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A man was taken to the hospital on Sunday after being shot while hunting in Richmond.

This week in our "Your Town Tuesday" series on WJON, we're focusing on the community of Richmond. Richmond recently spent spent some money sprucing up their downtown. Mayor Mike Mathiason says the city's share of the road reconstruction project was $1.5 million, with the county paying for the rest.

Your Town Tuesday is in Richmond this week. We learned about the origins of the pontoon, took in a bi-weekly concert, and got our picture taken at a unique photography studio.

Richmond Mayor Scott Kron has announced his resignation nearly six months before his term was set to expire. Kron gave his formal notice to City Administrator Martin Bode stating personal health reasons.

The Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival starts today (Thursday). The festival is taking place in the El Rancho Manana campground in Richmond.

For its fourth straight year, Plunder Fest is invading central Minnesota. Plunder fest is stocked with a full lineup of over thirty bands performing over the weekend.

The Cold Spring and Richmond communities will be looking at the needs of their joint police department. Last (Tuesday) night the Cold Spring city council approved forming a hiring committee to reassess the city's needs.

The Class C State Amateur Baseball tournament begins today in St. Cloud at Dick Putz and Joe Faber Field. The tournament hasn't been in St. Cloud since 2002 and this will be the first time that Putz and Faber Fields will be used for the tournament. In 2002 Putz and Cold Spring Park were used. The Co-Chairs of the tournament in St. Cloud are Andy Auger and Pete Cheeley. Auger says this is the first time since 1982 at the tournament can be held in one location without needing to drive.

The Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival has been rated the International Bluegrass Music Association's event of the year three times, and local fans of bluegrass music can catch national acts here in our backyard at El Rancho Manana Campground.

A woman and her two young children were injured after rolling their car in Munson Township.