February 2025

Montevideo swim team hosts swim-a-thon

Last week, the Montevideo Boys Varsity Swim and Dive team hosted a fundraising swim-a-thon, bringing in over $4,300 in donations. The funds will be used to help pay for kickboards, fins, pull-buoys, caps, suits and other team expenses. Each swimmer pledged to swim for one hour with a maximum of 80 laps or 400 yards. Those donating could choose to pledge the boys per lap or with a standard donation.

Montevideo Police Reports

*Editors note: Due to space issues all traffic stops of a regular nature, medical assists and assists with transporting inmates have been excluded from this report.

Guess Who?

Each week, the Montevideo American News will share a photograph from our archives for you to “guess who”. To submit your guesses, send us a message by email to jstolen-jacobson@cherryroad.com or message our Facebook page. We will publish the answers the next week.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday February 18th: Meet and greet with the Chippewa County Commissioners and farmers at Talking Waters starting at 1:00 pm. Friday, February 21st: Minnesota Valley… Login to continue reading Login…

From the Editor’s Desk

I recently wrote about my cursed attempts at booking stays while traveling. I’d had a snafu with my most recent attempt, accidentally initially booking a cabin an hour away from where I was supposed to be, as it had the same name as a location in the town I was supposed to stay.

Council tables moving ahead on solar panels grant application

At Monday evening’s meeting of the Montevideo City Council, Marvin Garbe was in attendance to provide the council with an update on the Montevideo Veterans Home. “Seventeen years ago this February 26th was the first time we went down to the capital and testified for the Veterans home,” said Garbe. “There were 17 that went down. Ten have died since then. So it took us twelve years to get state approval, two years to get federal approval and two years to get it constructed.”

Montevideo Police Reports

*Editors note: Due to space issues all traffic stops of a regular nature, medical assists and assists with transporting inmates have been excluded from this report.