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    September 21, 2018
    Olga Nichols (left) and Jess Gorman (right) made it their project to paint the Yellowstone Trail marker on the former railroad depot in Watson, Minn., earlier this month. (submitted photo)
    Minnesota artists bringing back Yellowstone Trail markers
    WATSON, Minn.—A century before MapQuest or Google Maps were invented, motorists using one of the country's first coast-to-coast highways...
    entertainment/artSeptember 21, 2018 - 9:01pm
    September 3, 2018
    Ed Lipinski turned his hobby and passion for old cars and pickup trucks into a business, opening E-Z Chassis Swaps to sell kits he designed making it possible to mount older model pickup trucks on the chassis of Chevrolet S10 pickups. Tom Cherveny /Forum News Service
    E-Z Chassis gives new life to pickups: Not to mention its small town Minnesota location
    WATSON, Minn. — No one knows how many old pickup trucks are out there hidden away in farm groves or under tarps in dusty sheds, barns or...
    business/small-businessSeptember 3, 2018 - 10:00pm
    June 10, 2017
    Sam Thompson removes the arrow on another bigmouth buffalo fish added to the take from Lac qui Parle Lake while bowfishing on June 1. Tom Cherveny / Forum News Service
    Open season on excitement
    WATSON, Minn. — Chuck Ellingson makes it his business at the Watson Hunting Camp to introduce hunters to some of the best opportunities...
    sports/outdoorsJune 10, 2017 - 12:24pm
    October 24, 2016
    Former Watson, Minn., mayor admits guilt in breaking into current mayor’s home
    MONTEVIDEO, Minn. – Described at the time as believing the western Minnesota town had “a conspiracy going against him,” the former mayor of Watson pleaded guilty earlier this month to breaking into the current mayor’s home in March.Joseph Mark Rongstad, 34, will be sentenced...
    newsOctober 24, 2016 - 6:40pm
    March 28, 2016
    Court orders former Watson mayor to have mental evaluation
    WATSON, Minn. --The former mayor of Watson will undergo a mental evaluation to determine his competency to proceed in four pending criminal cases against him. District Court Judge Dwyane Knutsen ruled last week that Joseph Mark Rongstad, 34, will be examined on an outpatient basis...
    newsMarch 28, 2016 - 9:10pm
    March 7, 2016
    Minnesota man fires gun near bar to scare away the 'corpses'
    WATSON, Minn. -- A west-central Minnesota man who fired a gun near an area bar and told authorities he was "just protecting his country" and to “get away from the corpses that were after him” made his first appearance Monday in Chippewa County District Court.
    newsMarch 7, 2016 - 8:54pm
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