation, so a total of 52 products were collected. Every community and everyone within each community has a stake in […]

County Court Report



FEBRUARY 2015 DISPOSITIONS Justin Forest Loterbaugh, Grafton, interference with telephone during emergency call. Defendant shall pay $735 in fees. Defendant shall have no contact with victim, pay all fines and fees as ordered, set up payment schedule, 18 months unsupervised probation, violate no criminal laws and 180 days in Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation with 45 first serve days and […]