Fire crews were called to the scene of a house fire last (Friday) night. The incident happened at around 6:30 p.m. at 24003 County Road 9 in Munson Township, just north of Richmond.
An A&W restaurant is coming to Richmond later this year. Julie Glenz is co-owner of the A&W in Albany and says they are breaking ground on the new location Friday. Glenz says they will hire around 20 people at the restaurant. The building is expected to seat around 60 people.
A longstanding Central Minnesota Office Machine service provider is being absorbed by a St. Cloud company. Binsfeld's Office Machines is being bought out by Minnesota Computer Systems Inc.
Richmond has passed an ordinance that requires residences to be connected to city water. The city passed the measure during their coucil meeting on Wednesday night. By October 1st of this year, residents will be required to connect to city water.
Richmond is starting its area business retention and expansion program on Thursday. The program will work with area businesses to give them feedback on how to be more competitive.