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January 14, 2025

Call for Designs: 2025 Hutchinson Jaycee Water Carnival Button

The Hutchinson Jaycee Water Carnival Committee has announced an open call for design submission for the much anticipated 2025 Water Carnival Button. Officials invite and encourage the public to unleash their creativity and contribute to the vibrancy of the annual celebration. Designs should incorporate up to three colors, along with black and white and must […]

January 14, 2025

Man Suspected of Killing Girlfriend in Lake Crystal Dies in Hospital

(Learfield News/Lake Crystal, MN) — The Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office says the man suspected in the killing of a Lake Crystal woman has died. Deputies say 64-year-old Gary Rodewald of New Ulm had been hospitalized with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Rodewald is accused of fatally shooting Kristi Joy Gardner of Lake Crystal last Thursday […]

January 14, 2025

Granite Falls Man Shot by Police Sentenced to 7 Years

MONTEVIDEO — A Granite Falls, Minnesota, man shot by law enforcement during an attempted arrest after a traffic stop outside the city in 2023 has been sentenced to serve seven years in prison for second-degree drug possession. The West Central Tribune reports 24-year-old Dylan McKaide Anderson-Butler, formerly of St. Paul, pleaded guilty to the felony charge in October in Chippewa County District […]

January 14, 2025

One Injured in Sibley Co Crash

One driver was injured in a two-vehicle crash in Sibley County Monday afternoon west of Gaylord. The State Patrol says 39-year-old Stephanie Fehring of Winthrop was taken to Ridgeview Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Four juvenile passengers in her vehicle were not injured. The driver of the other vehicle, a 17-year-old from Fairfax, was […]

January 13, 2025

Mpls Police Save Infants After Fentanyl ODs

(Learfield News/Minneapolis, MN) — Two infants are alive after suffering fentanyl overdoses in Minneapolis. Police were called to the report of an unresponsive two-year-old on Saturday. Officers say the child was brought to a hospital, given Narcan, and is in serious but stable condition. After learning about the fentanyl exposure, police went back to the […]

January 13, 2025

Fatal Benton Co Crash

A Waite Park man died in a one-vehicle crash in Benton County Friday morning. The State Patrol says 24-year-old Jhon Linarez died at the scene. Linarez was traveling northbound on Highway 23 when he lost control of the vehicle and it went off the road and crashed into a utility box and business sign near […]

January 13, 2025

Mangione Indictment Hearing Postponed

(Learfield News/New York, NY)  The indictment hearing for the man accused in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson of Minnesota has been pushed back to February 17th. The indictment deadline was originally set for January 18th in Manhattan, but federal prosecutors and the defense want more time to prepare for the trial. Twenty-six-year-old […]

January 10, 2025

State Health Department Reports Big Increase in Flu Activity, 14 Deaths

(St. Paul, MN) — The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting a big spike in flu activity in the new year. The latest update shows there were 14 more flu-related deaths the week ending January 4th for a total of 23 this season. The report says 722 patients were hospitalized with influenza complications. Most of […]

January 10, 2025

MN Sends Red Cross Volunteers to Assist in LA Wildfire Response

(Learfield News/Undated) — American Red Cross volunteers from our state are part of the wildfire response effort in the Los Angeles area. Regional executive Brice Johnson says they are opening evacuation shelters and making sure people have a safe place to stay. Johnson says they sent 11 volunteers from Minnesota in the last couple days […]

January 10, 2025

Local Groups Raise $45K to Begin Redwood Falls Police K9 Program

(Learfield News/Redwood Falls, MN) – The Redwood Falls Police Department is preparing for its first K9 officers after a local group raised $45,000 to get the program started. Chief Jason Cotner says the grassroots group PROTECT began last summer (2024). He says despite being dedicated to first responder agencies, “they had learned one of the […]
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