Grand Meadow native hopes to bring a little light after a tragic week in small town

GRAND MEADOW, Minn. — About 200 more homes around Grand Meadow will sport purple lightbulbs in support of a grieving family this weekend. The Grand Meadow Fire Department and Mower County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a fire in Grand Meadow at a home at the corner of First Avenue Northeast and First Street on Sunday morning, where responders discovered four dead bodies. On Wednesday, the Mower County Sheriff's Office revealed that the three children — Calvin, Felix and Oliver Christenson — were killed by gunshots. Their father, Levi Christenson, died by suicide. "I knew the impact this would have," former resident Xander Stejskal said Friday, squinting toward the residential neighborhoods. "For a community this small, it rocks the town." Stejskal, 22, visits his hometown about once a week. When he began seeing posts about "Grand Meadow Strong" and lighting up the town with purple, he checked Amazon for colored light bulbs.

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