Area Church Schedules

Assembly of God, ClarkfieldSUNDAY: Sunday School 9 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.; Evening 7 p.m.Wednesday: Teens 5 p.m.; Young Explorers 6:30 p.m.Augustana Lutheran Church, ClarkfieldSunday Worship 10 a.m.Bergen Lutheran Church, Granite FallsSunday Worship 11 am.

Montevideo girls play busy week

Last week the Montevideo Varsity Girls Basketball team took on Morris/Chokio-Alberta at home for a 39-46 loss.

Guess Who?

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

Team UNITED defeats Paynesville

From Staff ReportsLast week, the Dawson-Boyd/Lac qui Parle/Montevideo wrestling team, Team UNITED traveled to Grove City for the ACGC Quad.

Weber resigns as High School Principal at the end of the year

At a recent special meeting of the Montevideo School Board, topics of discussion included staffing, as not only is the district in need of searching for a new Superintendent after current Superintendent Wade McKittrick announced his resignation at the end of this school year, but High School Principal Chris Weber also turned in a resignation for the end of the year.

State files for maximum sentence in police stand-off case

On February 7th, prosecutors filed documents to seek an aggravated sentence for Joseph Rongstad, of Watson, after charges of two counts of felony threats of violence and a count of ineligible possession of ammunition from an incident that occurred at Rongstad’s home on January 11th of this year.The incident began on January 10th as Rongstad began posting multiple threatening messages to a Facebook business account owned by him.

WRAP hosts informational meeting for area agency representatives

Women’s Rural Advocacy Program (WRAP), established in 1994 received its 501c3 designation in 1997 to serve victims of domestic violence who live in and around Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood and Yellow Medicine County.Over the last few years, the organization has also added the designation of human trafficking and exploitation, and most recently, sexual assault.