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Rongstad sentenced to 21 months in prison
Last Thursday, Joseph Rongstad, of Watson, was sentenced after an incident that took place in January of 2024 that resulted in a police standoff at his home.The incident began when Rongstad made online threats against students at the University of Minnesota.
Fundraiser held for Diversity-USA
Last Wednesday evening, Talking Waters Brewing Co.
Hermanson reunion held
The remaining family of Selmer and Helen Hermanson of Milan, held a family get together in Sartell at Sonja Norman’s apartment building on Saturday, August 3, 2024, to celebrate Kermit’s 95th birthday.
Volleyball team completes service project
Over the weekend, the Montevideo Volleyball team visited the Lee-Mar Ranch Equine Center to complete a service project.
Election filings update
In last week’s edition, the Montevideo-American News published the candidate filings from the Secretary of State website as of print time early Wednesday morning, the day after the deadline.Since then, candidate filings have been updated on the website to include a few more candidates.
Ask a Trooper: Freeway ramp meters…
Question: Hello, we took a trip to the cities this summer.
2024 Chippewa County Fair 4-H Results announced
Congratulations to all 4-H members that participated in the Chippewa County Fair to make it a successful event.
DNR celebrates building’s 90th anniversary and Smokey’s 80th birthday at State Fair exhibit
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ building and surrounding grounds at the Minnesota State Fair (which runs from Aug.
18 new DNR conservation officers graduate from Academy, begin field training
Eighteen people who’ve trained since late April to become Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers took a step closer to achieving their goal earlier this week when they graduated from the 23rd CO Academy.
Prairie Five Meals takes part in new pilot program
Prairie Five Meals Program recently announced that it will be taking part in a pilot program introduced by the State of Minnesota through the Office of Economic Opportunity that will be providing three meals per person per family twice a month.