September 2025

From the Editor’s Desk

There are certain phone calls that send a shockwave through your chest before the first sentence is even over. This weekend I got not one, but two of them, each from a different loved one. Both began with the exact same opening line “I crashed”.

CCM Health Brings a New Little Free Library to Montevideo

CCM Health is excited to announce the opening of a new Little Free Library at the main entrance of its Montevideo clinic. Starting Labor Day, community members and patients can enjoy free access to books for all ages, right outside the main clinic entrance.

Welcoming Week activity planned in Montevideo

Welcoming Week takes place internationally as an annual celebration to bring together neighbors of all backgrounds in rural communities with a goal of building strong connections, and highlight the importance of welcoming and inclusive places.

Celebrate Fall Art and Community at the 2025 Meander Upper Minnesota River Art Crawl

For more than two decades, the Meander Upper Minnesota River Art Crawl has been a fall tradition, drawing locals and visitors to the scenic Upper Minnesota River Valley. This year’s event, taking place October 3–5, invites guests to explore a three-day, self-guided tour through artist studios, farms, and charming main street buildings from Ortonville to Granite Falls. Recognized as a one-of-a-kind “hometown adventure,” the Meander features the work of 42 talented artists, with studios open Friday, October 3 from 12–6 p.m., Saturday, October 4 from 9 a.m.–6 p.m., and Sunday, October 5 from 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

Milan Community News

Help. Somebody trapped me in a refrigerator. At least that’s what I feel like. It’s too early for turning the furnace on in the house. I don’t own enough electric heaters to heat the entire house. I am mighty miserable. I go for a ride because I can turn on the heat and heated seat in the car. If this was late October, I would be reconciled to this weather, but not early September.

This Happened Here: On Keepers…

In an outbuilding on our farm that we’ve called the Spyhouse – from its window, with binoculars and a lack of haze, you can get a pretty good view of the grain mill in Cottonwood – there are many things.

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.