Ruthton, Minnesota

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• Brother's gift enhances holidays
  

  The Schlapkohl family of Lake Benton received a holiday present early this year - everyone in the family was healthy.

• Geographic Bee - a global challenge
  

  It was all down to the wire. Only two eighth-graders at Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Middle School were left in their seats in front of the gymnasium bleachers early last Friday afternoon.

• Riding with love and remembrance
  

  It had been a 200-mile trip through bitter cold and blizzard conditions, but it didn't look like life on the trail was wearing on the people at the Russell Community Center on Thursday afternoon.

• RTR wants state out of NCLB
  

  The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton School District has its concerns with the No Child Left Behind initiative and is doing something about it.

• Area travelers weather winter ice storm
  

  By Duane Winn An early-morning ice storm, followed by fat snowflakes in the afternoon, made traveling treacherous this week in southwestern Minnesota but it didna t result in any serious injuries or fatalities ...

• Farm slayings, 25 years later
  

  Jim Nichols didn't expect to hear news of a tragedy when he answered his office phone 25 years ago today.

• Remembering Ruthton murders - 25 years later
  

  This is the first of a two-part series about the 25th anniversary of the murders of two bankers in Ruthton, Minn.

• The Equinox Expedition, Part One
  

  Well, we're back from another journey of discovery, a couple of hundred years after the first one by Lewis and what's his name.

• 45 years in the club
  

  Amy Olsen of Marshall said it doesn't seem so long ago since she and Bea Taintor joined the Variety Study Club back in 1963.

• Courts
  

  Alan Ronald Dobrenski, 36, of Ruthton appeared in Lyon County District Court Aug.

• Trucker crashes while choking
  

  Three buses belonging to the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton School District were damaged in an accident Tuesday afternoon.

• County revises fee schedule
  

  By Katie Winter After some discussion, the Pipestone County Board of Commissioners approved a new county fee schedule, which included fee increases for six county departments.

• Richard Wieme
  

  Richard Wieme, 60, died Saturday, July 12, 2008, under hospice care at his home.

• Ruthton plots Fourth of July celebration
  

  The city of Ruthton's Fourth of July celebration will kick off at 11 a.m. tomorrow with a parade and conclude with a steet dance at 8 p.m. on Main St.

• Rate hike in store for transit users
  

  By Katie Winter The rising cost of fuel, coupled with a lack of state funding, has prompted Pipestone County to raise the fares on local transit services.

• County board approves road plan
  

  By Katie Winter The Pipestone County Commissioners approved the five-year road and bridge plan for Pipestone County at their monthly road and bridge meeting on June 3. Highway engineer, David Halbersma, ...

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City Description

Ruthton is a city in Pipestone County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 284 at the 2000 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²), all of it land. The Redwood River flows through the city as an intermittent stream near its headwaters. Minnesota State Highway 23 serves as a main route in the community. As of the census of 2000, there were 284 people, 129 households, and 82 families residing in the city. The population density was 419.8 people per square mile (161.3/km²). There were 145 housing units at an average density of 214.3/sq mi (82.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.54% White, 1.06% African American, 0.35% Native American, 0.35% Asian, and 0.70% from two or more races. There were 129 households out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.5% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families. 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.80. In the

City Contained By:

• Pipestone County
• Minnesota

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 1.81299167724 km squared

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