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.
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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.
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.
MnDOT announces $20 million in Transportation Economic Development funding available statewide
Cities, counties, Tribes and other government entities in Minnesota are encouraged to apply for matching funds for local transportation infrastructure projects that support economic development, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced today.
Letter to the Editor
Thank you to Erik Osberg for meeting with voters in Montevideo last week. As a DFL candidate challenging Rep. Michelle Fischbach, Osberg’s positions were a welcome contrast — especially as the consequences of Rep. Fischbach’s “yes” vote on the so-called Big Beautiful Bill come into focus. That bill slashes Medicaid and SNAP funding — but conveniently, the worst of it doesn’t take effect until after the 2026 election. Imagine that!
Public input sought on reducing statewide walleye limit from six to four
Changes in lake habitat, ecology and conditions coupled with technological advances in fishing gear and methods are prompting the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to seek public input on a possible reduction in the statewide walleye possession limit from six to four fish.