July 2025
Maynard hosts 4th of July celebration
The small town of Maynard put on a big display of fireworks on the 4th of July. The fireworks show was preceded earlier in the day by Maynard’s annual 4th of July parade.
More rain late week
For the most part we had a nice Independence Day weekend. We did see some heat and humidity on Friday that sparked some showers and thunderstorms. However, the rest of the long weekend was generally pleasant.
Local students earn academic honors Spring 2025
St. Cloud Technical & Community College congratulates the following students for their academic achievement Fall 2024. They have earned recognition on the President’s List for a grade point average of 4.0 or the Dean’s list for a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.99.
Ask a Trooper: Kids & Airbags…
Question: Can you write about airbags? I know you just wrote an article about it being best for kids to ride in the back seat. I know airbags are an issue for kids in the front seat so I thought this would be a good topic. Thank you.
Chippewa County Fair returns July 30th-August 3rd
The 2025 Chippewa County Fair is coming up on Wednesday, July 30th through Sunday, August 3rd! There will be 4-H animal shows and different 4-H activities happening all week long! We invite you to take part in the Little Farm Hands interactive ag activity, visit the barns, watch a show, have a meal at the 4-H Food Stand, and experience the fair! The 4-H Food Stand will be open Wednesday-Saturday from 11:00-9:00 and Sunday until 4:00.
Chippewa County Courts
Montevideo Police Department
From the Editor’s Desk
Now that my oldest child has resumed his military work after his couple of month leave in Minnesota, and has returned to New York, that of course, means my grandmother has resumed her cookie baking mission.
This Happened Here: A Saturday Night at Olof’s Place
It is a dark and stormy night: perfect weather for my current activity, which happens to be “sit in a potentially-haunted chapel with a group of 10, two professional ghost hunters, a historian, and an app that purports to translate spectral voices into audible speech.” Later, I will quietly complete a Duolingo lesson before midnight so as not to break my streak; a hard bench in a long-dead pastor’s home church will officially become the weirdest place I have ever learned Polish via an angry bird app.
Local students named to honors lists at Drake University
The following local students have been named to the Deans’ and President’s Lists at Drake University.
Beyond Reason: Gone Fishin’…
He began with frogging. Then jigging. By noon, he said, he’d be hula popping. I kept nodding, as though these were natural things for a man to say while I was drinking my first cup of coffee. Or ever.