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August 12, 2024

Man Seriously Injured After Fall From Roof

A Paynesville man was seriously injured after falling from a roof in Renville County Friday morning north of Hector. The Sheriff’s Office says 35-year-old Jerman Lieser was working on a roof at a farm site in Brookfield Township when he fell off the roof and then hit his head on the scissor lift. The Sheriff’s […]

August 9, 2024

Kandiyohi Co Deputy Charged in July Crash

(Learfield News/Willmar, MN) A Kandiyohi County sheriff’s deputy is now charged with driving while intoxicated after crashing his patrol vehicle last month. The criminal complaint says 39-year-old Christopher Flatten of Atwater was seen driving erratically on the evening of July 18th before his county SUV left a county road near Atwater and rolled several times. […]

August 9, 2024

Roundabout in New Ulm Set to Open to Traffic

Construction of the roundabout at the intersection of Highway 14 and Highland Avenue in New Ulm is wrapping up and MnDOT officials say the detour will be removed by late in the day today (Friday). The project was delayed for about a month due to heavy rains early in the project. It had originally been […]

August 9, 2024

Willmar Train Derailment Closes Rail Crossing

(Learfield News/Willmar, MN) — A railroad crossing in Willmar is closed until later today (Friday) after a train derailment Wednesday night. Officials responded to the incident around 11pm, finding four train cars on their side and four others off the track yet upright. The cars contained a gas-ethanol mix, but no leakage or subsequent fire […]

August 8, 2024

Paynesville Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Sexually Assaulting 2 Girls

(Learfield News/St. Cloud, MN) — A Paynesville man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the sexual assault of two girls. Stearns County prosecutors say 42-year-old Matthew Steinemann was found guilty in March for the third-degree criminal sexual conduct of an 11-year-old and pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually assaulting another girl between 13 […]

August 8, 2024

Name Released in Fatal Kanabec Co Crash

Authorities have released the name of the driver that died in a two-vehicle crash in Kanabec County Tuesday afternoon near Quamba. The State Patrol says the driver of a car, 59-year-old Kim Kolesar of Brook Park, died at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle, 16-year-old Jacob Pickard of Hutchinson, was taken to Mora […]

August 8, 2024

Driver Injured in Wright Co Rollover

A driver was injured when his vehicle left the road and rolled in Wright County Wednesday morning northwest of Rockford. The State Patrol says 46-year-old Joseph Montgomery of Maple Grove was taken to North Memorial Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. The Patrol says Montgomery was driving westbound on Highway 55 near Feldman Avenue when […]

August 7, 2024

“The Wall That Heals” Coming to Hutchinson

“The Wall That Heals,” a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., will be in Hutchinson for public viewing later this month. Vietnam Veteran Dave Skoog is a Co-Host of bringing the memorial to Hutchinson: The memorial honors the more than three million Americans who served in the U.S. Armed forces […]

August 7, 2024

Former New Ulm Investigator Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

(KNUJ) A former New Ulm Police investigator was sentenced to 12 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to three counts of felony criminal sexual conduct with a child last year. Forty-five-year-old Eric Gramentz could be eligible for lifetime conditional release after 10 years in prison. The resentencing of Gramentz follows a February Minnesota Court […]

August 7, 2024

Two Injured in Meeker Co Crash

Two drivers were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Meeker County Tuesday afternoon, south of Kingston. The State Patrol says 34-year-old Andrew Lanoye of Marshall was taken to St. Cloud Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the other vehicle, 78-year-old Tommie Ellis of Bellwood, Illinois, was taken to Meeker Memorial Hospital for […]
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