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- Oronoco Shares Plans for Water Project
Oronoco city officials are now sharing their plans for a municipal water system with the public.
- Riverfront condos are an economic boon that have been controversial...
For Al and Anne Koenig, what's outside their condominium overlooking the Mississippi River means as much as what's within its walls.
- 1997 Honda Del Sol
This has been a fun project car. It has a ZCB18 with a gready turbo kit. A intercooler off a PT bruiser modified to fit.
- Volunteers offer the gift of time during the holidays
As the masses frantically search the mall for the perfect gift, some people find the best gifts within themselves.
- Telephone outage disrupts 911 service in Oronoco and Pine Island
A telephone outage disrupted 911 service in parts of Oronoco and Pine Island this morning.
- Area residents air concerns about power line
Gazing at a large map outlining possible routes for a new high-voltage power line, resident Sue Johnson had plenty of questions.
- Winning a little can lead to gambling a lot
Gordon Gustafson of Oronoco thought he'd be safe if he went gambling. Taking a gamble * Ninety-five percent of Minnesota adults have gambled at sometime during their lives.
- Answer Man: To TP or not to TP? That is the question
To Rochester's Answer Man Who Knows Everything: We're students at Fillmore Central High School and lately there has been a lot of discussion in our local paper about the evils of toilet-papering people's houses ...
- Weekly crime dispatch
Oronoco and Rochester townships, last weekend. Vandals damaged 17 mailboxes in rural Rochester.
- Answer Man: How did Silver Lake get its name?
Answer Man, here's a dumb question: Was Silver Lake named for the creek that flows into the Zumbro River there, even though it's a minor tributary, and were other names considered? -- R.D. Dumb questions are ...
- Rochester homeowner arrested after confrontation with campaign worker
A young Rochester man doing some door-to-door canvassing for Working America got more than he bargained for in a northwest city neighborhood Monday evening.
- Birth notices
Jeff and Dawn Lerum of Oronoco, a daughter. Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 Yurico Castellanos and Luis Guerrero of Rochester, a daughter.
- Peterson-Goodman
Couple: Sara Peterson and Nick Goodman Parents: Bob and Lisa Peterson of Mazeppa, Mike and Marci Goodman of Oronoco, and Valori Langseth of Rochester.
- The Day in History, Sept. 19
1983 -- 25 years ago The new three-digit emergency number 9-1-1 is now in operation for customers of the Pine Island and Rock Dell Telephone Cos. and the Oronoco exchange. A recent study predicts that by the year 2000, there will be many more two-income ho
- Olmsted County bills state for housing prisoners
Olmsted County this week sent a bill to the state of Minnesota demanding payment of $665,574. That's what it has cost Olmsted County taxpayers this past fiscal year to house prisoners for the state, county ...
- Iron pour is anything but poor in artistry
The third annual Zumbro River Art Splash on Saturday included an iron pour, in which iron heated to 2,600 degrees, was poured into molds to create art.
- Meth Lab Bust
Investigators in Olmsted County say they've stumbled upon their first meth lab in the county this year.
- Art splashes Zumbro River again
Nancy Ellison has Chinese geese that don't let any visitors go unnoticed. They sound the alarm with their honking.
- Free supplies get students set for class
The thought of waking up early and spending the day in classes instead of with her family doesn't get Safia Ahmed, a sixth-grader at John Adams, too excited about the first day of school.
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City DescriptionOronoco is a city in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, along the Middle Fork of the Zumbro River. The population was 883 at the 2000 census. The city was named by early settler Dr. Hector Galloway for the similarly spelled Orinoco, a large river in South America. A village was founded in 1854 and platted in 1855. The village incorporated as a city on March 6, 1968. Oronoco Township, which is adjacent on three sides, was organized in 1858.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.5 km²), of which, 1.8 square miles (4.7 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km²) of it (14.49%) is water.
U.S. Route 52 serves as a main route in the community.
As of the census of 2000, there were 883 people, 335 households, and 253 families residing in the city. The population density was 482.8 people per square mile (186.3/km²). There were 343 housing units at an average density of 187.6/sq mi (72.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.40% White, 0.11% Native American, 1.13% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 0.11% from other races, and 1.13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.81% of the population.
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