Monticello News

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

Melissa Larson rests in a chair in a clinic near Big Lake where she underwent dialysis for kidney failure several times a week before she received the equipment that has allowed her to undergo the process at home.

Melissa Larson watched the rain outside a Harley-Davidson dealership in Elk River, where a silent auction and motorcycle ride were held in June to raise donations to pay her medical bills.

Melissa Larson tries to keep her spirits and her hopes up knowing that her search for a living kidney donor will be a hard one.

Nuclear power has serious problems that need to be dealt with before we should even think about building a new plant.

Wright County authorities are investigating an underground teenagers' fight club in Monticello that sent at least one fighter to the hospital a week ago.

Investigators in Monticello are doing their best to bust up a fight club between teenagers.

Mark and Sara Neill were deeply offended when a debt collector contacted them last fall over an unpaid $88 chiropractor's bill.

Sometimes I imagine hearing the sound of horses' hooves, the baaing of sheep and even the smell rising from a hog yard as I sit in the doorway of my garage.

A few notable Nelson Building projects: - Beacon Bank, Eden Prairie - Minnwest Bank, Champlin - O'Borsky Office Building, Buffalo - Taco John's, Monticello - Lakes State Bank, Pequot Lakes After seven years in business, Buffalo-based Nelson Building and Development has closed its doors.