Monticello News

A push to scrap a Minnesota law barring new nuclear power plants gained a pair of influential supporters today, adding intensity to a debate before a state Legislature that has narrowly resisted the change.

MONTICELLO - An orthopedic surgeon will talk about hip replacement surgery from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Thursday at The Court on the campus of St.

Public health officials are asking smokers to put out their butts today, as part of the Great American Smokeout.

The recent unseasonable warmth not withstanding, it's Winter Hazard Awareness week in Minnesota.

Since leaving the Air Force five years ago, I've been proud to be a veteran, but in past years never really paid attention to the sentiments that people express on Veterans Day.

Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. Republican state Sen.

Monica Say of Monticello was stopped with her boys ages 2 and 4 in the back seat and a .21 blood-alcohol level, police say.

With an uncapped bottle of rum in the diaper bag and her two little ones in the car with her, a drunken driver led police on a 4-mile-plus chase through traffic in western Hennepin County before she pulled over and was arrested, authorities said this afternoon.

How many times do the people have to be proven right before their political leaders listen to them? The recent cancellation of Big Stone II by its investors brings that question to mind.

Over the past few years, there have been numerous lawsuits by telcos against various municipalities that have decided to launch municipal fiber broadband projects.

Regional telco TDS Telecommunications last week issued a press release announcing a major milestone for the company: 50Mbps service over fiber optic cable to residents of Monticello, Minnesota.

I was reading this article on Ars Technica about the town of Monticello, MN, who had tried to build its own 50Mbs fibre network after TDS had done nothing.

It's an old story: Country kid comes to the big city to make a fortune. It played out in the Minnesota banking market in the last decade, as several rural community banks opened branches in the Twin Cities area, hoping to tap into a booming market, according to analysts.

Minnesota continues to punch above its weight in generating electricity from the wind.

Regional telco TDS Telecommunications last week issued a press release announcing a major milestone for the company: 50Mbps service over fiber optic cable to residents of Monticello, Minnesota.

Jim Lutz of Superior, CO and Patti Lutz, St. Cloud, MN, and Dave and Cindy Howe, Monticello, MN announce the marriage of their children, Kelsey and Michael on Saturday August 29, 2009.

Snow made its first appearance this morning in St. Cloud, about a month ahead of schedule and soon enough to make Oct.

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MONTICELLO - A session on health care directives will be offered from 2-3 p.m. Oct.

Melissa Larson sat outside a Minneapolis coffee shop staring at the brochure her doctor had just handed her.