MnDOT responds to misspelled Minnesota town’s highway signs

July 7, 2023

OGILVIE, Minn. – The small town of Ogilvie in Kanabec County is now “Oglivie”, according to misspelled road signs installed by the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

In a cleverly misspelled social media post, MnDOT responded, “Well, that’s embarasing, Sorry about that – speling is hard. Weer working on replacement sings as we speek and will make sure its correct this time.”

MnDOT assured residents new signs are on the way.