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April 10, 2024

Suspect Arrested After 19-Mile Chase in Kandiyohi County

A 25-year-old New London man is in custody after leading authorities on a pursuit that began near Spicer and ended in Willmar that covered about 19 miles Tuesday. The pursuit was initiated by a CEE-VI Drug and Gang Task Force member that attempted to stop a motorcycle for excessive speed on Highway 23. At one […]

April 10, 2024

Update on Meeker County Attempted Abduction

The Meeker County Sheriff’s Office is reporting they’ve received surveillance footage of a vehicle matching the description of the vehicle used in the attempted abduction on April 3, 2024. A 13-year-old child told sheriff’s deputies that a man in a red Ford pickup tried to abduct them on April 3rd in the Stella Lake area […]

April 10, 2024

Vehicle Break-ins at Wright Co Churches

Authorities are investigating after multiple vehicles were broken into in church parking lots in Wright County Sunday. The first report was just before 12:30pm at the Quarry Church in Monticello Township. Deputies learned through statements from the victim as well as from video from the church that an individual exited a newer silver Nissan Murano […]

April 9, 2024

Cargill grant helps Art Space in Granite Falls

The nonprofit Department of Transformation is renovating a building in Granite Falls to promote a rural arts and creative economy and recently received a boost to help that goal. The West Central Tribune reports The Cargill Foundation last week awarded its YES! House project $250,000. The project is a community space being developed in a […]

April 9, 2024

Watkins man injured in crash

A Watkins man was injured in a one-vehicle crash in Stearns County Friday morning and authorities believe alcohol was a factor and they say the driver’s cell phone alerted them of the crash. The Sheriff’s Office says 61-year-old James Rusthoven was initially southbound on County Road 9 approaching the stop sign at County Road 17, […]

April 8, 2024

Driver injured in Hutchinson crash

One driver was injured in a two-vehicle crash in Hutchinson this morning (Monday). The State Patrol says 41-year-old Deborah Ring of Dassel was taken to Hutchinson Health for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. She was driving a vehicle northbound on Highway 15. The driver of the other vehicle, 20-year-old Benjamin Anderson of Hutchinson, was traveling […]

April 8, 2024

Information sought on 1982 Cold Case

It was around 11 p.m. on April 3, 1982, when Theodore “Ted” Dengerud left his New London home to pick up his wife from her sister’s house. He didn’t know the area well and stopped to ask for directions. A short time later his vehicle crashed into a tree just west of Sunberg, MN. It […]

April 8, 2024

Severe Weather Awareness Week

Today (Monday) begins Severe Weather Awareness Week and will run through Friday. Each day is devoted to a specific topic. They are: Monday- Alerts and Warnings, Tuesday- Severe Weather, Lightning and Hail, Wednesday- Floods, Thursday- Tornadoes (with statewide tornado drills), Friday- Extreme Heat. The annual statewide tornado drills are scheduled for Thursday, April 11, 2024, […]

April 5, 2024

Hutchinson Leader, Litchfield Independent Review, 8 other Newspapers to close

(Hutchinson, MN) — Ten Minnesota newspapers and a printing facility in McLeod County will cease operations later this month. The Hutchinson Leader and the Meeker County Advertiser will publish their last editions on April 24th, followed by the Chaska Herald, the Chanhassen Villager, and the Jordan Independent on April 25th. Shakopee Valley News, the Prior […]

April 5, 2024

Hutchinson man guilty of Criminal Sexual Conduct

GLENCOE, MN—A McLeod County jury has found a Hutchinson man guilty of criminal sexual conduct. Following a three day trial, the jury found 35-year-old Jacob James Smith guilty of one count of Criminal Sexual Conduct in the First Degree, one count of Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Second Degree, and one count of Electronic Solicitation […]