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December 16, 2025

ATV Breaks Through Ice on Lake Francis

(Learfield News/Meeker County, MN) – Two men escaped injury after their ATV broke through the ice on Lake Francis in Meeker County Saturday night. Deputies say 20-year-old Nicholas Eckhoff of Dassel and 20-year-old Gabrial Laplante of Litchfield ended up in waist-deep water around 9:44 p.m. Both made it safely to shore and declined medical care. […]

December 16, 2025

Meeker County House Fire

A house west of Dassel was damaged by fire Sunday morning. The Meeker County Sheriff’s Office says at shortly after 9am, they received a report of a fire at a residence in the 500 block of Simon Avenue. Deputies arrived to see heavy smoke coming out of the second-story window. Fire crews were able to […]

December 16, 2025

Bauer Appeal Denied

The Winthrop man who killed 79-year-old Dennis Weitzenkamp on his farm in 2022 had his appeal denied Monday. Forty-eight-year-old Travis Bauer worked on Weitzenkamp’s farm for years and the criminal complaint says he would benefit greatly from Weitzenkamp’s death.  Investigators confirmed gunshot residue on Bauer’s clothing and he lied to police about his whereabouts. Bauer […]

December 15, 2025

Olivia Man Charged with Assault in Shooting Outside Sugar Beet Plant

An Olivia man is facing felony assault charges following a shooting incident in a vehicle outside the Renville Sugar Beet plant on December 5 that left a woman with a gunshot wound to the leg. The criminal complaint says  27-year-old Angel Garza has been charged with one count of second-degree assault causing substantial bodily harm […]

December 15, 2025

Local Sports on the Air this week

Monday, April 20-KGLB-Baseball-GSL at NLS, 4:30 pm Monday, April 20-KDUZ-Softball-Willmar at Hutchinson, 4:30 pm Tuesday, April 21-KDUZ-Baseball-Westonka at Hutchinson, 4:30 pm Tuesday, April 21-Twins Baseball on KGLB-@ NY Mets, 5:30 pm Pregame Wednesday, April 22-Twins Baseball on KGLB-@ NY Mets, 5:30 pm Pregame Thursday, April 23-KDUZ-Baseball-HLWW at Dassel Cokato, 4:30 pm Thursday, April 23-Twins Baseball […]

December 15, 2025

Vikings hold off Cowboys

(Arlington, TX/Minnesota News Network) — The Minnesota Vikings pushed the Dallas Cowboys closer to playoff elimination with a 34-26 win at AT&T Stadium on Sunday Night Football. C-J Ham scored the go-ahead touchdown in the third quarter before J-J McCarthy tossed a touchdown pass to Jalen Nailor in the fourth quarter to help seal the […]

December 15, 2025

Wolves beat Sacremento

(Minneapolis, MN/Minnesota News Network) — The Minnesota Timberwolves got 24 points from Julius Randle, 21 points from Jaden McDaniels and 20 from Naz Reid in beating the Sacramento Kings last night in Minneapolis 117-103. The Wolves were playing without star Anthony Edwards and used a new-look starting line-up that includes Bones Hyland starting at point […]

December 15, 2025

Wild blast Bruins

(St. Paul, MN/Minnesota News Network) — Quinn Hughes scored a goal in his Minnesota Wild debut as the Wild beat the Bruins 6-2 on Sunday at Grand Casino Arena. Hughes came to Minnesota is a trade with Vancouver on Friday night and immediately helped his new team to a fourth straight win. Kirill Kaprizov scored […]

December 15, 2025

Local Schedule – December 15

Girls BB-ACGC at BOLD Boys BB-BOLD at GFW            

December 15, 2025

Meeker County Deputies Honored for River Rescue

Two Meeker County sheriff’s deputies received Life Saving Awards at the Minnesota Sheriffs’ Association Winter Conference. Sergeant Ryan Schultz and Deputy Roger Muffley were honored for rescuing 44-year-old Rae Kurtz of Darwin who was pinned against a fallen tree in the North Fork of the Crow River last July. Officials say Muffley held the victim […]
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