Claremont News

Share + Nov 28, 2009 9:34 am US/Central MANTORVILLE, Minn. 1 of 2 On Monday, jury selection will begin in the murder trial of 22-year-old Danny Ortega Jr.

A pre-trial hearing was held Wednesday in Dodge County District Court for a man accused of slaying a Claremont man in February 2008.

Dodge County is gearing up for three murder trials in the next few months. Jury selection in the trial of Danny Ortega Jr., 22, of Claremont, is set to begin Monday in Dodge District Court in Mantorville.

A Claremont man asked for mercy before he was sentenced Wednesday in Dodge District Court, but he still got the full 11 years, two months in prison.

A Claremont, Minn., man was charged Friday in Mower County with drunk driving after police found his abandoned truck burning a day earlier.

Sonja SwensonA's Sticks & Stones shop on North Riverfront has grown from an antique store to a boutique that offers beads, clothing, jewelry and gifts.

Vickie Lynn Rand 1956 - 2009 CLAREMONT - Vickie Lynn Rand, 53, of Claremont, died Thursday, Nov.

The number of corn stalks still standing in the fields may have deer hunters grumbling, but it also has plenty of farmers worried what will become of this year's harvest.

All results are preliminary. Walter E. Laue 1934 - 2009 FARIBAULT - Walter E. Laue, 75, of Faribault, died Monday, Nov.

MANTORVILLE The premeditated first-degree murder trial of Danny Ortega Jr., 22, of Claremont is set to begin Nov.

Stewart W. Peterson, age 86 of Waseca died on Monday, October 19, 2009 at his residence in Waseca.

Nearly three months ago, the Claremont City Council took what probably has become an all-too-common step across much of Minnesota: It voted to terminate its contract with the Dodge County Sheriff's Department, which had been providing law enforcement patrol services for the small community between Dodge Center and Owatonna.

Is the air near your child's school toxic? According to a USA Today study published late last year, the answer could be yes, but now some say that report is flawed.

Before football practice on Friday, Triton seventh-grade students Alex Finne and Dakota Hester got a sneak peek at their new school.

Lindsay Mae Park and Michael David Johnson were united in marriage June 13, 2009, at Grace Baptist Church in Owatonna.

Lindsay Mae Park and Michael David Johnson were united in marriage June 13, 2009, at Grace Baptist Church in Owatonna.

A Janesville, Minn., ethanol plant is finally going to open with the backing of a group of nine investors, including the Al-Corn plant in Claremont.

A Minnesota State Patrol trooper had legal grounds to search the passenger in a car after smelling marijuana and finding a dollar bill that tested positive for cocaine, according to a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling issued last week.

A severe thunderstorm that passed through southeastern Minnesota Friday morning dropped both rain and hail, but little damage was reported to area law enforcement agencies.

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued severe thunderstorm warnings for Steele and Dodge counties until 10:45 a.m. At 9:51 a.m., radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing quarter-size hail located near Merton or about six miles southeast of Medford and moving southeast at 25 mph.