The Monticello Times

07/25/2025

🎡 From blue ribbons to big smiles — check out all the fun from the Sherburne County Fair! 📸🐖🍿
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Check out photos from the 2025 Sherburne County Fair, which ran from July 17 to 20 in Elk River.

07/25/2025

👒🧈 Step back in time at Family Pioneer Day — tomorrow at the Sherburne History Center! 🕰️

🗓️ Saturday, July 26 | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
📍 Becker, MN
🎟️ Free & fun for the whole family!

Try your hand at butter-churning, candle-dipping, wool-spinning, laundry (the old-fashioned way!) and more. Snap a photo in historic clothes, play pioneer games, and complete all the adventure stations to win a prize! 🎁

👇 More info & registration:

BECKER — Locals are invited to step back in history during Family Pioneer Day at the Sherburne History Center this month.

07/24/2025

🌈 Pride is back in Monti! 🌈
Get ready for a day full of color, connection and community at the Wright Sherburne Pride Festival this Saturday at Ellison Park. From art and music to food trucks, local vendors and family fun — there's something for everyone! 🏳️‍🌈🎶🎨

👉 More on what to expect: ⬇️

MONTICELLO — The third annual Wright Sherburne Pride Festival is set to bring a colorful celebration of inclusion, art and community to Ellison Park this weekend.

07/24/2025

Heads up, Monticello! 🚧 Broadway Street will be closed just east of Fenning Avenue on Thursday, July 24 from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This closure is needed while the contractor works on the bridge over Broadway as part of the I-94 lane expansion.
I-94 Gap Project Information: www.dot.state.mn.us/d3/projects/i94gap/

07/24/2025

🎉💾 FLASHBACK FUN! 💾🎉

From big hair to neon leg warmers and major Pac-Man vibes, this year’s Totally ’80s Riverfest Parade was like, totally tubular! 🕹️

📣 Fan favorites have been crowned:
🏆 Monti Python Robotics
💎 Loch Jewelers
🌸 Queen Bee’s Gardens and Floral

See all the fan favorites from the parade ⬇️

MONTICELLO — From neon leg warmers to cassette tapes and retro robots, this year’s Riverfest Parade brought a full dose of ’80s nostalgia — and now, fan favorites have been

07/23/2025

🎉🎈Marching bands, candy showers, and fan-favorite floats — relive all the Riverfest Parade magic in our photo gallery! ⬇️

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07/22/2025

🚨 NEWS UPDATE 🚨
A 6-month-old baby who died Friday in Big Lake succumbed to bacterial meningitis, according to preliminary autopsy results shared Monday by the Big Lake Police Department. 💔

BIG LAKE — A 6-month-old boy who died during a medical emergency Friday morning in Big Lake succumbed to bacterial meningitis, according to preliminary autopsy results released Monday by the

07/22/2025

🎨🌭 We know Riverfest is over... but we’re still reliving the fun!

Take a look back at Art in the Park and Taste of Monticello, where creativity met community and local flavors stole the show.

📸 Check out the full photo gallery ⬇️

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07/21/2025

We’re saddened to share that longtime State Sen. Bruce Anderson, R-Buffalo, has passed away at the age of 75.

Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and all those he served so faithfully. 💙

BUFFALO — Longtime Republican state Sen. Bruce Anderson, R-29th District, has died at the age of 75, Minnesota Senate leaders confirmed today.

07/21/2025

From whipped cream-covered faces to fierce (and funny) competition, check out the best moments from the Riverfest Monticello pie-eating contest!

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07/21/2025

🚨 Gunfire Strikes Vehicle in Otsego 🚨
Authorities are investigating after a vehicle was struck by gunfire on in Otsego late Thursday night. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.

The Wright County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred late Thursday night on Highway 101 in Otsego.

07/20/2025

🚨🔥 Heroic Rescue 🔥🚨
A Big Lake police officer is being hailed as a hero after pulling a local teenage driver from a burning SUV — just moments before the vehicle was fully engulfed in flames.

BIG LAKE — A Big Lake police officer is being hailed as a hero after rescuing a teenage driver from a burning SUV moments before it was fully engulfed in