Montevideo

MONTEVIDEO — A 37-year-old Milan man has died after a one-vehicle rollover crash late Tuesday morning. According to a report from the Minnesota State Patrol, Siprian Ysikar, 37, of Milan, was a passenger in the vehicle when it left the road and rolled over on Highway 59 north...

MONTEVIDEO — Persistent problems with water leaking into the south side of the Chippewa County-Montevideo Library building in downtown Montevideo will be corrected. Montevideo City Council members on Monday awarded a low bid of $21,599.50 to Peters Construction, of Montevideo,...

MONTEVIDEO — Andrew Dikken, 29, of Renville, will serve life in prison without the possibility of parole for the Sept. 2 fatal shootings of Kara Monson, 26, of Granite Falls, and Chris Panitzke, 28, of Redwood Falls. District Judge Thomas Van Hon sentenced Dikken after accepting...

MONTEVIDEO — Andrew Dikken, 29, of Renville pleaded guilty to premeditated first-degree murder in the death of Kara Monson and to first-degree murder while committing a burglary for the death of Chris Panitzke. Monson, 26, of Granite Falls, died Sept. 2, 2013, when she...

WILLMAR — The new Highway 7/59 bridge over the Chippewa River in Montevideo will be open for traffic this afternoon, weather permitting, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Willmar. The district office reports that the detour for motorists traveling on Highway...

OLIVIA — With seven of its nine roads crossing the Minnesota River closed, Renville County has taken the brunt of the problems associated with the heavy June rains. It will be days before all of the roads can reopen, but things are improving, according to Renville County Public...

MONTEVIDEO — The city of Montevideo is prepared to make possible one of the state’s first facilities to manufacture and distribute medical cannabis. City Manager Steve Jones said council members acted at their meeting Monday to support a proposal by a local businessman interested...

MONTEVIDEO — Now that it appears medical cannabis will be legalized in Minnesota, Montevideo is aiming to be among the first communities to host a manufacturing and distribution center. The Montevideo City Council will take up a resolution on Monday in support of the construction...

WILLMAR — Woodland Centers, a nonprofit mental health organization based in Willmar, has received a $1.7 million, five-year grant to increase children’s access to mental health services. The Minnesota Department of Health has announced a total of $45.4 million in grants to 36...

ST. PAUL — Friday was a good day for Jeremy Pauling and others who long have worked to make medical marijuana legal in Minnesota.

MINNEAPOLIS — A man arrested a year ago in west central Minnesota and accused of terrorism was sentenced Monday on weapons and explosives charges. Buford “Bucky” Rogers, of Montevideo, was sentenced in federal court to three years and four months for illegal possession of a...

MONTEVIDEO — A 26-year-old Willmar man is being held in the Chippewa County Jail in Montevideo after allegedly leading police on a chase that ended with a stolen vehicle in flames early Thursday morning. Daniel James Pelkey is charged with felony charges of fleeing a police officer...