Two and a half hours west of the Twin Cities, where the Minnesota and Chippewa rivers meet, is the prairie village of Montevideo, Minnesota. Downtown consists of a post office, railroad tracks, a few storefronts, and a dentist’s office called Main Street Dental Care. The town has been in existence since at least 1900, when it was named for its location on the Mississippi River. When Powers hired Tweeter five years ago, he was able to open his doors to Medicaid recipients. But on the bitter February day I visited, inside it was buzzing with activity.
Two and a half hours west of the Twin Cities, where the Minnesota and Chippewa rivers meet, is the prairie village of Montevideo, Minnesota. Downtown consists of a post office, railroad tracks, a few storefronts, and a dentist’s office called Main Street Dental Care. The town has been in existence since at least 1900, when it was named for its location on the Mississippi River. But on the bitter February day I visited, inside it was buzzing with activity.