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National American Legion Commander visits with local Veterans, leaders
Last week, American Legion National Commander James A LaCoursiere Jr, of Connecticut visited Granite Falls, speaking at the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum about issues of importance to Minnesota Veterans to a crowd of local leaders and Veterans.
News from Countryside Public Health: Facts about well water, radon and mold…
The Environmental Health Team at Countryside Public Health is at work behind the scenes to help keep our communities safe and healthy! As Environmental Health Specialists, we are tasked with the regular inspections of restaurants, bars, pools, campgrounds, hotel/motels, and other facilities; to ensure the safety of the facility users. Our team also inspects special event food stands to promote food safety during community events. We are also serve as a resource for our communities on a variety of health topics such as; drinking water testing, radon, mold and many other concerns.
Chippewa County Courts
Montevideo Police Department
A fresh look & even fresher perks: Montevideo American News getting a glow-up
We are excited to announce that the print edition of Montevideo American News is getting a brand-new look and feel this April, thanks to the latest advancements in digital printing. This transformation means sharper images, richer colors, and an even better reading experience – all while maintaining the quality community journalism you rely on every day.
Southwest Minnesota culvert repair project gets underway this April
The Minnesota Department of Transportation announces that a culvert repair project in southwest Minnesota gets underway in early April. MnDOT will make repairs to more than 130 culverts on highways in Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Redwood, Renville, and Yellow Medicine counties.
MnDOT conducting aerial photography work in southwest Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Transportation will conduct aerial mapping in southwest Minnesota this spring. The mapping will create a record of existing infrastructure and landscape along, and adjacent to, MnDOT right of way for transportation planning and highway design. This work is conducted when there is no snow and before trees leaf out.
Local artists exhibit in New York City
Talon Wilson of Granite Falls and Gene & Lucy Tokheim of Dawson will have their work featured in a new exhibition which opens on April 5, 2025 at the Scandinavia House on Park Avenue in Manhattan, NYC.
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.
Dooley serves over 500 households in Chippewa County
Dooley Petroleum has been distributing a variety of fuels and lubricants to residential, commercial and agricultural sites across the Upper Midwest for more than 50 years. A family-owned company, it was started by Louis Dooley in Murdock, MN as Dooley Oil Company in 1956. In 1985, Louis sold the company to his sons, Randall and Tom and added propane to the list of fuels they distributed. Presently, son Randall is the CEO and expanding the company through Minnesota offering traditional fuels and developing sustainable ones. Founded as a family, Dooley’s continues to live by those values and has an ongoing commitment to ag families by providing them with a reliable supply at the lowest possible cost.
Strategic Farming: Let’s talk crops! session talks drones for field images, diagnosing problems and pesticide application
On March 19, Ryan Huffman, Iowa State University Digital Ag Innovation Lab senior research manager and Jorden Kuntz, founder of Biosphere Drone Solutions, joined UMN Extension crops educator Ryan Miller for a discussion about drones in row crop agriculture. This was the penultimate weekly episode of the 2025 Strategic Farming: Let’s talk crops! series of webinars.