Halstad, MN

Halstad is a city in Norman County, Minnesota, United States. The 2020 census counted 564 residents. The city is known for its production of sugar beets, and has a statue of a sugar beet, known as the world's largest sugar beet, to commemorate this status. Halstad came into being on Sept. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Halstad, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Halstad, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. The Highway 200 bridge that crosses the Red River was replaced in the late 1990s, after constant flooding found it under water and impassable. Directly across the Red River on the north side of Highway 200, a small pond called Grandin Lake has provided the only close example of a freshwater ecosystem that is not a river.