Wheat harvest just days away The 2012 wheat crop in Ottawa County is already showing signs that normally do not appear until mid June- heads turning for harvest. Talk to just about any farmer and they will tell you they have never seen a wheat crop maturing this early… Kansas Power Pool presents grant for building renovation Carl Myers, a representative of the Kansas Power Pool (KPP), attended the May 8 meeting of the Minneapolis City Council to update the council on the current status of the KPP and to present a grant that City Administrator Barry Hodges had applied for earlier in the year. Myers said the KPP board approved a budget that provided economic development grants to help create or maintain jobs, and Hodges' application was approved to receive a $1,000 grant to help rebuild the back wall of the building… Bennington to host PRCA rodeo Professional rodeo, musical entertainment, great barbeque and award winning specialty acts all come together during the 37th anniversary of the Bennington PRCA Rodeo on May 31, June 1 and 2. Jim Crowther of the New Frontier Rodeo Company will again provide the rodeo livestock… Local event planned in celebration of EMS week Everyone is invited to a safety awareness day being held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, at the Minneapolis Fire Station. The event is held in conjunction with EMS Week which is May 21-26… Tescott and Bennington high schools held commencement exercises this past Sunday. Copyright and Terms of Use:  ©2012 The Minneapolis Messenger.  All rights reserved.  This site includes materials in many formats, including images, illustrations and text. All of this information is protected by copyrights that are owned by The Minneapolis Messenger.  You may not copy, download, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way materials from this site.  You also may not modify the materials or use the materials for any purpose other than your own personal, non-commercial, home use.  Modifying or using the material in any other way is a violation of the copyrights and other intellectual property rights of the material owner.  You also are prohibited from using the material on any other web site or networked computer environment. Click here Click here (read full stories in the Messenger)