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April 14, 2026

Victoria Woman Charged in Fatal Crash

A Victoria woman has been charged in connection with a head-on crash Saturday night on Highway 212 in Eden Prairie that killed a Hopkins man. Fifty-year-old Amanda Lyn Merriman is charged with one felony count of criminal vehicular homicide for allegedly causing a death while operating a motor vehicle in a negligent manner while under […]

April 13, 2026

Kandiyohi County Sheriff Announces Run for Re-election

Kandiyohi County Sheriff Eric Tollefson has announced he’s running for re-election. In a news release, Tollefson said his time as sheriff has been “the most rewarding” of his entire law enforcement career. Tollefson was elected sheriff in 2022 and has been with the Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office for nearly 30 years.        

April 13, 2026

One Dead in Hwy 212 Wrong Way Crash

One driver died in a wrong way crash on Highway 212 in Eden Prairie Saturday night. The State Patrol says 69-year-old Bohdan Antoniuk of Hopkins died as a result of injuries he sustained. Antoniuk was driving a car westbound on Highway 212 when a pickup traveling the wrong way collided head-on with his car. The […]

April 13, 2026

Severe Weather Awareness Week

This is Severe Weather Awareness Week (April 13-17), with daily focuses on weather alerts, severe storms, flooding, tornadoes, and extreme heat. The statewide tornado drills take place on Thursday at 1:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m., when outdoor warning sirens and NOAA Weather Radios will sound to simulate a tornado warning. Officials say it’s a great […]

April 13, 2026

Mother Sentenced After Two Children Ingest Hallucinogenic Mushroom Chocolate

(Buffalo, MN) — A Minnesota mother has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after two young children became ill from ingesting a chocolate bar containing hallucinogenic mushrooms. Forty-year-old Cassie Tauriainen of Buffalo pleaded guilty to fifth-degree drug possession after her five-year-old daughter and one of her daughter’s classmates consumed the chocolate. The children became […]

April 13, 2026

Fatal Kandiyohi County Crash

(Learfield News/Willmar, MN) A Kerkhoven man died after a multi-vehicle crash west of Willmar Friday morning. The State Patrol says at around 7:20 a.m., two vehicles collided in the eastbound lane of Highway 40 just east of the entrance to the Willmar airport. No one was injured, however, conditions were very foggy at the time, […]

April 10, 2026

MN House Republicans Roll Out North Star Comeback Plan

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) — Minnesota House Republicans are proposing what they call the largest tax cut in state history. GOP Speaker Lisa Demuth says the North Star Comeback Plan is a $3.8 billion dollar tax cut proposal. Demuth told Capitol reporters, “It includes one-time property tax relief, ending the taxes on tips and overtime, […]

April 10, 2026

Nine-Year-Old Boy Sets Fire at St. Cloud School

(Learfield News/St. Cloud, MN) — St. Cloud police are identifying the student accused of starting a fire last month at Westwood Elementary as a nine-year-old boy. Authorities say the fire was intentionally set in a school bathroom and caused enough smoke damage to force the school’s closure. Because Minnesota law prohibits prosecuting children under age […]

April 10, 2026

Senate Passes Bill Renaming Solar Garden Program in Honor of Hortman

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) — The Minnesota Senate followed the House Thursday in passing a bill that would rename the state’s community solar garden program after the late Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman. Senator John Hoffman introduced the bill for all the work Hortman did to start this program in 2013. He told members, “Melissa recognized […]

April 9, 2026

Brown County Scam Warning

The Brown County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a scam in which people are receiving fake invoices that appear to have been sent from the Brown County Planning and Zoning Department. Authorities call this scam sophisticated as the scammer finds available public data and creates a fake invoice that may appear legitimate to some. […]
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