Montgomery News

A former employee of the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison for helping a Minneapolis woman launder the proceeds of an investment fraud scheme that cost investors about $10 million.

Montgomery-Lonsdale School District voters approved a $29.7 million school renovation and construction referendum Tuesday.

Whether or not Minnesota ever adds another passenger train service, the state is facing a steep price in coming years for upgrading its rail system.

Three sisters sit in their mother's kitchen, talking around a folded American flag.

I remember playing with my mothera s and grandmothera s tins of buttons cut from old clothing for re-use. When my mother sewed new clothes and knitted sweaters, it was my job to find the right number and color of matching buttons by making piles on the bed.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is on course to tick all but one of the Gulf Coast states off his travel list between this Friday and next April.Pawlenty traveled to the seaside Florida city of Naples for a speech Friday.

Longtime Montgomery Mayor Mick McGuire is looking to follow in his father's footsteps and win a spot in the Minnesota House of Representatives.

Six imams taken off from a 2006 US Airways flight after passengers reported what they considered suspicious behavior have settled their discrimination lawsuit, saying they considered it acknowledgment that their removal was a mistake.

Robert "Pops" Montgomery said he refuses to "pass away from the Earth" until he can play his horn.

Walk into the oldest parts of Montgomery-Lonsdale High School, and the woes of an aging building are clear.

Under the direction of 'POPS' Montgomery, the Senior Jazz Band of Minnesota has been active in the West Saint Paul community and the greater Twin Cities communities since March of 2008.

Howard F. Almich, age 79, of Le Sueur, died at his home in rural Le Sueur on Thursday, Sept.

But for many of us growing in the 1960s or - 70s - " there is an immediate answer - " "Those are Peter Paul and Mary songs!" And Mary Travers, whose remarkable voice and presence complimented Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey, died last week.

Minneapolis policeman Jason Andersen had become "a high-profile officer" and was singled out for firing even though other officers had been accused - and even convicted - of worse violations than the domestic assault charge he once faced, an attorney for the Minneapolis Police Federation said Thursday.

A series of fundraisers has generated about $45,000 for residents made homeless following a February apartment building fire in Montgomery.

Bonnie Raitt opened the Minnesota State Fair's Grandstand series Thursday night with the help of an old friend, 67-year-old blues icon Taj Mahal.

The City of St. Peter has named a new chamber president and C.E.O.Daniel Kuchinka succeeds 12 year president Larry Haugen who passed away unexpectedly last March.The Montgomery Minnesota native has several years of chamber experience... serving previously in Jacksonville, FL and Sheridan, Wyoming.Most recently teaching communications at MSU ...

Before anyone even suggests the word sacrilegious as a reaction to the headline on this column; I can counter with another word - Litomysl.

Before anyone even suggests the word sacrilegious as a reaction to the headline on this column; I can counter with another word - Litomysl.

The Merlin Players will present R.N. Sandberg's stage adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery's popular 1908 book "Anne of Green Gables" at 7:30 p.m. on Aug.