April 2024

Volunteer water monitors needed in Granite Falls, Montevideo area

As spring arrives in Minnesota, it’s time for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to kick off its popular program that relies on Minnesotans to monitor our 12,000+ lakes and 92,000+ miles of streams: the Volunteer Water Monitoring Program.

Grey inducted into MnIAAA Hall of Fame

Former Montevideo Public Schools Activity Director Bob Grey was inducted into the Minnesota Interscholastic Activities Administrator Association’s (MnIAAA) Hall of Fame last week.

UMVRDC works in push for more local foods access

Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission’s Community Development Senior Planner Kristi Fernholz recently spoke at the Land Stewardship Project’s Regional Foods Forum held in Montevideo.

Guess Who?

Each week, the Montevideo American News will share a photograph from our archives for you to “guess who”.

City applies for grant for housing rehabilitation

At Monday evening’s regular meeting of the Montevideo City Council, one of the topics of discussion was the Small Cities Grant application for the rehabilitation program.Denise Robertson of the RDC in Appleton was in attendance to answer questions, as there was some discrepancy with the resolution passing guidelines discussed at the last City Council’s meeting.