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BREAKING: Monticello Community Center Complex Closed after Vehicle Strike

The incident happened early Thursday morning.

February 16, 2023 By Mike Schoemer

A truck left the east parking area at the Monticello Community Center shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, striking the building at the east entrance and causing significant damage. […]

Tagged With: crash, Monticello, Monticello Community Center

Moorhead Teen Charged with Shooting Monticello Man Monday Night

Police found the victim lying on the road near the city's compost site suffering from several gunshot wounds.

January 17, 2023 By Mike Schoemer

A Moorhead teen is in Wright County custody after he allegedly assaulted a shot a Monticello man Monday, Jan. 16. According to a county report, at 8:31 p.m. Monday, Jan. […]

Tagged With: Monticello, park, shooting

Top Workplace Stellis Health Celebrates Year, Hiring in 2023

Local healthcare organization nearing 75 years in Wright County.

January 6, 2023 By Mike Schoemer

Stellis Health has been named one of the Top Workplaces in Minnesota by the Star Tribune. The Top Workplaces award recognizes the most progressive companies in Minnesota based on employee […]

Chalk ‘Talk’ Takes to Monticello Streets this Weekend

As we get one last gasp of Summer, Monticello will "art up" thanks to some amazing street art.

October 20, 2022 By Mike Schoemer

Courtesy City of Monticello  Featuring street art by professionals, local amateurs, and art enthusiasts from all over the world. The artists will be creating their masterpieces Saturday and Sunday (October […]

Tagged With: chalk, event, Monticello, weekend

Stellis Health Re-Opens Urgent Care Services in Monticello

After closing for more than a year due to COVID-19, the clinic is able to re-open urgent care services.

March 3, 2022 By Mike Schoemer

The Urgent Care at Stellis Health – Monticello Clinic will reopen on Saturday, March 5 after being closed for more than a year due to the pandemic and need to […]

Tagged With: COVID, Monticello, Stellis Health, Urgent Care

Power Outage in Monticello Shuts Down North Side

From Kwik Trip to CentraCare, hundreds of customers felt the impact along the river's edge.

February 24, 2022 By Mike Schoemer

Monticello residents near the Mississippi River were dealt a cold truth (pardon the pun) on Thursday, Feb. 24, when a power transformer exploded and cut energy flow to hundreds of […]

Tagged With: Monticello, power outage, transformer

Chase, Apparent Suicide Led to Traffic Jam on 94 Near Monticello

A suspect allegedly shot himself in his car after he attempted to shoot someone in St. Cloud and then led authorities on a high-speed chase.

December 15, 2021 By Mike Schoemer

A high-speed chase that originated in St. Cloud near University Avenue after an attempted shooting ended with the suspect allegedly shooting himself on eastbound Interstate 94 near Monticello on Monday, […]

Wright County Alerts Monticello Area to Sex Offender, Public Meeting Set

David John Kangas, a Level III offender, served 90 months for a 2012 assault of a teen.

September 29, 2021 By Mike Schoemer

Kangas

According to Minnesota Statute 244.052, the Wright County Sheriff’s Office is releasing information regarding David John Kangas Jr., a Level 3 registrant subject to public notification. Kangas will be moving […]

Tagged With: Kangas, sex offender, Silver Creek Township

Monticello Man Drowns on Wright County Lake

Chad Holland, who owned his own small business, went under while trying to save other swimmers. He never reemerged.

June 21, 2021 By Mike Schoemer

A small business owner from Monticello died last Sunday, June 13, when he entered the waters of Cedar Lake to assist some swimmers near his pontoon, went under, and never […]

Tagged With: Cedar Lake, Chad Holland, drowining, Monticello

Monticello Township Boy Dies in Thursday ATV Accident

Despite efforts, the boy suffered critical injuries and died at a local hospital.

June 11, 2021 By Mike Schoemer

The Wright County Sheriff’s Office reports Thursday that a 12-year-old boy was killed in an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) accident Thursday, June 10 in Monticello Township. His name has not been […]

Tagged With: accident, ATV, fatal, Monticello

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