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BREAKING: Standoff in Monticello Closes Eastview Building

Wright County Sheriff's Office has been involved with an incident near the school much of the morning.

January 26, 2021 By Mike Schoemer

UPDATE 6:30 p.m. – the incident has been resolved and the man is in custody. He has not been identified by the Wright County Sheriff’s Office. UPDATE 11:30 a.m.: Here’s […]

Tagged With: Eastview, Monticello, standoff, Wright County

Wright County COVID Dashboard: Cases Continue to Trend Down

With a week of restaurants, gyms and even games under our belts, things are holding up well in Wright County.

January 22, 2021 By Mike Schoemer

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Info courtesy Wright County Communications Wright County Public Health released its weekly COVID-19 Dashboard Friday, Jan. 22 and numbers continue to improve from high marks around five weeks ago. The […]

Tagged With: COVID 19 rates, dashboard, Wright County

STMA Announces All Students Back to School by Mid-February

The School District is making a big shift, bringing back secondary students shortly after welcoming elementary kids in buildings.

January 15, 2021 By Mike Schoemer

Parents who have doubled as homeschool teachers can rejoice. St. Michael-Albertville School District is rolling students back into school buildings over the next five weeks. STMA Superintendent Ann-Marie Foucault emailed […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, learning models, return, school, students

Winter Storm Arrives Thursday, Lingers through Friday Night

Commuters can expect icy conditions Thursday morning, but it's the drive home Thursday night that could be rough.

January 14, 2021 By Mike Schoemer

After downright balmy temperatures that turned backyard ice rinks into mush, a winter storm will wallop Wright County Thursday through Friday, dropping rain, then several inches of snow through Friday […]

Tagged With: advisory, January, sports, winter storm

Coronavirus Variants Pop Up in Minnesota

Vaccines are effective against strain, state epidemiologists report.

January 12, 2021 By Mike Schoemer

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) today announced the new variant strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus first detected in the United Kingdom was identified by genomic sequencing in positive specimens […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, variant, virus

Restaurants Get Another Reprieve as Governor Turns MN Dial

Spectators will also be allowed at sporting events, including youth hockey.

January 6, 2021 By Mike Schoemer

While the United State Capitol descended into turmoil, the State of Minnesota seems to have emerged from its latest COVID-forced shutdown, as Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday, Jan. 6 that […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, dials, Restaurants, Walz

From the Editor: Two Decades of Service, One Great Guy

Former Chief Mills has been a class act, and a friend in the business.

January 4, 2021 By Mike Schoemer

To set the record straight – I knew Tate Mills before he really knew me. I was at his wedding. Friends of the bride. I remember that country wedding, and […]

Tagged With: Albertville Fire Department, Otsego, Tate Mills

Stellis Health Docs, Nurses Get First Round of Coronavirus Vaccine

The local frontline workers were among the first Minnesotans to receive the Pfizer vaccine.

December 30, 2020 By Mike Schoemer

Frontline workers at Stellis Health are now getting the vaccine protection they need against COVID-19. Vaccinations started at the clinics – located in Albertville, Monticello and Buffalo, earlier this month. […]

Tagged With: COVID, Stellis Health, vaccine

Stellis’ Hanson Named Top Health Care Leader

Monticello's Douglas Hanson recognized for leadership, innovation.

December 29, 2020 By Mike Schoemer

Douglas Hanson, CEO of Stellis Health, has been named one of 100 Most Influential Health Care Leaders in 2020 by Minnesota Physician. Deemed by their peers to be highly influential in […]

Tagged With: Douglas Hanson, Stellis Health, Top 100

Major Winter Storm Taking Aim at Wright County, Twin Cities

More than 6 inches of snow, blizzard conditions forecast for area Wednesday, just in time for White Christmas.

December 23, 2020 By Mike Schoemer

Map of snowfall

Remember all of those concerns about a “brown” Christmas? They’re about to get blown away. Quite literally. The National Weather Service in Chanhassen has issued a Blizzard Warning for the […]

Tagged With: 2020, blizzard, Christmas, winter storm

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