Four Horace residents purchase city's grain elevator property

HORACE, N.D. — A group of four Horace residents has purchased the town s grain elevators, but plans for the property are still in development. Jack Dwyer, Evan Ketterling, Austen Ellenson and Brock Wieber closed on the property on Thursday, Oct. 22. The four neighbors, as Horace Grain Exchange LLC, purchased the abandoned elevators and land from the Metro Flood Diversion Authority for $130,000. While exact plans are still up in the air, Dwyer said the group plans to take down the southern elevator to redevelop that part of the property, and will look into repurposing the northern one. I think we re going to investigate the feasibility of renovating the north one, and seeing if that can be done, Dwyer said. The Horace grain elevators are seen from behind on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, in Horace. Alyssa Goelzer / The Forum The Metro Flood Diversion Authority, which oversees parts of the $3.2 billion Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion project, purchased the proper