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May 7, 2025

Stearns County Missing Person/Last Seen in Willmar Area

The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office is seeking assistance in locating a missing person. On Thursday (May 1), they took a report from family members that 48-year-old Rebecca Lynn Philippi of St. Augusta had left the location where she was staying and family members were unable to reach or locate her. The family said they were […]

May 6, 2025

Coin Flip Decides Litchfield City Council Candidate Vote

(Learfield News/Litchfield, MN) — A coin toss decided who will become the newest member of the Litchfield City Council. Ward 5 candidates Bob Powers and Mick Spillane interviewed for the seat Monday evening and six rounds of voting ended in a 3-to-3 tie each time. So, a coin was flipped and Powers called “heads” and […]

May 6, 2025

Minnesota Frost make Playoffs

(Toronto/Minnesota News Network) — The defending champion Minnesota Frost needed to win their final two regular season games to earn a P-W-H-L postseason berth and they did just that. The Frost beat Boston on Saturday 8-1 to secure the final spot in the four-team postseason field. The fourth-seeded Frost will take on the second-seeded Toronto […]

May 6, 2025

Local Results and Schedule – May 6

Results from May 5- Boys Tennis- St Peter 4 Hutchinson 3 Baseball- Hutchinson 5 New Ulm 4 Rockford 6 DC 4 WM 17 Litchfield 7 GSL 9 Central NYA 4 EVW 18 ACGC 1 Holdingford 9 Kimball 5 Sibley East 10 WEM 0 Mayer Lutheran 12 Trinity 5 Wabasso 9 GFW 8 Softball- Rockford 2 […]

May 6, 2025

City Council Approves Selection of Willmar Police Chief

The Willmar City Council voted unanimously Monday night to make Willmar Police Sgt. Michael Holme the next chief of police. The West Central Tribune reports City Administrator Leslie Valiant delivered her recommendation to hire Holme, and the council approved, authorizing her to enter into contract negotiations and extend a formal offer that will be subject […]

May 6, 2025

Man Injured While Cutting Branch From Tree

An Eden Valley man was injured when he was cutting a tree branch Sunday afternoon. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office says 62-year-old Daniel Ruprecht was cutting off a large branch from a tree in Paynesville Township when it fell and hit the top of his head causing a laceration. Family members at the scene rendered […]

May 5, 2025

Spicer Man Arrested After Meeker/Kandiyohi Co Pursuit

A Spicer man was arrested after a high-speed chase that began in Meeker County and ended in Kandiyohi County Friday night. At just before 11pm, a Meeker County Sheriff’s Deputy was driving southbound on Highway 4 and saw a vehicle driving above the posted speed limit and attempted to initiate a traffic stop. The vehicle […]

May 5, 2025

Congressional Art Competition Winners Announced

Winners in the U.S. Congressional Art Competition have been announced. District 7 Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach says her office received almost 50 submissions this year, and with so many wonderful pieces, deciding the winner was not easy. The first-place winner in District 7, Shoshannah from Glencoe-Silver Lake High School, whose painting ‘Sunset Summer Nights’ will hang […]

May 5, 2025

Twins take series from Boston

(Boston, MA) — The Minnesota Twins took down the Boston Red Sox 5-4 yesterday win two-of-three in three-game series at Fenway Park. Twins pitcher Louie Varland earned the victory after pitching a scoreless inning of relief. Byron Buxton led off the game with a solo home run, while Ryan Jeffers had a two-run single to […]

May 5, 2025

Wolves will take on Warriors in Round 2 of NBA Playoffs

(Minneapolis, MN/Minnesota News Network) — The Minnesota Timberwolves will begin the N-B-A Western Conference semifinals at home in Game One against the Golden State Warriors at Target Center tomorrow night. The Wolves beat the Lakers 4-1 in the first round of the playoffs last week, while Golden State topped Houston in Game Seven of their […]
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