West Concord News

WEST CONCORD -- Ruth Mildred Miller, 88, of Edina, Minn., died Saturday, June 20, 2009, at Fairview-Southdale Hospital.

Mike and Joni Walerak of Zumbrota, a daughter. Ana Sujey Pulido Garcia and Edgar Humberto Felix Perez of West Concord, a son.

For the past few weeks, when the phone rang at Boe Chrysler Center in West Concord, Signora Boe has at times experienced a strange reluctance to answer it.

Bill Jackson remembers riding his bike in the early 1960s on the road adjacent to his family's farm in Lakeville that was about to become I-35. Come the end of July, he'll head south on 35, saying goodbye to the only home he's ever had.

When the final bell rings signifying the end of the school year, three southeastern Minnesota schools will be closing their doors for good.

The state fire marshal is investigating the cause of a fire that heavily damaged a house Thursday afternoon.

A family is without a home tonight after a fire destroyed their house in West Concord this afternoon.

Paul Maday got the good news Thursday. Maday Motors in New Ulm will be a part of the new Chrysler Corporation.

Chrysler LLC wants to eliminate 789 of its U.S. 3,200 dealerships, saying in a bankruptcy court filing Thursday that the network is antiquated and has too many stores competing with each other.

Stock car racing has been given the green flag once again at Dodge County Speedway, and its first lap of the 2009 season was a good one.

A structure fire in rural Mantorville this morning has been called suspicious by fire officials.

The burgers at West Concord's long-time walk-up restaurant Ginny's Drive-In are no longer being pattied by Ginny .

Just hop on a 2,000-pound angry bull and ride for eight seconds. Sounds easy right? Well area fans of bull riding with have the opportunity to witness riders risk life and limb during a two-day event being held in Rochester on Friday and Saturday.

Willie Bartlett is no longer surprised anymore at being treated as a medical marvel.

The verdict is in for a Minnesota police chief. The jury found former West Concord Police Chief Robert Utech guilty.

A Dodge County jury on Thursday found the former police chief of West Concord guilty of three felonies and one gross misdemeanor in relation to a 2007 investigation.

The owner of a construction firm faces criminal charges alleging insurance fraud in reporting a theft of tools from an Oronoco construction site last fall.

This Friday, Steele County residents are invited to kick up their heels in honor of five-year-old Jackie Bergeron.

Are you and your Valentine keeping the spark alive? For Valentines Day, we talked to five local couples, of various ages and years together, about how they met and fell in love.

Any way you slice it, Bongards' Creamery has come a long way since its debut a century ago.