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Senators visit Big Lake youth center to talk funding
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) was joined by state Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn) on a visit to the Wave Youth Center in Big Lake on Sunday, May 26 to meet with the organization’s leadership and discuss the major federal grant she secured for their expansion project. The project aims to build a new facility to meet the needs of youth in the community. The new facility will enable the center to expand programs, support services and mentoring. ...
Take a Kid Fishing Weekend runs Friday to Sunday
Fishing, one of Minnesota’s favorite pastimes, is just one way to enjoy Great Outdoors Month during June — and this weekend offers a prime opportunity to make it a family activity. Over Take a Kid Fishing Weekend from Friday, June 7 to Sunday, June 9, state residents can fish without licenses if they take children 15 or younger fishing. “Fishing is fun and it’s a great way to spend time...
Savvy Senior: Find reliable health info online
Dear Savvy Senior, How can I tell if the health info on a website is trustworthy? I usually do a Google search on a symptom, drug or health condition when I want to research something, but with so much information out there I’m not sure what I can trust. — Skeptical Sal Dear Sal, ...
Select Eyecare moves across street
MONTICELLO — Select Eyecare of Monticello has moved to a new location. The full-service eye care center was formerly located in the Towne Centre Plaza on Highway 25/Pine Street, near La Michoacana Delights. Select Eyecare has now moved across the street, where it’s located at 504 Pine St., between Papa Murphy’s and Hirschfields. For more information, visit the website at www.selecteyecare.com or call 763-295-4044.
Wright County Sheriff’s Office to host open house
BUFFALO — The Wright County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting its annual open house event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, June 7 at the Wright County Government campus at 3810 Braddock Ave. NE, Buffalo. Among the attractions will be K-9 demonstrations with two of Wright County’s K-9s, Chase and Grizz, games for kids, tours of the county jail, a helicopter, drone demonstrations, emergency vehicles and more. A free lunch with hot dogs and chips will be provided and there will also be food trucks on site.
Arrests and sentencings for June 6
Wright County Sheriff arrests: • Troy Thomas Forward, 36, of Osseo was arrested May 27 in Monticello on a charge of driving after license cancellation. • Corey Andrew Hatfield, 33, of Belvidere, Ill., was arrested May 27 in Monticello on a charge of fugitive from justice from another state. • Gage Christopher Robinson, 22, of...
Let’s Chalk parts ways with city, goes private
Monticello’s annual Let’s Chalk Festival, a unique event that lets artists turn city streets into works of art, is changing over from being run by the city into a privately operated endeavor. The City Council discussed the annual festival at its last two meetings, at the bequest of Mayor Lloyd Hilgart. Ultimately, the council decided to take Let’s Chalk off the city’s plate, and instead have it run under the...
NRC apologizes, changes stance on power plant's tritium leak
MONTICELLO — A representative of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has apologized for public reassurances from its staff that a major leak of radioactive tritium from Xcel Energy’s Monticello nuclear reactor had not reached the Mississippi River, a drinking water source for 20 million people including the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. In opening remarks during an NRC-sponsored public hearing at the Monticello Community Center on Wednesday, May 15, NRC Senior Environmental Project Manager Stephen S. Koenick reversed the NRC staff’s often-repeated assurances that leaked...
Student news
• Kaden Herbek of Monticello was named to the Spring 2024 Dean’s List at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth. • Payton Kolles of Monticello was named to the Spring 2024 Dean’s List at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth. • Kari Lindenfelser of Monticello was named to the Spring 2024 Dean’s List at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth. ...
Patrol: Monticello driver hurt after cement truck tips over
A driver from Monticello was injured Tuesday afternoon in Elk River when the cement truck he was operating tipped over while making a turn. Patrick Anthony Guzman, 46, of Monticello suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Guzman, who was behind the wheel of a 2001 International cement truck, was traveling westbound on U.S. Highway 10 in Elk River,...
Girl, 16, critical following Crow River near-drowning
HANOVER — A 16-year-old girl remains in critical condition following a near-drowning in the Crow River Sunday afternoon, according to the Wright County Sheriff’s Office. The girl was part of a family trio spending the afternoon on the river in Hanover, near Mill Pond Trail, with her and her mother on paddleboards and a 15-year-old boy in a kayak, according to the incident report. At approximately 1:11 p.m., Wright County...
At long last
Under first-year Head Coach Chad Hayda, the Monticello boys’ lacrosse team accomplished a long-awaited milestone for the first time when they won the conference title. With a 16-7 win over Chisago Lakes on Thursday, May 23, the Magic went handed the Wildcats their first conference loss of the season and undefeated in the Greater West Conference at 6-0. “Winning the conference is a great step in the right direction for this program. Another box that we had our sights on checking off this year,” said...
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