In 1905, the First State Bank of Mantorville opened and was in the stone building along Main Street. It closed for good in 1932 when the stock market crashed, depression occurred, and many banks across the country failed. In 1977, Citizens State Bank and Marquette Bank of Rochester opened their branches in Mantorville. In 1980, Citizens Bank bought out Marquette Bank and took over their building, and they moved from a trailer house.

As many readers of the paper know, I am not from Minnesota, and instead from Rhode Island, a state that takes the same time to go from one end of it to the other as it does from Rochester to Owatonna.
Combined with the fact that the state has approximately one million people in it, there were often times where people would say “what a small state” after running into a mutual acquaintance of somebody totally by accident.

One of the things I have enjoyed most about my 18-year tenure as president and CEO of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) is visiting with entrepreneurs when I travel across our region. At SMIF we support talented entrepreneurs with early-stage investments, loans, technical assistance, mentoring, networks, events and more.

A lot of people are celebrating the Trump Putin sledge hammer and MuskOx chainsaw that are doing their best to play whack-a-mole with our economy, our government services, our humanity, our foreign relations, our health, and any regulation that is perceived to stand in the way of big business.

BAPTIST
Anchor of Hope Church203 E. Main St., Dodge CenterA Seventh Day BaptistCongregationanchorofhopesdb.com10 a.m. Saturday,Worship Service11:30 a.m. Sabbath Schooldodgecentersdb.org• 374-6755
First Baptist Church304 4th St. NW, Kasson, MN 55944Sunday, March 309:30 a.m. Sunday School10:30 a.m. Morning Worship ServiceWednesday,  April 26:30–8 p.m. Youth Group (Gr. 7–12)Pastor John Todor• 507-634-7888kassonbaptist.org

In November, the state was projected to face a 5.1-billion-dollar deficit for FY 28-29. The new budget forecast was released on March 6th. The surplus for the next biennium has gone down. The new projected deficit for the second biennium has now increased to almost 6 million as shown in the picture below that was shared to us from the state.

1.     Morgan Marie McDougall – FTA-arraignment - $500 bail
2.     Cesar Raymundo Vie Millan – contempt of court - $3,000 bail
3.     Kamal Ali Mohamed – probation violation – body only
4.     Karen Naloni Monson – FTA-arraignment – sign and release
5.     Abel Sanchez Montalvo – FTA-pre-trial – body only
6.     Johnny Lee Murff – FTA-arraignment – body only

Question: I have a new driver in the house. We were having some discussion on where a person needs to stop when coming to a stop sign and other situations. Can you please write about that? Thanks!
Answer: Congratulation on the new driver. Here is what a person needs to know when it comes to stopping your vehicle.
Stop Signs:
Come to a complete stop at stop signs.